This spring I was driving my 2390 tractor home (4th gear & 3rd range)when I notoiced the steering would get hard and then be normal. When I started to slow down, I lost steering and brakes. Managed to creep to the farm. (The trans filter light quit working first thing in the spring!) Shut it off and started it up again. Had steering, brakes and aux hyd for a minute, lost them, then they came back. Pulled hyd filters- had lining material on them. The left brake since I bought the tractor had been slowly fading away (bleeding didn't help). Pulled the PTO housing and found brake lining all over. (assume it is from the brakes) Then I noticed the suction screen had been torn at the capped end, about 1.5 inches of the last section. The tractor is a 1981(?), about 3500 hours, heads have been off and reworked. I bought it 6 years ago in ST. Anne, IL. It had ROPS on it, but I pulled it off, rebuilt a cab and put it on. Other than ripping park out of it(came with bad linkage)I have had no other problems with it. I have repainted it, bought new radials, installed an air ride seat, and customized it. I have some money and lots of time in this beast. Although I love the tractor and working on it, I hope some of your input can save me from more trouble. Here are my questions:1) Is there any way of repairing the screen without splitting the tractor & replacing it? JB weld or epoxy? Wrap it with some more screen?Mabe put a screen somewhere else in the passage way before the charge pump? If I run it like this, how long do you think the charging pump will last? I think the lining thrashed around the ring gear and ripped the screen. #2 I am pretty confident the brake linings are shot. I was told by a case mech that I need to replace the diff & the pto linings because they are probably ready to come apart also. Is this true or common? Who can reline the discs? I use the diff lock but not the pto. #3 Anything else I need to take care of or look at while I am tearing the rear end apart? I found the shaft for the park lock is broke. I will replace it. I need to find the other half of the shaft though. Rock shaft seals are wet- hard to change? Leaks a little around the starter- difficult? Fuel injection shutoff shaft leaks- simple? (I read this site every couple of days- there is a lot of talent, knowledge, and good will shared here) Thanks for any ideas and input!
tremayne (hadenfelt@comcast.net)
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