Recent content by nunyabinis

I have a plain 5105. Not the 5105M. It has the spring suspension seat system. I don't see an option to install an air suspension seat system anywhere. I figure I'll have to Field Engineer a mounting bracket in order to install an air suspension seat. Have any of you guys done this? If so...

I was specifically wondering if this thing is press-fit from the outside, which would mean that it can be replaced without removing the cover, or whether it is installed from the inside. I would prefer not to take the cover off just to find out that I didn't have to. This is a picture of the...

I was bush hogging yesterday and the mower threw a rock that broke the bottom hydraulic level sight glass that sits just to the left of the PTO shaft. :mad: Does anyone know if this glass can be replaced or will I have to buy the whole PTO shaft cover? The broken part is #7 in the attached...

Rednecks Just Wanna Have Fun The Safety Police will be along in 3.... 2.... 1.... .

I borrowed my FIL's 6 ton Hudson Brothers equipment trailer to tow my new JD 5105 and equipment home. Before I headed out to pickup the tractor and equipment I did some research on how much the tractor, FEL and other equipment would weigh. I figured around 8,000 lbs so I went with 9,000 just...

I've already made one post regarding the Lift Cylinder Stops on this tractor. I finally got to do some work with it this past weekend and all I can say is WOW. I love my little 3038e but I can do some SERIOUS work with this 5105. From digging holes with the FEL to grading about a mile of...

Stay cool on a hot summer day? I'm glad you asked: Water Dog .

I just bought a used JD 5105 with a 522 FEL attached. I noticed that the FEL will not lower nearly as far as the 305 FEL on my 3038e. I can dig a hole 3ft deep straight down with my 3038e loader but the loader on this 5105 barely touches the ground before it hits the stops. I looked around...

While pushing a couple of tree limbs into the edge of the woods something went "pop". I stopped and started backing up and something didn't feel "right". I looked down and the right front wheel was turned 90 degrees to the right. The whole wheel assembly had come loose and "fallen" from the...

FYI - There were NO installation instructions in the box with the BW15872 Parking Stand Kit for my 305 loader. There is a sticker on the box that says, "Installation Instructions available online at mypathways.deere.com". When I tried to logon to that website it said, "We're sorry. You are not...

Well, she has 220 hours on her now and all is still well. I'm amazed at how far these CUTs have come when I get off my old JD750 with it's tiny cramped operator station and climb aboard the 3038e. Mods: 1) I took Kennyd's advice and bought an iMatch-style quick hitch (Harbor Freight) and...

This past weekend I finally got around to installing the two rear SCVs on my 3038e that I bought from JD last December and I just ordered a hydraulic top link from Surplus Center. I was thinking.... what if I mount two small hydraulic cylinders in parallel.... one on each drag link.... in...

The 3030e comes with a top link that has a large nut that allows you to tighten it to keep the top link from changing lengths all by itself, however, my King Kutter tiller shakes, rattles, rolls and vibrates so much that it's almost impossible to tighten the top link nut enough to keep it from...

I planned to perform the first hydraulic oil change at 100 hours, however, the manual says to change it every 400 hours. It says nothing about the "first" hydraulic change being sooner than that. Would changing the hyd. oil at 100 hours be overkill or cheap insurance?

A while back I purchased a Millermatic 251 MIG welder that I run .045 flux-core wire through. I always grind/polish the area I intend to weld before laying a bead, however, I've noticed that on some brand new 1/4 inch steel I bought that the first bead always looks terrible with open "bubbles"...