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    tc 30 Weight?

    I was wondering how much my tc 30 weighs with water in the tires, it is a four wheel drive with industrial tires. I got it stuck and tried to pull it out with a four wheel drive ford ranger, the ranger didnt budge it. This tractor was bought new back in 01 and it has 475 hrs on it, the salesman...
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    Clutch sound

    I was doing some brush cutting today and when I was parking my tractor I was listening to my clutch, when the clutch was mashed all the way down I heard no sound in the transmission but when I let off the clutch I could hear a sound that sounded like a gear turning inside and it also makes a...
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    tc 30 hydrollic question

    I have a New Holland tc 30, I changed hydrollic fluid the other day. When I was on the tractor today with it sitting still ideling with the bush hog fully raised I noticed the tractor hydrollic arms pull up just a fraction, I guess it was copensating for the leak down? I have not ever seen the...
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    2166 transmission question

    I bought a used 2166 day beforeyeasterday and when I brought it home I was checking the engine oil and transmission oil also, when I pulled the transmission dipstick out a clod of grass about big as your small fingernail fell into the fill hole on the hydrostatic transmission. I was gonna change...
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    Tiller  Grade master blade or tiller?

    I have a 2 acre yard that I just disted up to plant Centipede grass, I was told that a rototiller would smooth the new ground out really well. But thing is I dont have a rototiller, I do have a sectionhorrow and a grade master blade, my grade master has the blades strait accross instead of them...
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    Engine for Snapper lt16?

    I am still trying to find a replacement engine for a Snapper lt16, I called several people about a new engine like I have on it now, everyone says they cant get a engine for it anymore. I even called Small Engine Warehouse, they said the the same thing I asked about a kit for maybe a Honda...
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    Castrol Syntec in Kholer command 16hp?

    I bought a new Cub Cadet, it has 24 hrs on it and I am thinking about useing Castrol Sytech in it. The manual on the Kholer engine says to use 10w30, will the synthetic oil be ok for this engine?
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    Price Check  Is this price good for a used cub cadet?

    I called a Cub Cadet dealer today to see if they had any used mowers for sale, he said he didnt but he new a individual that has a Cub Cadet 2166 for sale. The dealer gave me the guys phone number and I called and asked him about the mower, he said it was a 2166 with 200 hrs on it, he said he...
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    cub 1040?

    Are the Cub Cadet 1040 mowers good? I like them, just wondering if anyone knows how they hold up, ill be mowing 2 acres with it I have no hillls at all and my yard is as smooth as a golf course. I will be mowing centipede grass with it. Does this mower have grease zerks on it to greaze it?
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    Cub Cadet 1000 series?

    I have heard different stories of people haveing lots of problems with the 1000 series Cub Cadets, what type problems are they haveing with these mowers? Do any of you guys have a 1000 series? If so how has it held up for you? Do the 1000 series have grease zerks on the spindals and other parts...
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    Snapper lt16 engine?

    I bought a snapper lt16 lastyear, the mower is a 1986 year model. The engine is a Briggs 16hp twin cylender, so far it runs ok, but I called and checked on a brand new engine for this mower and everyone I called told me they dont make that engine for this mower anymore. Their has to to a engine...
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    Rotella synthetic oil for New Holland tc30?

    I have a New Holland tc30 with 317 hrs on it, I have always used Shell Rotella oil in it. I have been thinking about going to Shell synthetic oil, someone told me running the synthetic oil would make you engine last much much longer. I was told that the engine used in the New Holland tc30 is a...
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    tc30 no start with gloplug wire plugged

    I have New Holland tc30, it will not start when the gloplug wire is pluged in. When I unplug it it will start up, I even put a new ignition switch on it thinking that was the problem, the glowplug wire comes from the ignition switch. I have noway of getting the tractor to the dealer and the...
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