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I am guessing it is a synchoshuttle like on my 1533. I wish I had an idea... I have a service manual in pdf for the 1533.. parts will not be the same. It might give you some ideas if you want to see it. Its on my google drive and I can PM a link for it. Let me know....

We have a 1533 synchroshuttle. It has a range lever and a gear shift. 8 forward and 8 reverse speeds/gears. If the 1433 you have only has a range lever, then I would say it is a hydrostatic. There is a version of the synchroshuttle that has 16 forward and 16 reverse.

Tell us more about how you connected the jumper wires... did you also connect a (-) wire? Or just the positive? I'm thinking starter solenoid or the lead from the battery to the block.

It should be. Much of the software for the individual OE vehicles is stolen from the vendors who actually do the work. Don't get me started on Autel or on Launch. If you had a way to test the VAG support in the tool, there are fault codes we embed to verify the theft... Like, "Check the...

To your point @5030 we considered making a patent for the product we produce because in 2000, the diagnostic tool approach we launched was unique in the auto repair industry. Then we thought about the fact that we would have to disclose details that would allow others to steal our idea...

Without a model and serial number, I find it hard to believe anyone could help you. Did you look around for the nameplate which states these? Its usually riveted to the frame on the tractor. See what you can find and then let's see if someone here can assist.

We have a 30x40 Barn/Shed/Shop - BSS for short. We intended a pole barn when design was planned in Feb of 2020. When the work started in June, we soon learned - no poles for you. Top of mountains tend to be pretty rocky. A foundation had to be built. There goes the budget. We thought...

We have the LS MT125 - and its bucket kept drooping... There is a failure in some of the LS and NH tractors - not sure yours is one - where the curl cylinders leak internally causing bucket droop. Not sure if that is what you meant by "floppy". Another member on this forum let me know about...

It will help me out also for when I add the 3rd function to our Missy.... I want to add a grapple arm to our forks or buy another fork set and add it to that fork set... I still consider myself to be a noob at all this. Probably will forever. After all, I only have 450 hours in the seat! Noob!

This manual covers the 1533 & 1540... Not sure how appropriate it will be to the 1532. I'll send it.

I have it in pdf form and can PM to any that needs it.

The info that @ptsg has given is what I have read in the service documents on the MF1533 which we have. I wanted to put a hydraulic powered cutter out front of ours but learned that we could only get max of 9.1 gal/minute flow - not enough to run the cutter. I too want to add a third...

If you want it, we have a sickle mower sitting in the corner of the barn. We no longer have a use for it. See this post: Road Side Mowing with a Sickle Bar I can and will post photos if you want to see it. We can talk price and so on if you have interest.

Have you considered cutting them down and then stump grinding? I did that with my 200' long 6' tall overgrown hedge. Rented a walk behind stump grinder (Stump Grinder Walk-Behind | Sunbelt Rentals) to chew it all up. Planted new right after grinding. The chips were mixed with the soil. So...

I remember seeing you were looking for a new grapple. Is it your plan to use the tractor and grapple to shuttle the brush? Are you allowed to burn? In Virginny, we make piles close to where we are working and burn there. We usually dig a shallow wide ditch and keep the pile small, feeding...

Can't say about larger.. We have Massey 3-4k with loader and do the kind of work you describe. We are hills always. Almost no flat ground. Its rare when I run in 2WD on the hills. The driveway - half a mile gravel. We have a grader blade, box blade and rake. The maintenance is slow...

When they heard my report on that, they checked. We're satisfied they did the right thing. We appreciate your (@GS650GL ) knowledge that allowed us to tell them to check!

Follow-up news... The cylinders were replaced under warranty. Lil Blue is awaiting pickup at the dealer. Our thanks to those who pointed us to the TSB. The dealer had no knowledge of it.

@Lineman North Florida - I think the one you were trying to remember was Mathew. That one mostly damaged the East Coast of Florida.

@GS650GL thank you. We'll try your test today. Glad to know there was an issue with the cylinders. I have stopped in to see the dealer. I'll make a point to get to them this week. Thanks for the other responses. I've read them all. For those asking, the droop is as @GS650GL described, a...

Our Lil Blue has less 50 hours on him as we also have a Massy 1533. Blue was purchased to do stumpin... Yesterday while carrying wood to our fire pit to burn, the bucket curl would not hold position - like there was a leak from a cylinder. No leaks were discovered but there were loose...

I too have no direct experience on a tractor with this but have answered many VW owners with similar issues.. If that crank sensor is not indicating rpm to the ECM, the ECM will not call for fuel. I don't think the code will stop a restart. But no crank signal? The controller has no idea...

@D&D - that is our method also... We had new grasses growing within a week of putting the soil back on the spot. We did spread the ash evenly before putting the stripped soil back in place. Then we seeded...

I don't have the invoice in front of me but memory says about $4500 and it has paid for itself many times over already. We could not manage all the wood cleanup we have done without it. Do note, our dealer would not install a loader without it having the under-structure to link the rear axle...

We use a 1533 - about 600 hours on it now - most of those have been put on it in the last 5 years after we took it out of storage. The 1533 gives just under 25hp to the PTO - so we can run a 5 foot brush hog. We mow 20 acres twice a year with that 5 foot hog. She runs great but I do have to...

The 32hp JD820 should handle that Brush Hog 286 just fine. 5 foot hog needs about 25hp from the PTO. Yes, in heavy grasses, you may have to slow down for the tractor to keep up. The MF1533 we run with 5 foot brush cutter has that issue. Have never sharpened blades. Have had fence wire...

I had a business designing and building custom magnetic controls and transformers. One morning I got a call from a company in middle PA whose main product was brass rod. After the rod is extruded, it has to be pickeled. To fit a reasonable amount in a pickeling tank, the rod has be coiled...

We have a 1533 - not too different from your tractor. The only controls that can cause a no crank when viewing the wiring diagram are the PTO and the Neutral switch. The seat switch knocks out the fuel solenoid to shut down the engine but does not drop the ability to crank. There are several...

Our solution was a ballast box. We filled it with rock we had on the property... breaking the rock to smaller pieces to get a better fill. The ballast box cost $200ish. The rock nothingish but our time to break and place. And we did place.. filling tightly as possible to maximize the weight...

and our 1533 - same! Simple and sweet.

We have a similar box. We filled it with rock. We took a sledge hammer and broke the rock into pieces to get good fill. Ours does not sit outside but our box had drainage holes. If the pins would fail and need replacing, we can pull out the rock, replace the pins, and move on. We...

Auto EV tire wear is influenced by 3 factors: Weight of the vehicle High Wheel Torque of electric drive Soft compound being used by OE to reduce noise from heavy vehicle I work for company that designs and builds diagnostic tools for VAG vehicles. The tire wear for EVs is real. Not sure of...

If you say so... Have tried this with our tooth bar on a 60" bucket... Not very successful. We acquired a stump bucket. That is more successful. (Amazon.com) To rip roots, you get the saw tooth edge of the bucket under the root and curl some and drag backward to rip. It takes practice...

Perhaps you are looking for a stump bucket (Narrow with big teeth). https://www.amazon.com/Titan-Extreme-Bucket-Skidsteer-Attachment/dp/B07NZ8QSVX All the comments about torquing the loader arms still apply. We use our stump bucket to dig around the stump, we curl the bucket to cut roots...

Skid steer has much higher hydraulic flow.. so yes, it will be far more responsive. Apples and oranges - correct. Vision out front of the tractor is tough when compared to a skid steer. Been operating our forks now for going on 3 years and still learning the tricks to know what's...

Crazy question maybe.. at what RPM are you doing the lifting? I know that my MF1533 will be herky jerky if the engine RPM is at minimum and the load is heavy. With the RPM about 1200, it is smooth as silk.. So, just a crazy thought.. is there enough hydraulic flow to do the lifting needed?

We have an LS tractor about the same size as yours. We don't do heavy lifting with it. We have a bigger girl to do so. That said, we do have the SSQA front end so we do use pallet forks to get the load closer. Running with the stabilizers extended - don't think that will do much good...

I was laughing my butt off at this comment. Why would a .30-06 need a battery? It just goes bang! ;)

You might also get some spiral wrap (https://www.amazon.com/spiral-cable-wrap/s?k=spiral+cable+wrap) to wrap the wires and protect them a little more. I don't understand why wires are just run over the frame of a machine without some extra protection. Especially when running underneath a...

Aren't we all? My gal is way past warranty so when this operator makes a boo boo, he just has to find a way to fix it! Most in this community can relate me thinks. I do have a rule however, all fixes must be done right. No rube solutions to go wrong a second time. Maybe a rube to get...

I agree with @BlueKnife - add a good adblocker.. no adds for me on firefox with my ad blocker active.

@Hay Dude, since you asked for some pics, I just added a few from our September mowing to a google album. Here is the link: Mowing You'll see a few pics of our troubles on the trip when I blew one of the steering Hydraulic lines.. And of course, it was the most difficult to get to... tore...

@Hay Dude - appreciate you sharing the details. Really enjoy reading your thread. I live in Montgomery County - but do my tractoring in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Southwest VA. Sorry you had such a bad day on your birthday. Hope the foot heals soon. Sounds like you are not going to...

I'm with those that are saying just mow it. We use a heavy duty zero turn, the deck pulled to highest setting. What we cannot mow with the ZT we do with the tractor's brush hog. What we can't do with the tractor, we do with our walk behind brush hog. We cleared a lot of land, seeded with...

Yes @Willy - if the Jetta has a DSG automatic manual transmission, the gas mileage is 1mpg different. If a true slush box - an option they still offer, then the difference is much higher. They have changed auto-trannies to have more gears which improve their overall performance but there is...

Good to make your acquaintance @EdGooding Glad my blog helps to describe what happens. I'm not sure but I may have been the cause of the hose failure as we were working in brush pretty heavy in August. I think maybe a stick kicked up and pushed that hose, breaking it - but there was no...

To help those who have a 1533 or 1540 tractor and find themselves experiencing a steering failure owing to a blown hose, I hope this blog of our efforts of learning how to accomplish the repair task will help. This blog on Google shows what we had to do. (Of course, the hose that blew is the...

I run a MF1533 geared open station tractor. With a 5 foot brush hog on hills, fuel is 1-1.25gph just as @LD1 predicted. We typically run a 10 hour day and near the end of the day always want a 5 gal can of diesel nearby! Just picked up a 25hp LS125 HST. I'll be interested to see the fuel...

When that happens on my brush hog, I shut down, and inspect the blades. They should freely spin. If they do not, they may be locked in an abnormal location which induces a force that is not on center when spun. That causes the vibration. I choose to make sure the blades spin freely so they...

Here is hoping that Kioti built protection into their units. Electronics do not like having the voltage reversed. Had a customer this week post in our forum for VW cars that they did the same. Lots of control modules in the car were smoked. Felt bad for the guy. He is living a painful...

I'll be mowing our fields next week. 20+ acres - 33 ponies - all engaged - all needed to mow the hills. We run without the bucket but with the FEL on the tractor with our forks frame on the FEL (no forks). We also make sure that the turns up top are slow and easy. The FEL arms do enough to...

See my answer.

We have a DR Power Pro 26. This is a walk behind brush cutter. From a quality standpoint - good machine. For our use on hills and on rough terrain, its tough to use. The steering is done by braking a wheel, letting the other one pull. But the independent diff gets it stuck with one wheel or...

Its worth the trouble to eliminate the seat switch as a cause. Usually there is a connector on the seat. Just disconnect it and jump the terminals in that connector. See if doing so eliminates the issue. In my case, I got another housing and pins for the connector, soldered the jumper to...

Not a Kubota, but our Massey was new to us - not new - in 2017. We started using it for work in making trails and mowing. It started dying as has been described in this thread. As I am an EE, I figured it was a safety switch and it seemed it was the seat safety. As long as my fat derrier...

I hear ya and am sorry you are going through this with her. Seems as we age it gets harder. My wish for you both is that the cancer will be beat, that the extra hands will be with you a long time. In my case, since we have 200 acres with 10% in pasture, a cabbed tractor would be a problem...

Not that these guys are the arbiter of all things price - but you can take a look at their offers: https://www.machinerytrader.com/listings/for-sale/caterpillar/304c-cr/excavators/1031 Perhaps that gives an idea.

We mow a pretty steep hill - 15 acres.. First time mowing, we did not have a FEL. Like someone else, we were hoggin 10' material - could not see what was on the ground nor how the ground was shaped. Went super slow.. Found lots of scarey stuff in the field. The previous owner had a...

I have two hooks on my buckets and my fork frame. They are located about 4-5" in from the side edge of the bucket/frame. I would put hooks on all the buckets/frames. To hold a rock in a bucket, start the chain in the hook, go around the bucket, bring it back to the hook. As said, I use two...

I'll second that... Next week I have 24 hours of mowing to do... Therapy. Away from all the distractions of other life and focused only on "gitter dun!" @Hay Dude , don't know if my hills are as steep as what you showed, but, I have a pretty steep 15 acre meadow to mow. There is one...

I was told that if tightened to proper torque, the bolt is stretched and should never be reused. If taking them off, replace the bolts. A second torquing of the bolt can lead to a fracture which then results in flying blades.. at the speed of the blade, one does not want to Loose the Hounds...

For our Massey, we purchased through AGCO. They have online service where you can view the manuals. I do not recall the cost of that purchase. I have also found other manuals for our MF1533 circa 2005 online. These are likely illegal distributions of Massey materials. I think it would...

Not a driveway but a trail where all we did was clear the path by which we could get through... 1/2 to 3/4 miles downhill through dense woods.. up to 5 guys working with the tractor, brush hog, chain saw, rake, and grader blade.. It took us 10 calendar weeks which would be 40-50 man weeks of...

Our cleanup was less than 2 years ago and more than last year. I guess we saw an average cleanup year in Blue Ridge of SW Virginia. Over the last 2 years, we have lost a bunch of Oaks. Many were along the driveway so those were taken down. Now I have a huge pile to cut and split for firewood.

We clear all the ditches on the 400 foot drop, half mile driveway with a blade. We can pivot our blade in X, Y, and Z axis in addition to using the top link and the lift arms. We manage to clear the ditches. Our blade is all manual adjust so we work in small areas, set the blade, do our...

Put a winch on it. You can pull on other things to get unstuck. If the side by side is stuck in mud, you may not want to bring a heavier tractor close to try to pull it out. The winch might be a big help - especially if there is tree nearby. You'll find other uses for that winch as well...

I believe it to be a black mold/mildew. I use Simple Green and a small amount of bleach. My process: wet the surface... using a fertilizer pressure can, spray the soap/bleach solution... let stand for the the bleach to attack the mold/mildew.. but before it dries, power rinse with the power...

I'm a short portly.. 5x5'7"... was 265 but now down to 225 - I fit much better (trying to get to under 200 so my doc gets off my back). I operate an older Massey 1533 compact (pictured) and if you blow that up and look closely, I had plenty of room for my rotundness... Given that tractor is...

Not that I am an experienced operator, but, watching the guys who are I learned a valuable lesson: loosen the pile before trying to scoop. That is, climb up toward the top and back drag down the pile to loosen. Then pick some up and move it. Maybe you are doing that already. But I found I...

@ptsg I wanted to close this thread by telling you that you were spot on. One connection had let go. All is back up and running! @oldnslo thank you for that reminder. The loader was down so no support was necessary. Appreciate the reminder.

Good to know and I will make sure to check. Thank you. We did look and saw nothing wrong but I did smell a bit of hydraulic fluid.. Oh how I hope it would be that simple!

I can try that tomorrow. I see no bend. It is as if the lift hits a stop. The pump then whines.. Obviously I do not keep it there. The curl is fine.. so I am assuming you are suggesting to just pop off the lift lines. @ptsg are you thinking that when I popped over the rock that air was...

Reference: Quickie 160C on a Massey Ferguson 1535 I think I was a bit too aggressive with the bucket. Dragging the bucket and ratchet rake on a rock pile to free the rocks for removal, I hung on a rock and popped the bucket up. After, the arms would only lift to about half their normal...

Inquiring minds would like to know....

The tractor you own and that gets the job done is the best! ;)

We agree with you. We are not letting go of our 2005 MissyFerg. No electronics on her. And this is coming from guys who do diagnostic tools for VW/Audi brand cars. When we are working the land in VA, we do not want to be let down by electronic failures. We need something we can fix when...

I think that McMaster-Carr has M14-1.5mm pitch - x 70mm long bolts: McMaster-Carr Price is $17.50/10. Don't think you can buy 1...

I second @fidowanttobe post. I admire your desire to improve the QOL of your parents as they are aging. I am 67 and I like to work smarter and not harder. Using a tractor to do the work rather than beating my body up, is a good thing. Sensitivity to your dad's "Can Do" attitude has to...

You are spot on. The technology exists to make a tool that will work in the field and yet report all the work through the dealer network whether or not the dealer is doing the work. I work for a diagnostic tool manufacturer who makes a tool for the auto aftermarket. Each year the OE brand we...

its 6kwh per day for the 250w unit and so for 6 months it would be 1095 kwh.

Your thread started on the subject of insect infestation. We experienced real fun with a bed bug infestation and lived all the bites from bed bugs.. Bed bugs were brought into the house by my son's luggage from a camp he worked in upstate New York one summer. Bed bugs do not like light and...

@Sawyer Rob - your guy and my guy look about the same size... I also had tractor time moving 6 deer on our hunt. It was muzzle-loader season in Virginny...

We have a 16" 40v Husquvarna. We also use a 21" Husky gas unit. The electric does far more work than the gas unit owing to convenience. We have 3 batteries, keep them charged. Property owner keeps another electric in his truck as do I to clear anything that comes down across the road when we...

@Sawyer Rob Nice Buck. I got mine last Friday but he was not that big. We have several big guys roaming the property but we did not find them during our hunt. In all we took 2 does and 5 bucks..

Love your realism @MtnHeightsWV. If you have the resources and can afford the expensive toy (or tool), I'd go for it! The wife will balk.. but hey, you need to enjoy your time on your land. What toys does she want..? Get those first and then your toys will be permitted.

FWIW... air filter changes should be at no more than 100 hours.. if conditions warrant, should be more frequent. Check it often. Don't get me wrong... I hate buying them as they are not cheap for our Massey but the ol girl needs to breathe to keep her going!

We have one for sale - an NH415. We don't really have a place to use it any longer. As best we know, it runs.. Probably needs some TLC. It is and had been kept indoors. Located in SW Virginia - Floyd County. If any has interest, I will get photos and such for you. PM me. We are not...

Nope... it isn't the ship. Its getting the ship docked and unloaded.. Been here.. working it... ever since the start of the pandemic.. its nuts out there.

Longer pins and double nut is what I used to solve my problems. Then you can snug it up and allow the space for the frame to move. The double nut keeps things from twisting apart.

I don't own one any longer... A guy was cleaning out his garage to sell the house and gave me a timing light. I tossed it. If I needed one, I wonder if you can buy one. <pause to look on Amazon> Huh.. they still sell them. Who'd have guessed.

Tried it. Removed it. On a 4WD power steering tractor, I found it more in the way than helpful. I use my palm for quick turns. I prefer not to need quick turns. ;)

Can you get pins with a longer thread section? Double nut and lock her up. It's the only thought I have to offer..

We have a NH 451 (if memory serves). Would entertain an offer. We are not using it. It needs a little love but we know it was working 4 years ago. We moved it indoors. Interested? PM me and we'll go from there.

Did you check all the fuses? Sounds like you need the wiring diagram and a meter to troubleshoot.

The click is likely the starter solenoid pulling in... it could be bad, the starter could be bad, the battery could be bad, the wiring could be bad a fuse could be blown. Start with the least cost first. Check all connections especially the ground connection to the block from your battery...

find something like this to plug into the genny outlet if it is a plug in genny. https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Wattmeter-Consumption-Frequency-Electricity/dp/B0828QWQZP/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=killawatt+220v&qid=1659466874&sr=8-5

I did not see any mention of air.. Have you checked the air filter? How did you get the starting fluid in? Removing the air filter and giving a squirt? And then it ran for 8 hours. With the air filter off? An engine is nothing more than an air pump. If it does not get air, it will not...

@Grjfer - go small on the bucket. Your loader, like mine, can't handle a lot of force... dig easy, use the curl on the bucket, take your time. I don't try to dig out huge stumps... that's for other machines. I use our bucket to dig out up to maybe 8"- 10" diameter stump. Some can't be done...

Why not buy a stump bucket that goes on the SSQA instead of the fork frame? That's what we did. Works great. Quick change. Our unit is from Titan.

Was mowing our field for the first time a few years back. Brush was 8 foot tall - couldn't really see what was what... Out in front of the field gate, along the road needed cutting. Well, I didn't know then what I know now! There was a telco box out there. Communications along our road...

If it doesn't start, air has been picked up in the system. It has to be bled from the system by "opening" a line further downstream from the fuel filter. I would assume New Holland has a procedure. Tractor Mike on Youtube had no fuel flow in his New Holland and he shows how he resolved...

@Rustyiron I like the balance on the tractor. One log each end... Hope your search for unique pretty wood is successful.

I have! I had one that would not release.. finally just decided to replace the plug and socket as one! Now, I have a connector that works.

Your tractor is a 1000lbs lighter than ours. I'm glad the other Bruce thought of the weight. My guess is you will be fine with 550# back there but be ready to add front ballast. We cut on hills. The bucket and loader stay on to help us at top of the hills when things want to get very light...

PTO class? I've not heard that term before. PTO is normally specified by power - the HP delivered and the RPM. Then they can be transmission driven, "Live", or Fully Independent. These threads may help sort things more: What Series PTO Shaft do I need? PTO types clarification?? Switching...

So weak spark.. how the heck would you find that? Thanks for the update!

I run a 5' rotary mower with 23hp at the PTO.. I think you should go 5' for your need. Should almost be the width of your tires - right?

Take care and may you have a speedy recovery.

I read from the manual online. Mahindra 10 Series Manual

I'm going to ask a stupid question: did the PTO gear lever pop out of gear? Turn the PTO electric clutch off. Depress the clutch (if not an HST) Move the PTO lever out then into gear. I have had this happen on our Massey. Every time it happens, I have a bright red face because I feel like...

Glad you found the problem... sorry the cost is so high. Did you look for a radiator repair shop? Shirley they could help?

@ovrszd, that's a great point! water pump.. check the flow - tests thermostat and water pump all at once. (I remember doing that back when I was younger on my '58 Ford.. ) Fits with his 15 minute run time too! I appreciate the knowledge on this forum.. I hope the OP soon reports his findings.

blow the radiator out to clear the chaff and debris? That was not in your list of things you have done.. Is the fan operating properly? We have a 2005 1533... She runs like a top - 450+ hours.. Only overheating has been when the screen was packed with garbage or the fins in the...

I mow hills.. pretty steep hills. For stability, the bucket helps. That said, the bucket makes the whole rig longer and does make it harder to turn when in tight places. If running on flat land that you know, you likely do not need the bucket on. if on land you do not know and there is a...

I wanted to close this out. Turns out there was nothing wrong with the female socket. The issue was that when the hose was yanked from the female, the nipple/male side of the hose was distorted, out of round and a guy with eyes that knew what to look at spotted it immediately. I ended up at...

They are pricey. You will loose lynch pins and washers. Just a fact. The cost of the washers run from $3.99 to $10.99 for two. I bought a whole bunch of thick durable flat washers for what it cost to buy 2 PATs washers. As said, the only downside is often I need to take the pin washer off...

They are bent such that the pin can capture them. i lost most of ours and simply purchased nice steel washers. They serve the same purpose and do not mess with the horizontal movement of the attachment. I do have to pull the pins and remove the washers to pick up to keep the washer out of the...

We have a half mile driveway with a 400 foot rise from the bottom to the top. Making and maintaining drainage ditches, keeping the drive crowned has been done with a back blade that can be heavily angled in several planes. We use the box blade to move material to low spots and to drag the...

Sort of a rule of thumb is you need 5hp for each foot of width of the brush hog. I doubt you have 25hp - which is why you mentioned you would not be cutting heavy thick grass. If the 2400 runs 20hp, I think you would be fine if you get the machine in balance. That hog probably weighs...

I will give my vote for the ratchet rake - does a great job of grabbing and pulling all sorts of brush... Used ours to clear a bunch of thorn bushes in March. Then I snagged a hydraulic line. Next trip I will get the loader fixed.

Bendix is the gear head on the starter.

I'm glad you have it fixed but I am unsure what the fix was. Is your conclusion is that it was the air filter causing this? Color me skeptical... If the air filter was blocking that much air flow that it could not make power, then "blowing it out with only a little dust coming off" seems...

We run a Massey - not a Mahindra... last spring, I dumped 5 gal of diesel into the machine and it started doing exactly what is described here. It was bad fuel - it had been given to us because the guy who had it no longer had a diesel generator and he didn't know what to do with the 5 gal of...

As I wrote in this thread: 4 wheel drive all the time? or just when needed Just plain dumb!

Can you clarify what you are saying here? Are you saying that when jumped, it cranks and starts? And are you saying that as long as the unit from which it is being jumped remains connected, it will continue to run? And finally, are you saying that as soon as the jump battery connection is...

We have 210 acres - none of it flat. We operate with a 2005 Massey 1533 Compact tractor. The tires are not loaded. It has a FEL and we mow 25 acres give or take with a rotary brush mower. The mower is a 60" light duty, good for cutting up to an inch - inch and a half - requires 25hp from the...

@JWR - you are correct.. brain fart. 20 degrees is what I measured using my phone.. Why did I write 20%? Who can say?

Twice a year, I mow a pasture that has sections with a near 20% slope. @ParkWhite suggested that you take time to practice. That's what I did.. After my 3rd mowing, I understood how to take the hills riding up/down rather than attempting to go across. To help with the turns at the top, a...

I had this happen. I removed the blades to get all the wire out as some broke off close to the bolt, was still jamming the blade, and the only way to get to it was to remove the blade.

I can confirm NOT. Had a container on a ship off Tacoma Washington - the fastest moving port on the west coast I was told - and it took 2+ weeks to get a berth, then another 2 weeks to clear customs. At origin, it took 4 weeks to get the container on the ship. Sea transport was 3 weeks -...

Thank you Dave (@Dmacieo). My dealer only had one in stock and the other is being shipped to my home - its a spare. We'll see what we find. If the connector has failed, it'll be replaced and hopefully all will be fixed. I just wish I were onsite to get this done this week! I just might...

As previously said, we did move the joy stick. We did press the ball and we did see hydraulic fluid come out. That said, perhaps we did not hold it open long enough. On the plug side, we opened both sides of the circuit and with those open, we pressed the ball in by hand. We then tried to...

I appreciate all the feedback and help. @can do, been looking for a cutaway. As an engineer, I want to understand what is working there and am still a bit in the dark. I'm a sparky but have pretty solid mechanical aptitude owing to my days of designings machines/machine controls. Still, I...

@Xfaxman, we agree. I did not try swapping A & B to see if A would seat in the B socket - good idea. The issue with the A socket is that the plug will not stay in and latch. you can get it in, but then if you wiggle it, it will pull out. The fluid valves are not open. We think when the...

I am looking into doing exactly that. Fully agree.

Yes, fully aware and have done that. Before I install the new one, I will repeat that to be absolutely certain I did as I believe I did. I did do this on the male side. The female side is connected to the hard pipe. Only way to release is to loosen the connector. As my first time trying...

Live in the Philly area - farm is in SW Virginny along the Blue Ridge Parkway, near Floyd, VA. My commute to the farm is 450 miles.. Always go for at least a week. June is mowing month.. I want to have the front loader functional by then. Need it to be down near the ground - not at hood...

Thank you @JWR. We have done the twist and wiggle, taps and bumps. It will feel like it is latched and then a wiggle and it pops out. The telltale sign is no fluid flowing. Frustrating to say the least! We had trouble getting this connector to let go. We wanted to re-route the hose so...

Plug connected Plug disconnected Female connector detail - Safeway can't read the model # I went to our nearest Massey dealer and picked up a new female connector but I do not have confidence that the connector is the issue. I cannot see a problem in the connector. I cannot feel any burrs...

I don't like double posting but no one is responding in the repair thread sub-forum so.... One of the hydraulic lift lines to the loader caught a branch and ripped the hose out of the mating coupler. No damage was done to the hose. We are unable to get the coupler to lock in and mate...

One of the hydraulic lift lines to the loader caught a branch and ripped the hose out of the mating coupler. No damage was done to the hose. We are unable to get the coupler to lock in and mate despite breaking and bleeding all pressure in the lift loop. I suspect something in the coupler...

Glad you got the power sorted. May I suggest that lifting logs and carrying them like that is gonna end up with you tipping over...? It is far safer to drag those logs. When you carry as you did in the photos, one rock or hole is all it will take to have you sitting on the inside roof of...

I posted earlier that I was testing a battery operated unit. Jury is still out. So far (Oct - now, one battery change), no critter damage on a car that has had it in the past.

I have Toyota vehicles. Rodents love the wiring in Toyotas because the wiring insulation gets made with vegetable oils that attract rodents. Frustrated by all the trouble with critters, I decided to try one of these: Amazon.com: P3 International Under Hood Animal Repeller : Patio, Lawn &...

@bazman82 if you have the space on the tractor, I would use the ROPS - no attachment but make the board straddle and lock to the ROPS to keep the board from sliding side to side and sliding to the back. Then use the ratchet straps and lock the front of the board to the ROPS, keeping it tight to...

yep, it is. The driver's rifle goes in the case for safety. Little guy is buckled in.. you can see the handle we added and the seat belts. Little guy buckled in Rifle case backrest

Give a try now. Google photos can be a real PITA. (Idiot bears even more so!)

Looking at your tractor, would it be possible to put a board across the two fenders, behind the seat, such that their legs would fit in the space to the left of the operator? If so, I would bolt that board in, add seat belts and call it a day! We have a UTV and during hunting season, we...

"Swap til you drop" is the expensive path to a solution. Often a part is not the solution but the wiring, as others have suggested, is. The manufacturer of your tractor has a list of those codes. Demand it. Without it, you may as well get out your Ouija board and divine your way to a...

The alarm codes (diagnostic trouble codes) should give a clue as to what is going on. With the codes, look at the wiring diagram to see what might be in common. For instance, maybe the codes point at 3 sensors. If so, then look for a common ground or a common supply (+12) point. Perhaps a...

@Hay Dude, I agree with you completely. And if @jyoutz family is deducting all that, they are not doing it properly and someday the tax man may come calling to do an audit. Many things can be deducted but like all things in this country, the tax man demands his.

@rScotty VAG is a German acronym that represents the VW Group vehicles. I should know the German words in the acronym. Many think it is VW Audi Group... but that is not quite correct.

@Gregster613 do you see the +Quote below your post? When I click it, your post is copied. To add it here I simply click Insert Quote:

Sorry for the long post - @rScotty I'm not sure it can realistically happen. In small tractors - CUT and SCUT perhaps. We all want machines that do more and make our life using them easier. The solution to getting more performance and ease of use is integration of more sophisticated...

I used to design transformers and motor controls. 216C outside the device seems to me to be way too high a temp for an external thermal cutoff. Burried deep inside the coils - might be appropriate. I make the assumption this device is mounted on the motor housing? So if it was allowed to...

Google is our friend: https://nhoilundercoating.com/soy-based-wiring-how-to-help-keep-mice-out/

I was aware they used soy oil in the machines that add the insulation to lube things. I was not aware the insulation was a soy based material.

@RalphVa I don't see the box blade being all that effective on the old maintenance road where you have fill on the upslope side. I would use a grader blade for that work, dumping the material drug out to the center so I could build a crown.. but the crown would also depend on whether I could...

$210 for license, $60 for butchering up to a 50# deer, 1 bullet, 3 pellets of powder, 1 primer - Call it $272 - $5.44/lb. If I were a resident of Virginia, the license cost would drop to $35. Then the cost per lb would be $1.94. If I filled my tag and took 6 deer, then the license cost/6...

one other comment... the clamp on forks are further forward of the lift pins because the bucket is still present. Your lift capacity will be limited because of the distance the load is from the pins. The SSQA frame brings the lifting point as close to the lifting pins as possible, maximizing...

Yes it should. We bought a set for ours.. works a champ.

You are correct @LittleBill21 . The battery will act to absorb some of the energy. The question is how much and to what degree. @etpm is also correct that the voltage on the system may fly to a substantial high voltage. Note the article does say there are protection devices built into the...

Thank you for being our customer. Don't leave home without VCDS! It should always stay with the vehicle!

Ref: Post #60 @LittleBill21 - You have heard of inductance? When the jump cables are disconnected, the inductance of the circuit is changed. An inductor likes current to keep flowing at the same rate. If that current is abruptly changed (reduced in this case on the donor alternator), the...

@Username Taken - your quoted scenario makes sense. I could see the ECU getting confused for a few milliseconds and commanding voltage to spike if the reference voltage goes wonky. I think the best idea is to change the battery with a fully charged battery on tractors that have lots of...

A regulator controls the voltage.... a rectifier converts ac to dc... The rectifiers are still mounted in the alternator. The voltage regulator is a circuit in the alternator that is controlled by messages sent from the ECU over the LIN bus. Dodge is not the only one doing this. Many of...

I purchased from AGCO for our MF1533. The Service manual includes your MF1540. http://www.agcopubs.com/service_manual/english/4283359m92/1533_1540_compact_tractor_assembly_ The operator's manual is online.. I can't find a link.. give them a call... Product is 1449576M5 for the 1533...

I'm watching this thread as I have the same issue on our MF1533. I have two hoses I cannot get off to save my life. Dealer could not give us an idea how to get them off. I'm hoping you find a solution so we don't have to cut them off and replace everything with something that actually works...

Then put a 3k resistor in place. If ya have one.

Would Hay Dude have a resistor laying around? I know I have lots of them.. because earlier in my life I made a living as a sparky... But Hay Dude admits its been awhile since he did electrical/electronic stuff. Here is a typical temp sensor spec: Coolant Temperature Sensor; Outline Of...

Yep - missed the link in post #88. Sorry. Ground it is.. pin 37 of the ECU has to go to ground to turn on the relay. The only temp sensor I saw was the engine cooling temp sensor. To spray the freeze spray, you would have to remove it from the radiator which means the hole in the...

If the ECU is grounding the relay coil, then the ground to the ECU must be a good ground capable of carrying the relay current, the wire to the relay must be good capable of carrying the relay current, and the transistor in the ECU must be good, capable of carrying the current. One of the best...

We have a MF1533 which has the same operator's manual. The printed copy stays with the machine. I have an online copy that I believe I purchased access through AGCO. There is an app you have to download on your computer and then you can view the manual. I do not believe you can buy printed...

Looks to be owned by this company: K S E Sportsman Media Inc 6385 Flank Dr, Harrisburg, PA 17112 (717) 545-2527

I missed that piece... agreed. If they are abusing the land, then the local authorities ought to be called in. Problem is that the local authorities can sit and watch. Next step: Trail cameras to monitor what's going on. Get the ones that do not give off red light in the dark. True...

I am a hunter who hunts in SW VA. I know the law and so do most responsible hunters. We do not go on property owned by others without permission. Even if a deer would be wounded and run onto a neighbor's property, posted or not, we do not go on their property. On the property I hunt, since...

Not a Kioti owner.. a 2005 Massey owner. Engine oil always comes out very dark black @100 hours of service. I'm told that it is normal for a diesel engine. When we first started using this machine, it had been sitting for a lot of years. We put fresh oil in, ran it for about 25 hours and...

Your counting reminds me of what they taught us to do when playing music where you had a long rest period before playing again... in 4/4 time signature we would count 1234..2234..3234..4234.. 17.234 - Play! I like the idea of making the rhythm. That would help me.

Don't be too sure about this. The Feds have been coming down hard on the tuners because as they tune engines, they often violate the emissions standards bunching the Feds panties. They have already shut down diesel tuning shops. Right to Repair has nothing to do with "Right to Modify"...

That's helpful and makes sense. I have never thought about that. Was not a heavy equip operator and did not think about this. If backing down, all the weight remains on the back wheels.. as said, good point and helpful.

Agreed! I wished I done what I always had done in the past - check to be sure I was in 4wd - check that I had control. In a hurry, I got over-confident and I was lucky it ended well. Again, didn't have the bucket on. I had forks with a machine sitting on a pallet on those forks.. Using that...

Do set up a video and let us see you do that with forks and a machine out front while you are in a uncontrolled slide. I'd be interested in learning how one has the presence of mind to slowly lower the FEL. The slide was over in what 30 seconds? With the forks curled as much as possible to...

Now you tell me! :ROFLMAO:

On my wild ride, I had the forks on - loaded with a 350lb machine - not the bucket.. I was not going to try putting the forks down... the bucket curled I might have tried.. but not forks. The fork frame catching something and me going pinwheel was what I was thinking. You are correct...

Congrats. All the best wishes to the family.

Were you sitting in the same seat with me? See my earlier post.. did exactly the same as you.. hit the steepest part of our hill, had to make a 90 degree turn, the rears locked and sliding... I stopped about 200 yards downhill... It is a horrible feeling... I uttered similar words...

When you do not have automatic applied 4w drive, in those hairy cases, I suggest safe rather than sorry. Engage the 4w drive before finding out you should have!

Flat lander? Two wheel makes sense. Hills, I got a story to tell: Boss and I were talking about how after 250 hours in the seat I was getting pretty good with the tractor. He says, "Don't go getting over-confident. 250 hours you are still a newb." I was working around the barn and on level...

Didn't suggest he replace it. Suggested it might be the problem. No point in this thread has anyone mentioned the pump. Are both the top and bottom hoses hot? Do we know there is any flow? How can we measure that the flow is sufficient? A temp guage going to do that? @RickB you are...

sounds to me like a water pump is not doing its job..

@mvoght, I hope you will start a thread about your UTV. We are interested in one. We use our UTV for lots of things but it is loud and stinky. We want something more stealthy for hunting season. Would love to hear your experiences.

With a 6" extension, don't forget to double check your shaft lengths. Make sure they are not too long.

I mention it because at one point, I had my seat too far back and to push the brake and lock it, I had exactly that happen. I am a short portly.. sort legs, big fat belly. Blow my avatar up and you will get the overall idea...

Sonny, any chance that when you push hard on the brake, you are lifting a butt cheek off the seat and seat safety is killing the engine?

We name all our machines... MissyFerg, Buck and Dane...

I've read the manual on our tractor 3 times so far.. you don't absorb all the detail until you start using the controls on the tractor. Low and slow.. that's how I go!

I have a MF1533.. .from the service manual, Tranny fluid is Permatran III or 821XL. This page from my service manual may be of help:

If the windings are failing, the motor can also spin under no-load but fail once current is required to do work. Your starter may be gone. Safety circuits, then Battery, then starter since I guess the safeties are least cost, then battery, then the starter motor.

2007 TC30 - how many hours on it? Are you sure the problem is not fixable? Cost of fixing could be a lot less than buying new. TC30 seems a good size machine for your 20 acres.. I take care of 150 acres with a machine about the same size... 1. Most here will tell you to buy the heaviest...

I would expect that uncontrolled charging by the motors of the towed vehicle could overheat things and fry things in the inverter package. When plugged in and charging, the cooling system is operated to keep things cool. Under a failed condition, that may not be true. My guess is that this...