Hey all,
I've finally gotten around to trying to diagnose the problem with the 1987 John Deere 175 Hydro that I picked up last year. Video of testing here.
I previously described the origin of the problem in this thread. Basically, the tractor doesn't go in reverse, and seems to gradually...
Please help if you can!
I did a stupid thing. I was so pleased with how well my new (used) '87 JD 175 was running that I got carried away.
While rolling backwards downhill, I shifted the hydrostatic transmission from reverse to forward too abruptly, I think. Here's the sequence of events...