Oldchevyguy
New member
- Joined
- Mar 16, 2022
- Messages
- 5
- Tractor
- 1968 John Deere 400
I have a 1968 JD400 backhoe and it’s been a great machine. Recently I was noticing a slight delay in engagement letting the clutch out before it got rolling and every now and then the loader would act a little jerky. It has a few minor leaks so I figured it was probably just a little low on fluid. Last weekend I started it up and it didn’t want to drive at all. I checked the fluid and it was on the add mark. I dumped some in and it was still a little low so I put in more and it was up to the mark. Now it wanted to move but was still a little sluggish on the take off. I shut it off and when I came back about an hour later it seemed normal. I chalked it up to need air to work out or something. Yesterday I drove it to my brothers house about a mile away all told and on the way the power steering didn’t work. Then after I got there it started working and but the loader was not working right, going slow and didn’t want to pick up. At one point that got better but then the backhoe inplaments started acting up and didn’t want to work but then the backhoe loader was good and the machine wanted to move forward and backwards. Now I’m really scratching my head. Today the drive engage was super slow and the loader and the power steering were taking turns throwing fits. I’m at a loss. Has anyone had this experience? I’m wondering if it could be the filter? I don’t get why it is playing musical chairs with the different functions. If nothing works I would believe a plugged up filter or a bad pump but you would expect it to be all or nothing not taking turns between the different functions.
