Recent content by Unclebuck257

My 05 5740C clutch started to slip slightly about 3 weeks ago in 3rd and 4th gears. After checking and most folks telling me it had a hydraulic clutch in it that couldn't be adjusted, and could only be replaced at a cost of $2500-$3000, I finally found my old Montana dealer who I bought it from...

I've got a 2005 5740C and it has been leaking hydraulic fluid for quite some time now. It's leaking hydraulic fluid from the black box under the right side step up, where the lines to the front end loader hook into this black box on one side and the hydraulic lines from the tractor itself hook...

I've got a 2005 5740C that's had a hydraulic leak since the day my warranty ran out. The leak is at the black hydraulic line junction box under the step on the right side. I have changed out all the "O" rings for the front end loader lines, both sides too, where they connect at that box, but the...

I was reading the thread about water well insulation with our coming major cold snap here in North Texas, and I was surprised that no one mentioned anything about our tractor diesel fuel as an additional note. I almost forgot myself, after checking and rechecking my well house heat lamps, pipe...

Although this may seem funny when you're reading this post, and I guess it really is kinda funny in some ways, it's causing me a major problem and I need some serious answers. We've had our female mule Maggie now for 10 years. She's a retired, trained, cow mule who has never given us a bit of...

I can't find my manual and I need to have my A/C system recharged with freon. In changing out the diesel tanks, I inadvertantly loosened the high pressure side of my freon line and let out all my freon. Now I need to have it completely recharged, so I need the pressure readings and also which...

As some of you know, on July 8, 2008, just about exactly a year ago, I repaired a leak in the fuel tank on my 2005 5740C. It was the standard reason these plastic fuel tanks begin leaking on the 5740Cs, in that the molded plastic tank has molded into them the place where the screws holding the...

Today is Saturday, December 27th. Yesterday afternoon, I went out to the barn to use my 5740C to go bring down a round bale for the cows and immediately noticed something was different. The entire underneath of the tractor was wet, from the front of the engine to one side of the rear tires. I...

About two weeks ago, I changed the oil and oil filter in my 5740C while at my buddy's place, while we also did his 4 tractors. I had been having a small hydraulic leak in one of the 3 hydraulic lines metal connectors coming off of that metal box looking deal under the right side step that has...

OK, a simple question for someone and YES, I've misplaced that booklet, written by the drunk Korean guy, that Montana called its "Owner's Manual" back in 2005!! How many quarts of oil in the 5740C? Thanks!!

Maka, I've got a 2005 5740C with the old, original, squared, FEL on it. I went out the other day to grease the various points in that FEL and found that one of my grease zerks had somehow come out and was gone. No one seems to have any for that old model FEL. I was wondering if you might have...

Last night was the first hard freeze for N. Texas so far this year. About 11PM I realized that I had forgotten to turn the wellhouse heatlamps on, so I went out with a flashlight to just plug them in. This wellhouse is only an 8'X8' metal building, with a wooden platform built around the tank...

While googling some information yesterday and generally just goofing off after I got what I really needed, I punched in my own name and what a surprise I got!! Under my name, among the other information, up popped my Unclebuck257 handle and the tractorbynet site name. Under that, it then stated...

We brought our cows back to our place yesterday from a two week grazing stay in my neighbor's pasture across the County Road. Now, my wife loves to mow in our 5740C, and this neighbor's pasture hadn't been mowed yet this year at all. Since the cows had munched most of the grass, leaving mostly...

The wife wants to plastic coat some things permanently, such as wildflowers etc, for the grandkids and I was wondering if any of you have had any experience with a particular clear drying, plastic, Marine clearcoat, varnish or sealant that might do the job. I say Marine type since I'm thinking...