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Allan in NE

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Yeah, I know.

There has been a small, tiny hydraulic oil seep from that HUGE feed line, which is mounted on the inside frame rail of my swather for some time now.

Yes, it's mounted right above that crimper and it's really hard to get to. Just a tiny, tiny, little leak; nothing to really worry about...........

So,

Last night the little leak turns into a nasty, full pressure flowing stream and it does this just before I drop the right drive tire in a hole.

Oh, fer sure, the oil fill is on the downhill side and when I take the fill cap off, what little oil is left in the tank tries to run out the fill tube. So, can't add any oil. :>(

There's not enough oil in the system. Header won't raise, Hydro won't move the machine forward or back. Just stuck in that derned hole and no drive oil.

Gotta fix it where it sets. I look on this day as a character building experience. Well, that and a bath in hydraulic oil. :>(

Allan
 

Everyone needs a bath in hydraulic oil at least once in their lives, and if you can take that bath on a day when it's too hot to breathe, and the humidity is high enough to cut it with a knife, that's even better.

Actually, can you lift that corner of the swather with one of your loaders?
 
I know you have thought of everything. Could you get a barn roof screw in it? Thought maybe the rubber head would seal it.

Sure tries the patience doesn't it?

Gene
 
It's way out in the boonies. Actually, a darned good place for a oil spill to happen if it's gotta happen. :>)

Think I'm gonna replace that silly line right where she sits; there's gonna be oil everywhere by the time I'm done. Then, I'll take a tractor out there and drag 'er backwards up to level ground so I can refill it.

Oh, did I mention that I'm racing the weather too? :>)

Allan
 
It seems like hay making always bring out the best in any machine, Son has Alfalfa down and ready to bale and the pickup on the baler decided to act up which ended up rebuilding the pickup. Yes it is a old restored baler but for twelve acres it will have to do. Wil not pay $1.00 per bale to get it done, Good luck Allen our problem seems smal to yours.
gitrib
 
That's just a slap in the face, and the weather to add insult to injury, hope you get it done and be safe out there !
 
A buck a bale sounds pretty reasonable, if it will save the crop. The only custom guy left around here is charging $3.50 a bale to cut, rake and bale, I hear. Guess he has to pay for his hi-tech equipment- JD 420 tractor, 14T baler. Probably makes 40 lb. bales, tops.
 
I'm sure it is hydrostatic drive. Might want to disconnect the drive motors so you do not damage the motors. Will try and look at pics sent earlier. May have a small plate with two bolts holding on the outer end of the hubs. Has a nipple sticking outwards. Have to reverse the plate to put nipple inwards to disconnect the internal gears. Watch out as it is freewheeling after that.

Roger
 
Allen I have two little deep holes in one field and i hit them every year with Mowing, raking and baling. You think if I move the holes it will help.
Walt
 
It's been a fun day all around.

The wife and I went 40 miles up the road in my Jeep and started hearing this funny noise. We'd never heard anything like it from a car, but it's the sound of a water pump bearing going out. In fifteen minutes it went from seeping to running out faster than I could pour water back into the radiator. At least that way I washed all the antifreeze off the parking lot.

I let the rollback man take mine to the shop because I didn't want to replace a water pump in 95-degree weather on a convenience store parking lot.
 
Sometimes the steering comes unglued in front of the shop, sometimes you blow a hose at the far end of the field. As long as you walked away from it you're okay.

Of course, you could probably get a nice new mower for under $250K if you bargained hard enough...
 
Kinda like me losing the shifter on my 4020 while getting stuck in a swampy area. Yupp, had to fix the booger right where it sat, mud and all.

Took two days - a gen set with a bunch of lights, a tool kit, a few guys and their pickups, and a case of Yuengling.

Had a pickup bedside drink/chat at night with a tractor half stuck in a peat bog.
 
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