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Re: How to learn about running/repairing tractors?
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Posted by Steve - IN on August 29, 2002 at 19:30:00 from (12.222.132.139):
In Reply to: How to learn about running/repairing tractors? posted by Mikie on August 29, 2002 at 16:08:20:
Mikie, Had the same problem in high school in the 60's. College prep curriculum. Had to take Latin instead of auto shop. Least I got in a few physics classes along the way... but still, by the time I was 22, I had picked up Italian faster than auto mechanics. Don is right about the owners manuals. They'll teach you how to run it and what to avoid. As for fixing it, I read a pile of books when I got serious about working on cars and tractors -- my favorite still is one by Waddell Wilson, who was chief mechanic for Darryl Waltrip under Junior Johnson -- has little to do with tractors, but a whole lot to do with engines -- and most of it translates to tractors. If I were starting in now, I think I'd get one of the videos on tractor tuning. They sell them on this site. I'd imagine when you see it on the screen, and can fast forward and reverse the picture, it might make sense a lot quicker. The TV picture might just be worth a 1,000 words in a book. If you prefer a book to start with, there's one of the "for Dummies" series books out on auto repair now. That should get you 8 or 9 tenths of the way there on a gas tractor. Even things like tractor hydraulics are a lot easier to figure out if you've rebuilt a car's hydraulic break system or hydraulic clutch cylinders. Like Don says, you can get a lot of fine points and good info on this board, but if you don't understand the answers you get, you're still lost. Most guys will just tell you the time when you ask what time it is; instead of telling you how to build a clock. So maybe best to bone up with the book or video first. good luck, Steve
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