BigE_
Platinum Member
Hello all!
I'm well into my 1st week of tractor ownership, and I still have almost no seat time. It is driving me nuts having to see it sitting there when I get in my rig and head off to work in the morning. I don't get home generally until after dark, and I really don't want to learn how to drive a tractor in the dark.
The repair manual on CD has already proven worthwhile, as I now have a new parking brake assembly on order from NH as of this morning. The old one must have caught on something and been broken off, or something, because just a piece of it is hanging down under the tractor.
The hour meter still doesn't work, but I'm trying to find time to dig into that. I'm fairly certain that when the ignition switch was changed out, the hour meter simply wasn't hooked up properly.
I checked out some of the filters and fluids on it before heading into work this morning. The outer air filter was very dirty, so I'm just going to replace both of them. I bought the tractor from the owner's son, so couldn't talk to the owner about it.
On the plus side, the HST fluid + filter look brand new, with just a smidgen of dust on the filter casing. I seriously doubt the previous owner would have taken the time to wash the HST filter, and combined with the brand new looking oil, I'm going to assume it was changed very recently.
The engine oil filter is charcoal colored, so it is hard to tell just by looking at it how old it might be, but I didn't see any oil, dirt, grease, etc., on it. Also, the engine oil has that look that oil gets when you've changed it in the last 300 miles on a car (a few dark particles suspended, but overall new looking), so once again, I'm assuming it was changed very recently.
Writing this, I just recalled I forgot to get a new fuel filter. Dang!
Looking closely at the engine, the alternator looks brand new, and the battery is sealed, so it obviously isn't stock.
My plan is get all the maintenance done tomorrow, and put in some good seat time on Saturday.
At some point I need to get the tires filled, but I figured that can wait for a little while. I got quoted $300+ dollars from the NH dealer, and $180 from the Mahindra dealer (40 miles away).
Question on filters: Do these cross to NAPA\Autozone\Schucks filters easily? The New Holland dealer doesn't exactly have good prices on these.
I do know I can get synthetic oils at the auto parts stores for cheaper than regular oils at the NH dealer.
Here's a few pics of the TC33D (plus a few other pictures of my property).
TC33D Pictures - a photoset on Flickr
I'm well into my 1st week of tractor ownership, and I still have almost no seat time. It is driving me nuts having to see it sitting there when I get in my rig and head off to work in the morning. I don't get home generally until after dark, and I really don't want to learn how to drive a tractor in the dark.
The repair manual on CD has already proven worthwhile, as I now have a new parking brake assembly on order from NH as of this morning. The old one must have caught on something and been broken off, or something, because just a piece of it is hanging down under the tractor.
The hour meter still doesn't work, but I'm trying to find time to dig into that. I'm fairly certain that when the ignition switch was changed out, the hour meter simply wasn't hooked up properly.
I checked out some of the filters and fluids on it before heading into work this morning. The outer air filter was very dirty, so I'm just going to replace both of them. I bought the tractor from the owner's son, so couldn't talk to the owner about it.
On the plus side, the HST fluid + filter look brand new, with just a smidgen of dust on the filter casing. I seriously doubt the previous owner would have taken the time to wash the HST filter, and combined with the brand new looking oil, I'm going to assume it was changed very recently.
The engine oil filter is charcoal colored, so it is hard to tell just by looking at it how old it might be, but I didn't see any oil, dirt, grease, etc., on it. Also, the engine oil has that look that oil gets when you've changed it in the last 300 miles on a car (a few dark particles suspended, but overall new looking), so once again, I'm assuming it was changed very recently.
Writing this, I just recalled I forgot to get a new fuel filter. Dang!
Looking closely at the engine, the alternator looks brand new, and the battery is sealed, so it obviously isn't stock.
My plan is get all the maintenance done tomorrow, and put in some good seat time on Saturday.
At some point I need to get the tires filled, but I figured that can wait for a little while. I got quoted $300+ dollars from the NH dealer, and $180 from the Mahindra dealer (40 miles away).
Question on filters: Do these cross to NAPA\Autozone\Schucks filters easily? The New Holland dealer doesn't exactly have good prices on these.
I do know I can get synthetic oils at the auto parts stores for cheaper than regular oils at the NH dealer.
Here's a few pics of the TC33D (plus a few other pictures of my property).
TC33D Pictures - a photoset on Flickr
