I need to move this tractor (currently dead) and I can't find anything that tells how to release the pump hydraulic lock so it will roll . . . or will it roll dead? The hydraulic check valves were replaced a couple of years ago and the replacements do not have pressure release buttons as they...
Out of the blue my 1872 has just blown two starter solenoids. Here's the sequence:
Running fine until I stopped for gas. On restart engine won't crank and the solenoid clicks and buzzes. (Battery is fully charged.) Pos(+) batterly lead is very hot (perhaps from too many attempts to coax...
I have just replaced my 3rd fuel pump in two years (Cub 1872) and have had it! Why would anyone specify a plastic body on such a part!? (I know . . . so you will have to buy new ones.) Anyway I'm going electric, such as a Facet pump, and wondered what the others of you have done, the pumps...
I'm thinking or removing (or inactivating) the hydraulic power steering unit on my 1872. I can certainly feel the effects of it but I'm not sure I need it. What are the pros and cons, and is there a way to inactivate it temporarily if I just want to give it a try without PS?
After mowing for the first time with my new (to me) 1872 I came back a day later to discover it standing in a puddle of hydro oil. Long story short . . . . hydro oil is being forced out of the tops of the relief valves, otherwise things look OK. The valves on my 129, the pushbutton relief...