Repower or Sell PT-425...?

[ernemats]

Everyone must be busy as no activity lately

 

[Lnk]

Made a hay spear for my 425, stacked 58 bale's 2 high in the barn. Been pretty busy, I imagine everyone else is too.

 

[spechols]

Built a new croquet court using the PT to level the green before seeding.

 

[Lnk]

Built a new croquet court using the PT to level the green before seeding.View attachment 715509

We can't play croquette at our house, unless we put the wickets at the bottom of the hill, then it is really easy. Lol

 

[spechols]

We also have no flat land - so I made some with the PT.

 

[ponytug]

We also have no flat land - so I made some with the PT.

Perhaps, not, but those are gorgeous retaining walls.

Nice job! When I leveled my arena, I did it by backdragging the 4n1 bucket and a laser level. After awhile, I could see what was high just by eyeballing it. Nowhere near as last as a hydraulic laser level on a land plane...

All the best,

Peter

 

[pka45]

Thanks all - turned out to be the terminals after all.

Sure was a good practice run to learn how to replace the starter! And how I have the “starter access hole” all ready to go…

Got everything up and running for a few hours of use, and now another issue. Machine turned weak on me and shut down, and now it won’t turn over or start. There is a single hard click when I turn the key, and that’s it. Same thing when I try to cross over the starter. Any ideas? Thank you for any help!

 

[MossRoad]

Did you leave the PTO switch in the ON position?
I've done that before. Moving along, tractor dies for various reasons. Forget to turn off the PTO switch. Tractor won't start.

Purchase and replace starter.
Realize PTO switch was on.
Put spare "tested" starter on shelf.

Look around to make sure no one saw what I did.

 

[pka45]

Yep! You got me. Just glad nobody here to see it, only you people

 

[MossRoad]

 

[ponytug]

been there, done that, too!

Glad that it is all working.

All the best,

Peter

 

[agjones]

It's easy to catastrophize silly stuff when recovering from a breakdown!

 

[ponytug]

 

[pka45]

Well, turns out it wasn’t so innocent. When it wouldn’t start I noticed it was pretty low on oil (which is odd since it wasn’t leaking and doesn’t smoke, but I hadn’t checked it in a while), so I topped it off, started it back up and ran great. For 10 minutes. Now it’s seized up completely. Guess I’m looking for a Kohler after all. Got a call in to Terry about the details of the swap. And need to figure out the bypass hose to tow it out of my driveway - I can’t tell from the manual where the bypass plugs are.

Not a good day.

 

[MossRoad]

Here's a link to the post with the pictures that you PM'd me for. Hope you can see them.

Dead battery, broken exhaust stud, tow ports, gas tanks, welding, carbs.... YIKES!

My 2001 model year PT425 battery died. The metal battery hold down strap wore through the case and that was that. As many of you know, on this iteration of PT425 layout, the muffler has to be removed to get the battery out. Four nuts on four studs.... three came off... one stud snapped very...

www.tractorbynet.com

 

[ponytug]

Well, turns out it wasn’t so innocent. When it wouldn’t start I noticed it was pretty low on oil (which is odd since it wasn’t leaking and doesn’t smoke, but I hadn’t checked it in a while), so I topped it off, started it back up and ran great. For 10 minutes. Now it’s seized up completely. Guess I’m looking for a Kohler after all. Got a call in to Terry about the details of the swap. And need to figure out the bypass hose to tow it out of my driveway - I can’t tell from the manual where the bypass plugs are.

Not a good day.

So sorry to hear this. Good luck with it.

All the best,

Peter