Recent content by Steve777

Well, I measured the amount of oil which came out of the tranny, it was about 4 gallons even (plus a tiny bit spilled on the ground). I did try refilling with 3g of new stuff. (Owners manual has it at 3.25g) That came to 6-3/8" down from the lip of the fill hole after settling. Interestingly...

So I am doing some winter prep on the old Buck. Changing the tranny/hydraulic fluid and it is time to refill but I realized I am not sure what the right capacity would be. I know the factory specs a bit over 3 gals for the stock tractor, but I have a FEL on it which no doubts ups the volume of...

Went out to do some light snow plowing today but did not get very far. After pushing the first pass of snow off I notice a strong pull to the left, and when I went down to look the left front tire was completely flat. I dragged the tractor back using the front bucket to hold the front end up...

I was having some starting issues (slow or no cranking) during this recent cold snap (0F or so), and pulled out my VOM to see what was going on electrically. The starter seemed fine, it would crank at full speed if I jumpered 12v to the start terminal on the solenoid; would have hoped it was OK...

I was mowing tall grass with a 4' brush hog yesterday and the Temp light came on, first I had ever seen it. No clouds of steam or dripping coolant, and the engine did not smell really hot. But stopped the tractor in place and went back to take a look this evening, it was near dark when I got...

Yet another problem I am dealing with in my spring cleanup is the starter. It now will only spin the motor when the key is in start, but not engage or turn the flywheel. This problem has been building for a while. A couple of months back I pulled the starter because of the same issue (although...

My S470D is suffering from a rusty fuel tank. No signs of it from the outside, but the fuel filter gets clogged with rust particles every 2-3 hours of use; some very fine some coarse. No signs of water in there (aside from the rust). This past winter, I just cleaned or replaced the filter as...

My S470D (Buck) is refusing to start, and I think that I have tried all my usual tricks and am looking for suggestions. It ran just fine 3 weeks ago, when I used it to plow after a snow for an hour or two. We got a big storm a couple of days ago, and it would not run. It started like normal...

Does anyone know what size tubing the fuel injector returns lines are? Thanks

Well my old reliable Buck has let me down for the first time in many years. It was running fine 4-5 weeks ago when I last used it. I went out today to do some snow plowing and the engine had a lot of trouble catching first time, but it did finally start. Let it warm up for a min or two and then...

I recently replaced the ignition switch on my S470D with an OEM switch. Easy just moved the wires over from the old switch to the new one. However I am now wondering if perhaps the wires for the glow plugs might have been wrong on my tractor. The glow plug heater on the dash never glows or gets...

I'm pretty used to setting the lever that holds the clutch open in the winter, but typically it hasn't been necessary here in our dry summers. Well we got 6" of rain last month and may be close to that this month at the rate we are going. And when I went to use the tractor today, I found the...

Hi. Doing some summer maintenance on my diesel Buck, and am trying to track down some replacement parts: Clutch safety switch (the one that won't let you start unless the clutch is pushed in). Can't seem to locate one in the usual places. Anyone know if there is a generic replacement for this...

I was using the tractor today to plow out our latest snow storm, when I started hearing an odd noise. Every time I would depress the clutch after a 1/4sec I would hear an odd noise like a spring moving/rubbing. The noise went away after a second. Only happened when I moved the clutch pedal ALL...

I have a need to set a bunch of fence post, and was thinking about getting a 3 pt post hole digger attachment. It seems there are a few made for smaller tractors (such as my Buck), however I was wondering if the lack of powered down on the Buck 3pt hydraulics would be a problem? There are a few...