Posted by Tom Barto on April 03, 2012 at 04:51:05 from (67.142.163.25):
Been running a JD 2555 - the last few years I started to lose power intermittanty - was like I was moving along fine - then would pull a planter or disc up a steep hill or something - once strained - it would lose power but not stall - it would act funny - shuttery, gear shifts became loud, etc...Next day it might fine - or partially fine - letting it sit overnight surely helped but the problem continued to recurr - sometimes the machine could not pull a 6' wide brush cutter up a minor hill on the roadway - almost felt like all the tires went flat - then the next time seemed fine - not full power but decent power.
I recently changed all the hydraulic, filters, screen, etc and added a FEL and joystick - all spring the tractor seemed better - maybe not solved but better - but last night - it went out again - same problem with power - but I burned my hand touching the new joystick valve - was way hot - in fact it seems the flow control valve back to the rear scv's was damn hot - but the rear svc's were not hot...
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