Recent content by Hoopcoachd

I just stripped a 15mm gear wrench and bent my only other 15 mm box wrench and didn't get a single cap bolt to budge - surely these bolts mounting the drive shaft to the flywheel aren't reverse threads and if not, what's the trick to getting them out? My buckets down and I don't currently have...

Does anyone know about the drive saft connection b/w the engine and transmission on a JD 955 compact? Someone said there tractor lost a pin that holds the shafts - the shaft from engine to pump? I think I have to take the floor board off to see it. I lost PTO and all hydraulic pressure when I...

Hit a small stump with bush hog just after engaging. Lost PTO output and all hydo..no trans, no pump. Does input shaft have a shear pin or key? What now?

1998 JD 955 Compact Tractor lost all hydraulic power today - bucket was up and tractor was moving forward, I stopped, readjusted bucket, pushed forward and...nothing. Front hydraulics, PTO, rear hydraulics and transmission - both forward and reverse - all gone. How likely is it that the...

While using my JD 955 Compact to bush hog today I lost all power - steering, transmission, bucket, PTO. Assume it is a faulty hydraulic pump. Tractor is a 1995 with just over 800 hours - maybe...bought it less than 6 months ago and it has run fine until now. Fluid is topped off and checked...