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I came across a Cozy Cab that came off a 955 (but as I understand, it will fit any of the x55 tractors) over the weekend. I'm not sure I really want to put it on my 955 or not... mainly since it would need to be removed to use my No. 7 backhoe. It does need some TLC in the form of a broken...

Can someone enlighten me on the mounting of the 380 on the x55 series? My No. 7 backhoe uses it's own hydraulics to lift itself up to engage a pivot point with some brackets on the tractor. Then raising the boom it transfers the weight such that the subframe swings up under the frame. Once in...

The recent storm we had here in the mid-west gave me an opportunity to try out the new Robalon skid shoes I bought for my 59" blower. These shoes bolt to the sides of the blower frame directly beneath the centerline of the auger. The two steel skids bolted to the back of the blower frame are...

I'm considering adding a hydro oil heater to aid in very cold weather starting. Since my implement pump is direct coupled to the engine, the starter has to turn over the engine and the hydro pump on startup. Even with a block heater, the starter has trouble turning the engine over fast enough...

Is there no shear bolt on the impeller of the 59" blower? I sure can't find any mention of one.

A friend of mine gave me this plow pump setup several years ago and it just been sitting on the shelf gathering dust. I have an idea to finally use it and I was hoping someone here could tell me how this thing works... Besides the main power wire to the solenoid on the motor, it has a 6 wire...

I just recently got through completely rebuilding a JD 272 that I'm sure many would written off as junk. This weekend I got my first chance to use it. For almost 4 years now, I've been mowing my 3 1/2 acres with a JD 322 & 50" MMM. Needless to say, to mow the entire place takes quite a chunk...

Since there have been several safety discussions as of late, I though I'd throw this topic into the fray... I come away with the following from a couple of the recent "safety discussions": It's bad to disable a safety interlock because it interferes with the convenience of performing a task...

While working on my JD 272 project, I've discovered two of the three idler sheaves have bad bearing that need to be replaced. One of them has a replaceable bearing, but the other one is a "non-servicable" unit. It's basically to halves of a sheave riveted together that sandwiches the bearing...

I am in the process of rebuilding an older 272 rear finish mower that has a fixed discharge chute integral to the deck stamping. I'm pretty sure some of the older 72" MMM decks were constructed this way also. To me it looks like the design would be prone to windrowing the clippings. The 50"...

I'm working on reconditioning a JD 272 RFM. It's driveshaft has an outer metal shied. Is the shield supposed to rotate with the shaft or remain stationary and allow the shaft spin inside of it? Unless I'm missing something, I don't see anything that would keep the shield spinning along with...

Some of you may recall that I rebuilt the engine in my 955 over the winter. I've had it back together and running for a couple of months now, but it's been too wet out to do much with it. I did manage to rack up about 5 hours with using the 59 blower a couple of times and just doing some light...

I came across a honey of a deal on a 59 snowblower with front hitch and PTO driveline for my 955, so I picked it up this weekend. There is a warning sticker on cautioning about using proper ballast with the snowblower. I found the operator's manual for 59 on the 55 series tractor online and...

I've been eye-balling a Curtis cab for my 955. Just wondering if anyone here has one and if so, how do you like it. The one I'm looking at has a heater and I was curious where the heater hoses tapped into the coolant circuit.

My 955 has been parked for the last two and a half months while I've been (slowly) rebuilding the engine. Tractor didn't leak a drop when I parked it. After sitting for several weeks with the engine out, I noticed a wet spot on the floor beneath the transaxle. I tracked the leak down to the...

I stopped by my Deere dealer tonight to pick up some break in oil... all they had was Break In Plus 10w30. In I asked about it's use in a diesel engine all the parts guys stratched there heads and said "I wouldn't put that in a diesel... that's for gasoline engines". Even the service tech...

If I understand correctly, the electrically operated tachometers from a signal wire tapped off the alternator. I was presume that this tap is off the AC side prior to rectifier and that the varied AC frequency or voltage is what the tach uses to determine engine speed. The hour meter on my...

Trying to get the injectors out of the engine in my 955. The service manual suggests using a fitting nut from "an old fuel line" to make a puller to use with a slide hammer. Well, as luck would have it, I'm fresh out of "old fuel lines" laying around. Anyone happen to know what the thread...

As I'm using my 955 more and more lately and getting comfortable with it, I'm starting to push it more and work it hard. I've noticed that there is what seems to me to be way too much blow-by gasses coming out of the breather tube. I have no history of the engine, how it was used, how it was...

I'm looking for a compression tester with an adapter to fit my Yanmar 3TNE88 engine. Not having much luck. Anyone know where I can get one without having to go through John Deere or Yanmar dealers?

Did my first heavy work with the 955 tonight. I finished up the rebuild late Friday night a week ago, and then woke up sick as a dog the next morning. That put me out of commission all of last week. Over the weekend, all I got done was mowing... the place got away from me and was way overdue...

Trying to evaluate the fair price for a good condition used 59" snowblower. What's included: complete snowblower, front mounting hitch bracket w/ spud shaft, mid PTO to front bracket driveshaft, front driveshaft. Basically, everything needed to attach and drive the 59" snowblower. Looking...

I've been considering the purchase of a 3PT quick hitch. I have a rear finish mower that has a floating top link connection. Will that floating link arrangement work with a quick hitch? I don't see how it could. Is there some sort of adapter that would allow it to work with a quick hitch?

I've been re-working and "renewing" a 955 while keeping my other running 955 in working order. Today, I finally got to the point where I'm ready to pull the engine out of the runner and put it into the "new" 955. In about an hour I had everything disconnected from the engine and the engine...

Decided to put a water temp gauge on my 955 and settled on a VDO Vision Series gauge. My thermostat housing had an M16 plug in one side of it, so that was the logical location to install the sender. The sender that came with the gauge is 1/8 NPT and all the adapter bushings that came with the...

If someone with a 70 or 70A loader could pull a measurement for me it would really help me out. I need the distance between the two uprights on the front yoke/parking stand. I've attached a picture with the dimension I'm needing indicated in red. Thanks in advance.

All I've got to say is Deere is nuts if they think I'm going pay $145 for a new fuel gauge that's worth about $20. I'm not doing a restoration, so I'll be buying some sort of aftermarket fuel gauge. That's just insane!

How religious are you when comes to greasing your backhoe? I set out to grease my new-to-me used JD 7 backhoe for the first time... took about 4 hours! Apperantly, the previous owner(s) either didn't own a grease gun or didn't think it was an important task. I couldn't get about half of the...

Just wondering why the boom swing on the 7 backhoe has a relief valve set so low. The main relief is set at about 1750psi, but the boom swing has its own relief set at about 1025psi. Is there a weak point in the hoe that they are trying to protect or is this a case of corporate lawyers trying...

Would it be as simple as switching the hoses around at the valves to convert from ISO controls to SAE? Or are the valves physically different requiring the valve stack to be separated and the valves reassembled in a different order to acheive SAE pattern controls?

I'm looking for pictures of a JD No.7 backhoe with the subframe for a 955. I'd like to see some picutures of how the backhoe and subframe attach to the tractor. They can be actual pictures or even images from manuals. If you have any, please post them up. Thanks.

Does anyone know who manufacture the Nortrac 3pt. backhoes? Look a like an Amerequip to me. Here's a pic of the Nortrac hoe: and here's a pic of an Amerequip 6600:

In all my looking around, I have only see one photo of a 272 RFM that has a detachable (or fold-up) discharge chute. My 272 has a fixed discharge chute that is actually part of the deck stamping. Did JD make any 272's with a non-fixed discharge chute? or is the picture I saw someone's...

Interesting... I was pricing a rear auxiliary hydraulic kit for my tractor today. I got the number of the kit and called the dealer to get a price (parts web site won't give a price on the "bundle" kits). Then for giggles, I went back and added each piece of the kit to my cart individually...

When I engage the PTO on my 955, I can hear the engine labor a little bit and the PTO shaft tries to turn but just can't quite get going. I've done a bunch of diagnostics and I believe the problem lies in a couple of seals on the PTO shaft. If those seals are worn, it would allow the hydraulic...

Anyone have one of these? Just wondering how people like/dislike this blower in a front mount setup.

Title pretty much sums it up.. how much PTO hp is needed to run a 2-stage snow blower?

I'm trying to check/adjust the valve lash on my 955. I can see the TDC marks on the flywheel just fine, but I can't seem to locate the index mark on the flywheel plate. I'm hoping someone here can help out with where the index mark is supposed to be.

I've been wanting a toothbar for the 60" bucket on my loader. I finally decided to order one and called up Iowa Farm Equipment. My bucket measures 59-7/8" inside, so I needed their 59" toothbar that states it fits buckets with inside dimension of 59-1/2 to 59-7/8. On their website, it says...

I need to replace the o-rings on a couple of SAE #8 ORB fittings. Can someone tell me the correct dash number of the o-rings for these fittings?

I just picked up a used 3pt log splitter. I was wanting a stand alone log splitter, but the price was right on this one. Anyway, it has a Prince valve on the splitter, but it appears to have just two positions... no detents. I'm not sure if this is even a log splitter valve. There is a...

It's pretty easy to get most of the liquid fill in tires out of the tire. What little tips or tricks have you used to get the last little bit of liquid out once the level has dropped to the level of the valve stem? Break the bead? Any other bright ideas? I was going to stick some small...

When I bought my tractor, it had worn out R1 rears and mismatched size front R1's (both of which were the wrong size). I immediately had to buy new 7.00-12 R1 fronts. Now, a year later, I finally pulled the trigger new set of 11.2-16 R1 rears. The ONLY R1 tire I have been able to locate in...

Thought I was posting this in the Owning/Operating forum, but the thread I replied to was in the Buying/Pricing forum... so I'm reposting it here. Well, I've been looking for a 6' RFM for quite a while now. There have been plenty for sale, but they're just priced a bit more than I wanted pay...

Not really tractor related... but I have an older Briggs & Stratton (probably 25 to 30 years old) horizontal shaft, gear drive engine off on an old retired walk-behind snow thrower. The engine still runs like a champ under load and really hasn't seen that many hours of operation considering...

Been looking at log splitters lately... both stand alone and 3pt. I've noticed that some have the splitting wedge on the ram and push against a stationary plate on the end of the beam. Others have the flat plate mounted on the ram and push against a stationary wedge on the end of the beam...

I was wondering if someone here that has a 955 with the JD oil filter on it could measure the height of the oil filter for me. This sounds like a screwy request, but I have not ever had the engine side covers on my 955 since I bought it. I was finally able to track down a of side covers and...

I've been looking around for a used backhoe and I've come across a Great Bend 751. After doing a little searching around the internet, it appears that the GB 751 is identical to the Bush Hog BH762/BH765. I can't find any info on the GB unit. Just wondering if anyone here has the Bush Hog...

I know the #7 backhoe fits the 955, but are there any other models of JD hoes that will mount to the 955? Just trying to see if I can broaden my search... I just don't ever seem to run across a #7. I know there are a number of aftermarket hoes, but a few that I've seen are 3pt models with...

Looking at RFM for my 955 and came across a JD 272. Just curious how these mowers stack up against the other brands like Woods, King Kutter, Landpride etc.

While diagnosising a problem with my loader tonight, I noticed that one of the bucket cylinder rods is bent. It has about 2.7ｰ of bend at the end that connects to the bucket. Pressure tests indicate that the cylinder is still holding just fine and it does not leak. I guess my options are to...

I wasted a couple of hours, some gear oil and fair amount of money yesterday. I noticed a slop in the front wheels (wheels will wiggle back and forth) of my 955 and chalked it up to worn out steering cylinder rod ends and worn tie rod ends. Swapped out the steering cylinder for a good one on...

What is the filler material that is usually used when brazing various components onto steel hydrualic lines? Is it a bronze filler? Silver-solder? This is for a working pressure of 2500psi.

I have a JD 70A loader on my 955. The spec sheet in the manual states the following cycle times: Loader raising time: 2.8 seconds Loader lowering time: 2.4 seconds Bucket dumping time: 2.5 seconds Bucket rollback time: 2.1 seconds (times measured using a 48" bucket... I have a 60" bucket)...

Playing around with idea of building a mid-mount weight box for my 955. Do you think there would be any real benefits? or am I wasting my brain power?

Does anyone have any literature or happen to know what the maximum allowable tongue weight is on the drawbar for a 955?

I'm wanting to experiment with rear ballast for added traction when using the box blade on my 955. Obviously, adding weight the box blade does nothing for traction when the BB is on the ground. My first thought was to attach a weight bracket to the drawbar, but I don't really like the idea of...

How do these BB's stack up against other brands? What should a used unit in good shape be selling for?

I have an older 5' brush hog (i.e. heavy) that I use behind my 955. Sometimes I do not want the FEL on the tractor when using the brush hog and front end of the tractor gets way too light. Just curious how much weight others with a 955 or similar sized tractor are using on the front of their...

Wasn't really sure which forum to put this in, but since I plan to apply it an attachment, this seems like the right one. Like the title says, I'm looking for a liquid concentrate (in bulk) to use for tick control on my property. The ticks are out of control this year. Even with Frontline...

King Kutter 72" rear discharge vs. Landpride 25-72 side discharge. Given the choice between the two for virtually the same money... which would you choose and why?

The FEL on my 955 with air filled rears, 2WD, and only 300lbs on the 3pt. is just about worthless for digging. :laughing: I'm in the process of making myself a new weight box.... I'm shooting for about 700lbs. I'm also working on my MFWD, so that is not operational at the moment. I just...

Looking for some rear wheel weights for my 955. According to JD Parts, the same wheel weights are used on 655, 755, 756, 855, 856, 670, 770, 955, 4100, 790, 2320, 2520, and 2720 tractors. Does anyone know of an aftermarket source for these wheel weights?

The three point hitch on my 955 has solid (non-adjustable) lifting links on both sides. I'm wanting to build an adjustable link for one the sides. I've come up with stuff and method to make an adjustable link with 4" of adjustment... is that enough? Should the amount of adjustment be...

I picked up 70A a couple of weeks ago, and once I made some repairs to the oil lines and got a neighbor to help me unload it from my trailer, I finally got around to get it installed on my 955. The left front mounting pin does not sit all the way up into the slot on the frame bracket (although...

I'm looking for the boom width (distance between right and left boom arms) on a 300 loader. If anyone has one and can pull a measurement for me, I'd appreciate it. Please specify the measurement... outside to outside, inside to inside, outside to inside, etc. I don't know if the 300X and...

I've seen a couple of these pop up for sale around my area lately and it got me wondering. I know with the 380 blade, pretty much all the FEL mounts have to come off to mount the blade and vice versa. Is that the same with blower... do all of the FEL mounts have to come off before the 59"...

I just aquired a 70A and there is some goofy stuff going on with the oil lines on the cross tube. Can someone with a 70 or 70A post up a pic of the oil lines so I can compare to what's on mine? Thanks....

I've been looking around at mower decks for my 955. The trend I seem to be noticing is that 72 MMM decks are selling for quite a bit more than 272 finish mowers. I'm assuming that the difference in price stems from popularity and preference. I realize that a MMM deck configuration is more...

Now that cold temps are here, I see a lot of discussions about block heaters, oil pan heaters, etc., etc. So, is anyone here using a transmission/hydraulic oil heater? I see that one is an available option on many models.

I need a tube for one of my rear tires... 11.2-16 Dyantorque II, but I can't seem to find one specifically called out for this size. I'm sure there's a tube out there that would fit this application. Can anyone help out here?

Can anyone here tell me what year a 955 was built based on the serial number? LV0955D107743. I know I could call a dealer, and may have to, but my local dealer won't be open for a couple more days due to the holiday.

Can someone who has either a 200X, 200CX, 300, 300X, or 300CX loader provide me with a measurement? I need to know the distance between the pivot pin and the cylinder pin on the bucket holder (see pic).

I've been unable locate a FEL for my JD 955 at a price I'm will to pay or can afford. Seems the JD model 70A for my tractor are quite hard to find for sale by itself (separate from a tractor) and when I do come across one, the command a premium price. I guess I'll just have to make one, so I...

One of the rear tires on my 955 has a slow leak that is in a spot that is not able to be booted or plugged. Anyone know where I can get some tubes to 11.2-16 R1's?

Has anyone here had any contact with the folks at CADPlans lately? I sent them an email about a week ago, but haven't heard back. Guess I will have to try calling them and see if anyone bothers to answer.

I'm looking for some pictures of the 70A front mounts (mounted on the tractor) with the loader both attached and unattached. I have an x55 series tractor, but any pics would help. If you have any pictures you'd care to share, please post them up.

In the Tech Manual for my 955, there is a detailed diagnois process for the engine air heater circuit and control module. If all of that checks out, the manual simply states "Check air heater" with no further instructions or info. I looked through the manual in several places and do not see...

Is the 72" MMM for a 4xxx series tractor the same as the one used on the x55 series tractors? Just different mounts... or completely different deck?

One of my neighbors is selling a Buhler finish mower for a very reasonable price. He says it was purchased at a John Deere dealership and it does have the dealer's sticker from our local dealer on it. I've never heard of this brand and don't know anything about it. Is this a good finish...

Got home the other night and noticed that my neighbor had brush hogged the back portion of my property while I was work. Tonight, I took the 955 down there to take a look at how much he did and how it looked. Just about the time I got to the corner of my property, behind the pond and below the...

Sorry, this a long one.... I have a problem with my PTO that so far I have not been able to figure out. The PTO uses a hydraulic clutch/brake to engage. Here's the background: I hitched up my 5' rotary cutter and headed out to a field that needed to be cut. I engaged the PTO, lowered the...

I picked up my new-to-me 5' brush hog today. After unloading it from my truck, I hitched it up to my 955 to move it into the barn. I noticed that after picking it up with the 3PH (full weight of the cutter on the 3PH) the rockshaft control valve lever has a lot of resistance to movement. Is...

This 955 I'm working on amazes me...... how some parts of it can be so well engineered and designed and how just plain idiotic other parts are. The ball joint ends on mine are shot and the best I can tell, they are not replacable. I can't find a part number for just the ball joints either. I...

Ran into a couple of problems when I fired up my 955 project tractor tonight after swapping in a different transmission: PTOs won't engage. With the PTO magnet manually bypassed (seat switch not installed yet) neither of the PTOs will engage when the PTO lever is engaged. Rockshaft will not...

Cleaned up the gear pump to remount to the tractor tonight on my basket-case project tractor. Is the gear pump suppose to be spin freely? or should have some resistance when turning the input shaft. I can turn it over by hand, but it does require a little effort.

I've been looking around for a loader and the 70A's seem to be hard to come by. Looks like the options for loaders are the 70A, 300cx, and an aftermarket CTC 9050. I haven't seen any used 300cx loaders, but they are available new from JD. The 955 mounting brackets and oil line conversion...

Got a good solid 7 hours in on 955 project I bought. For the first time since I bought it... and who know how long before that... the 955 finally has a transmission in it. I have a few more things to button up before I pour oil in it and fire it up. The radiator support and it's two uprights...

I pulled the HST out of my 855 parts donor so I can swap it into my 955. First off, where can I get myself a nice set of Japanese tools? My 'merican tools don't seem to be able to bend and contort themselves into the shapes necessary to easily access nuts and bolts on these tractors. Second...

As I understand it, low viscosity hy-gard is JDM-20D spec. What other (cheap) brands of hydraulic oil meet this spec. I am about to the point of flushing the hydraulic system after a transmission swap and having the transaxle open on my 955. I don't really want to spend a lot of cash on high...

Here is a picture of the existing SCV's on my 955. From right to left, Flow Divider, Regenerative valve, Float valve, Rockshaft cylinder head. I have the SCV's off of another tractor and was wondering... can additional SCV's be stacked onto the current configuration (either between the...

Just how in the bloody heck are you suppose to remove the steering wheel? It has now provisions for attaching a puller to the wheel. Of course, the service manual is no help... it simple states "remove steering wheel". I tried sitting on the tractor with my knees under the steering wheel...

Is this a bastard tire size? I need to put new tires on the front of my JD CUT and it uses 7.00-12 R1's. I've been looking around online and mostly what I see is forklift tires in this size. They are proving to be difficult to locate.

Does anyone know of a source for the MFWD driveshaft yokes other than Deere. Mine is missing and I'm having a devil of a time locating a used driveshaft. Deere wants $440 for a new complete driveshaft. I figured I'd just build my own so I checked on just the splined yokes that fit the...

I just bought a 1990 955 project tractor. I was looking it over last night when I noticed the engine data plate. Everything I have been able to find shows that the 955 was only offered with the Yanmar 3TN84RJ 87cu.in.(1.42L) 33hp diesel engine. The data plate on my engine says it's a...

Need a hood for a JD 955 CUT. A hood from an 855 CUT or 430 GT will also work. Also need a grille for a JD 955. Grille from an 855 will also work.

I've enjoyed using my JD 322 to take of mowing and snow removal. I just purchased a JD 955 project tractor and am looking forward to getting it running and using it to take of my property.