Thanks, Jim. That's what I thought would be the way to go. The manual you sent me is for a 72 model and it shows a block with two plugs that you remove and plug into the loader and plug the hoses into the block. The only advantage I can see is that you have plugs to use on the loader but they...
I want to take the backhoe off of my 1969 JD400. According to the manual that I have there should be a dead end block to plug in the main hoses and the plugs from the block are then used to plug the loader sockets.There doesn't seem to be a dead end block on this machine and I'm guessing that it...
Hi Jim
Your manual solved my steering problem. There is a large bolt on the steering that someone told me I needed to tighten. I did that and it improved things but when I looked it up in the manual it said it needed 170ft/lbs. When I put a torque wrench on it, I had nowhere near that sort of...
Thanks Jim
That is exactly what I need to start looking. I see you are in Texas. I came to Dallas twice forty years ago and on one of the trips, drove down to Laredo as we had a week off and wanted to see more of the state. I have very happy memories of Texas though, like here in Australia, no...
I've just brought my new to me JD400 home and it has a similar problem. There is good half turn of the wheel before anything happens. It's all right when it is in the paddock going slowly but on the road it was a bit scary. I read somewhere that there is a pin that wears which can be rotated to...