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Troy Whittle 09-25-2012 15:24:27 70.199.225.26 Report to Moderator	I have a TO-30 and the 3pt stopped working last summer. I really need to have a working tractor for mowing the field. Is there anyone around the Hillsboro area that knows how to work on them, and if so, how much would you charge to get it working again? I hope there is somebody out there. Thank you [Reply]   [No Email]
Bob (Aust) 09-29-2012 13:55:15 124.185.5.254 Report to Moderator	Re: 1952 TO-30 repair around Hillsboro Oregon in reply to Troy Whittle, 09-25-2012 15:24:27   Troy. Have you removed the "port hole" cover plate on the right side of the transmission?   [Reply]  [No Email]
Troy Whittle 09-30-2012 12:39:08 70.199.224.3 Report to Moderator	Re: 1952 TO-30 repair around Hillsboro Oregon in reply to Bob (Aust), 09-29-2012 13:55:15   I removed the cover that the 3pt lift lever is on. The plate below that has the high low shifter lever on it.   [Reply]  [No Email]
Bruce(OR) 09-29-2012 23:28:07 97.115.30.22 Report to Moderator	Re: 1952 TO-30 repair around Hillsboro Oregon in reply to Bob (Aust), 09-29-2012 13:55:15   Troy has left the building. . .   [Reply]  [No Email]
Bruce(OR) 09-27-2012 17:44:34 97.115.29.121 Report to Moderator	Re: 1952 TO-30 repair around Hillsboro Oregon in reply to Troy Whittle, 09-25-2012 15:24:27   Hills-buritto? OR-EE-GUN? Whar"s THAT? I heard tell Ory-gun may not be the end of the world, but you can see it from there. . . Is it true that during tourist season y"all take "em out to the edge and shove "em over? Whoo-ee! Sounds like fun! Also heard tell you got a UFO whut comes out once a year. It"s called "The Sun". Heard tell you can tell daylight from night time "cuz the cloud gets brighter. You know, the gray thing that stretches from one end of the horizon to the other. Is it true that after awhile you don"t bother looking up "cuz it"s just un-ending fergy gray? Heard tell y"all got a town named "Drain". Is that cause of the pasturized water? You know! It flows from pasture to pasture to pasture. . . Is it true that y"all don"t tan, you go to the beach and rust? Are you a native Oregonion? You got web feet??   [Reply]  [No Email]
phil(va) 09-26-2012 05:26:21 76.1.132.68 Report to Moderator	Re: 1952 TO-30 repair around Hillsboro Oregon in reply to Troy Whittle, 09-25-2012 15:24:27   Tell us more about the tractor. Does the PTO shaft turn? Maybe we can diagnose it and if you can't work on it you can get a local auto mechanic to look at it with our diagnosis.   [Reply]  [No Email]
Bob (Aust) 09-25-2012 16:38:24 123.211.224.76 Report to Moderator	Re: 1952 TO-30 repair around Hillsboro Oregon in reply to Troy Whittle, 09-25-2012 15:24:27   Troy. The Ferguson tractor is really mechanically quite basic, any reasonable handman with a few basic tools should be able to get one running. If you don't have a local mechanic, do you have basic mechanical knowledge or any idea what may be wrong with the tractor? Bob in Oz   [Reply]  [No Email]
Troy Whittle 09-29-2012 12:17:48 134.134.137.73 Report to Moderator	Re: 1952 TO-30 repair around Hillsboro Oregon in reply to Bob (Aust), 09-25-2012 16:38:24   I can work on most things. When it stopped lifting, the 3pt lever just didn't feel right anymore. It was tough to move, like it had resistance on it. The PTO still spins, I just can't lift the 3pt. I had a guy come out that delivered wood last fall, he saw it and said he used to have 6 of them. I told him what was wrong, and he said it was an easy fix. "Just take the seat and top plate off, you should see a fork... probably just popped off". Well, I took all of the bolt off that go to the plate that the seat bolts down onto to, but can't seem to raise it more that a half an inch. That is as far as I went. I didn't want to mess anything up from that point.   [Reply]  [No Email]