Get right to the point. Using it for several things right now and was turning in the field when I heard a bang, the steering wheel was ripped from my hand, and it started spraying oil, some in the cab. Of COURSE it is not a easy repair! Nothing on the tractor is easy. Took 15min just to find what blew up. Looking at both the service manual and tractor, it appears to be a hydro line that comes off the top of the trans filter housing with a snaky metal line, then goes to rubber for a bit, then back to metal, in which I cannot even see it, much less replace it.
I don't know why it blew up! The condition does not appear good but I have been fighting with poor steer at slower speeds/ engine speeds, etc. It whines a lot. Sometimes it seems fine.
What I am most worried about is getting to it! Like this almost looks like a cab off repair! Please tell me otherwise! If the book is right, this line goes from the filter housing to the brake valve? Line totally hidden! I have a cab and FIL! It really looks like the shroud over the steering area that runs inside and outside the cab has to come off. But I seem to recall when I tore into this before, Nothing comes apart because that cab was a complete afterthought.
if someone has ideas, please help! I need this tractor asap. I can only assume the line is unobtainable and last time I asked a company to just reinstall a hose on existing hard lines, they said "oh no, we MUST make you a new one from unobtainium because of liability". Those hard lines almost never fail.
I don't know why it blew up! The condition does not appear good but I have been fighting with poor steer at slower speeds/ engine speeds, etc. It whines a lot. Sometimes it seems fine.
What I am most worried about is getting to it! Like this almost looks like a cab off repair! Please tell me otherwise! If the book is right, this line goes from the filter housing to the brake valve? Line totally hidden! I have a cab and FIL! It really looks like the shroud over the steering area that runs inside and outside the cab has to come off. But I seem to recall when I tore into this before, Nothing comes apart because that cab was a complete afterthought.
if someone has ideas, please help! I need this tractor asap. I can only assume the line is unobtainable and last time I asked a company to just reinstall a hose on existing hard lines, they said "oh no, we MUST make you a new one from unobtainium because of liability". Those hard lines almost never fail.