Posted by caterpillar guy on May 24, 2009 at 16:14:01 from (172.166.159.60):
In Reply to: INT 574 posted by Kenstrac on May 24, 2009 at 08:48:11:
We have had one for 30+ years it has been a love hate relationship it is a good nibble tractor for loader work. The hydraulics are the down fall to it. The brakes if they need bled al the time just remove that third valve down under the battery as it is the cause for the air in the brakes issue. Ours has always been slow for loader work on the lift. There is an external pump for the right side of the transmission that would speed up the hydraulics. The pump requires an in line filter there is a casting that bolts to the trans mission side that the pump goes to. It is a spendy setup to say the least. That little 12GPM pump just don"t cut it for loader work that is inside. If I had to give more than a $1000.00 I would walk away from it. Ours has smoked since new I always figured it was for all the idling it gets as a loader tractor scraping barnyard and close quarters work.
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