Harry, FWIW, I have a former JD dealer parts manager working for me. The guy was a JD parts guy for over 20 years, and has an encyclopedic knowledge of nearly everything he's every come across parts-wise.
If you ever need JD parts, give me a shout off list and I'll hook you up with him or one of his former cronies at the local JD dealer. He might even be able to swing a discount. Dan --- On Tue, 8/25/09, harry watkins <harry...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > From: harry watkins <harry...@bellsouth.net> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Catheyesque repair of the day, Treadmill > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Date: Tuesday, August 25, 2009, 10:22 AM > > Jim wrote: > > > It's amazing how often things aren't all that broken, > > and if you're willing to expend a little time and > don't > > care too much about the cosmetics you can save quite > > a bit of cash. Not to mention the built-in > smugness > > factor of having saved something from the landfill. > > > > But you lose too, sometimes. > > > > -- Jim > > How true, I have just pleasantly found that out again with > my verrrry old, new to me John Deere backhoe. The > young man sold it cheap after his grandpa died because of > the cost to repair. The main problem was leaks and the > worst was the swing cylinder. It was losing fluid so > fast you could not get a job done. > Because it has a Detroit diesel engine, I got no help from > local dealers in trying to find out what I had so I could > order manuals and parts, one guy said it must be a > transplant. I joined a heavy equipment backhoe forum > and they had not heard of it either and wanted > pictures. One guy started digging and found > everything, including a study conducted on this tractor by > the Univercity of Nebraska. > That information allowed me to order seven manuals, > covering the tractor, loader, backhoe and the 2-53 detroit > engine. > After much reading about repairing the swing cylinder, I > found a statement that said the top and bottom bolts should > be torqued once a week. I found that most of the > bottom bolts could be removed with my fingers. After a > cheater bar operation, it's dried up completely. > I now have a loader cylinder leak, a fuel line leaking, a > power steering fluid leak and two more small hydralic leaks, > but I can use it as is. > > Harry > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
