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    4640 price check

    Went and looked at a 4640 cab with front blower and loader. 256 hours , good shape , not beat up , was kept inside . 2015 I think. What is a fair price?? They want 29000 for it. It will come fully serviced and ready. Cant find comps really. A newer model , brand new would be a bit over 40 I...
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    corn blown over

    I lost a good chunk of my corn patch to being blown over in a very high wind today. What should I do, try to put it back up or just see where it goes? It's still a week or two from being mature.
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    First oil change

    Going on 8 hours on my new x580. Wondering about the first oil change. Stick with conventional oil or go with synthetic. I plan on synthetic after the second, T6 15-40 Rotella. I will be blowing snow in the winter.
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    Cub XT 3 vs simplicity

    Conquest™ Yard Tractor Cub Cadet XT3 Lawn Tractors Narrowed down to 2 mowers. I mow my dads lawn too, 3 acres total, not totally smooth. Don't want a 0 turn. Want the blower to do a few paths here and there and not have to push my current blower or get out the big blower on back of the farm...
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    hay rake model 25 belt

    Anyone know the belt size or part number of a MF model 25 hay rake. Ours broke.
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    injector pump

    Think the pump on my 555 is bad, it is not frozen and I have no fuel at all to one cylinder when cranking and priming. Other two seem low pressure too. Anyone know how to remove the pump and keep it in time while it is being tested. Will the gear on the pump move when disengaged from the...
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    injector pump

    Farmtrac quit, I think the pump is bad. 3 cylinder and I took off the fuel lines going to the cylinders. During cranking, no fuel at all coming out of one port. Fuel comes out of the other two, but at what I feel is decreased pressure. When using the primer I have good flow from 2 and...
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    00 grease

    SUPER S "00" GREASE: Smitty's Supply, Inc. Anyone use this before. Saw it at tractor supply any going to try it in the brush hog gearbox as it leaks. Says on the website that is an intended use.
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    Never put 2 & 2 together

    https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=392596367517846&set=a.392592407518242.1073741840.387757941335022&type=1&theater Never really read this sign. It is quite close to my house.
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    Back Hoe wont move

    Dad lets on to me he backed into a tree yesterday with the hoe and now the boom will not extend. I have about 2 inches of play in the cylinder and hear a gurgle in there too with tractor off. Tractor on it moves a fraction that's it. All other functions works as they should. Internal...
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    Warm up time

    I am always harping on my father to let the tractor warm up longer. Diesel engine. Take yesterday, about 65 degrees outside , gets on starts up, backs up out of garage, sits for 1 minute and takes off. There is still black smoke billowing out of exhaust and a few misses. By the time he gets...
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    Out of Spec 4x4 case

    Well I had some issues with my tractor and it has been down each of the past 2 winters http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/farmtrac/226812-happened-again-ad-pto-countershaft.html When the bolt came out this time punched a hole in the 4x4 case that I could not braze up this time. Got a new case...
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    Gear noise.

    I have a Farmtrac 555 DTC. Had a bolt come loose and came down fall into the 4x4 transfer case, punch a hole in it and ruin the gears. I got a new case and gears and replaced and now have a ratcheting gear noise. The case bolts in from the bottom and gear in the case meshes with a gear that...
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    Dealer says 3 to 4 weeks out

    Went up about a month ago a expressed interest in a 5020. As of last week dealer said at least 3 to 4 weeks before any new machines come in. He says there are not many left anywhere close. Also said even if there was we would have to pay list to get it from another dealer and he wants to try...
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    Mowing in reverse

    Sorry , but I am going to post this in a few spots. I work in a level one trauma hospital and we have had 4 kids in the past 2 years have traumatic amputations by getting run over by a parent mowing in reverse. If you disable your mow in reverse feature PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE keep turned...
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    Mowing in reverse

    Sorry , but I am going to post this in a few spots. I work in a level one trauma hospital and we have had 4 kids in the past 2 years have traumatic amputations by getting run over by a parent mowing in reverse. If you disable your mow in reverse feature PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE keep turned...
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    What would you do??????

    I now have a 1995 Farm Trac 555DTC 50hp 4x4. I have had a few problems with it including , but not limed to the bolts holding the carrier coming out 2 times and causing bearing, pinion and gear damage. I finally got that squared around by welding some stock to the bolt heads so they...
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    3 pt backhoe on LS

    We are in the process of getting a 5020 and have a 3 pt Farmtrac backhoe that we want to keep and put on the LS. The Farmtrac had brackets that bolted to the rear section of the trac on each side of the yoke. A bolt then ran through brackets and the yoke presumably to strengthen the connection...
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    LS U5020

    Our Farm Trac is in the shop (my garage) more than it is out and it started making another noise from a different spot and I am through with it. I am looking at a LS U5020. Looking at the good the bad and the ugly. We will be keeping the 3 pt backhoe from the farm trac to use on it...
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    left brake pedal soft

    Having some brake issues on my 555. I got the pins in, but the pedal is soft. The right one has a firm feel to it, the left just pushes to the bottom. It actuates the brakes, but is soft. All the parts look good and I put new discs in. Any help would be good.
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    555 4x4 transfer case

    My case cracked due to a bolt coming free and getting caught in the gears. I bought a new case and when transferring my parts over the shaft that holds the fork has 2 little springs and ball bearings holding it in place. How to get the top spring and ball in is my question if anyone has dealt...
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    555 brakes

    Among other things my brakes do not work. I had alot of play in the actuating shaft. I pulled the cover off and the 2 little pointy pins were on the sides of the concave part of the shaft. Do the pointy parts of the pins go in the concave part of the shaft or stay on the side. My guess is...
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    Ford 3000

    Ford 3000 Now with pics Going to look at a 3000 gasser again tomorrow. Anything to look at or for. 5300 hours, never had a bucket on it. I will get a shot of the tag tomorrow to find out year. Seems it has an oil leak on the left side of engine. I am assuming valve cover. Could...
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    Happened again ad PTO countershaft ?

    Well it happened again. http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/farmtrac/195480-pinion-ring-gear-replacement.html Do not know why it was a brand new ring and pinion. New bolts and lock washers and torqued them down. The Red Loctite I used was in my cabinet in the winter so maybe it was bad from...
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    Broken brush hog balde

    Hit a rock and broke the blade on my brush hog squealer. It broke in the middle of the bolt hole. Can it safely be welded? I have access to one of those old Lincoln Tombstone welders as I know my mig cannot do it.
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    squeaky brakes on 555

    After changing my ring and pinion and getting everything back together, my brakes now squeak, it is a wet brake. The rear sat dry for close to 5 months when I was chasing parts and getting it together. I bought the oil from the dealer I bought the tractor from and he said it was the right...
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    Pinion and ring gear replacement

    Have a 555DTC. The bolts in my pinion bearing carrier came out and wrecked the pinion bearing and pinion shaft . After waiting months for parts I am ready to put it back together. I see nothing in the parts breakdown for adjustment/shimming for backlash of the gears, no shims on either part...
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