Recent content by Muzzza

Thanks JD110, yes the clutch is slipping. Slashing some pretty high grass and the whole show just slows down to nothing. The clutch on the slasher is fine and the back end feels pretty warm afterwards, plus, there's a bit of a grey sludge in the hydraulic oil ( I assume remnants from the...

The PTO clutch has gone on my 3140 (2 wheel drive with cab). The local JD dealer said I could pull the cluth out the back, but that's not the case it seems. This would involve splitting the tractor I assume? Any advice ( for example - don't try it yourself, get a mechanic to do it..etc) would...

JD running once again! It was air in lines, fitted new fuel pump ($70 AUS), bled fuel filter and injector pump, started up no problem. Thanks again everyone for your help on this one!

Thanks everyone for your help, I'm pursuing the "air in the lines" option, I can definately see air bubbles in the fuel filter when I manually pump the fuel pump. Am getting a new pump and will see how that goes..took the old one off and disassembled - diaphragm fairly worn on one side, will...

Thanks Doc, yes I put in a new fuel filter, I also looked at the transfer pump. Its strainer was broken and clogged up a bit, so I had to discard the strainer, I did wonder whether air might be getting into the line at the pump.

The engine on my 3149 started surging recently, not particularly while under load but just at any old time. Now tractor starts with a blow of white smoke and then stops. Sorry if this is not the forum for such a Q, pls advise if so, thanks for reading