Posted by Ron in Nebr on October 20, 2013 at 16:59:19 from (199.47.64.37):
Well folks, after years of looking and waiting for the "right" tractor to come along, I finally bit the bullet and got what I was looking for, a 450 with an F-11 Farmhand.
Probably paid too much, but it has 90% rear tires, fast hitch, and came with a snow bucket and a grapple fork bucket, which I need to move round bales. Also has two sets of weights on each rear wheel, new seat, and runs really strong under load and idles nice too.
Downsides are- front tires are about gone, grille/nosepeice is beat up(not worried about that much), T/A is out, and it does seem to smoke a little at idle before it warms up...nothing serious, and clears up fine when it"s warmed up.
A few quick questions to start off with....
The throttle linkage, although the tractor runs and works fine, has a bunch of play at the throttle lever from about the idle position up to where half throttle should be. Linkage is tight up to the governor housing, all the play is in there....what"s likely needed to fix this?
And... on the Farmhand loader hydraulic tank, what"s the proper level for "full"? I do plan to get manuals for the loader if possible, as well as the tractor itself, just haven"t got "em yet.
And, if Allan is reading this- what size front tires do you have on your M? And would my stock front rims be wide enough?
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