Riatvriderwd
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Hi everyone my name is Wade. I just recently purchased a home with alot of land, a very long driveway and plenty of fields to brush hog. Luckily he gave me his seemingly well maintained 1953 golden jubilee with a backblade and brush hog. So i have a multitude of things going on.
I'm new to any larger tractor so bear with me please. It is converted to 12v and i know it has an overrun clutch on the pto. Other than that don't know too much.
First i have had trouble starting it. I swapped batteries thinking it was that but still get just a click when pressing the start button. I have started it multiple times by jumping off the starter and it runs well. I bought a new voltage resistor but the one on it looks brand new but i read they can go bad (what causes that ?)
Number 2... when i initially started using it the 3 point hitch lever would only seem to raise or do anything once it was within the top 3/4 section of the bracket. Nothing would happen until it was almost fully thrown. Then when the blade was at the height i wanted if i stopped pulling it up the blade would fall almost immediately if i moved it forward at all right to the ground. I was t hinking maybe something was leaking down and it wouldn't hold but messing with it i could get it to stay and it seemed to hold. If i needed to raise it i would move it up a hair and it would shoot right up full height. I thought maybe it's Just finicky and dealt with it. But the other day i go out and it wouldn't raise off the ground. Only the right side would lift about 3 inches the left wouldn't move at all. And like 20 30 tries eventually it shot right up. Only to lower it and it would happen again. It got to the point now it won't do anything at all when i raise the lever nothing rotates. Nothing happens.
I ended up getting it stuck in the driveway because the plow won't raise at all, and it threw my rear chain off trying to get it to move. So i have to deal with putting on a chain i never dealt with, in a foot of snow Yay but any help with any of these issues i would greatly appreciate it. Thank you in advance and any questions I'll try to answer. :?
I'm new to any larger tractor so bear with me please. It is converted to 12v and i know it has an overrun clutch on the pto. Other than that don't know too much.
First i have had trouble starting it. I swapped batteries thinking it was that but still get just a click when pressing the start button. I have started it multiple times by jumping off the starter and it runs well. I bought a new voltage resistor but the one on it looks brand new but i read they can go bad (what causes that ?)
Number 2... when i initially started using it the 3 point hitch lever would only seem to raise or do anything once it was within the top 3/4 section of the bracket. Nothing would happen until it was almost fully thrown. Then when the blade was at the height i wanted if i stopped pulling it up the blade would fall almost immediately if i moved it forward at all right to the ground. I was t hinking maybe something was leaking down and it wouldn't hold but messing with it i could get it to stay and it seemed to hold. If i needed to raise it i would move it up a hair and it would shoot right up full height. I thought maybe it's Just finicky and dealt with it. But the other day i go out and it wouldn't raise off the ground. Only the right side would lift about 3 inches the left wouldn't move at all. And like 20 30 tries eventually it shot right up. Only to lower it and it would happen again. It got to the point now it won't do anything at all when i raise the lever nothing rotates. Nothing happens.
I ended up getting it stuck in the driveway because the plow won't raise at all, and it threw my rear chain off trying to get it to move. So i have to deal with putting on a chain i never dealt with, in a foot of snow Yay but any help with any of these issues i would greatly appreciate it. Thank you in advance and any questions I'll try to answer. :?