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so I got really lucky. what appeared to be sheared off bolts were infact llittle tin plugs that I removed with a drillbit. The threads in the tractor are intact so now i just fab a mount and bolt it on. Was really happy to discover this. Gradually im inching toward a useful tractor! I made a hood fo...

Ill have to do some thinking on it. The bolts are sheared off flush which means that they are likely stuck in there pretty good and so would need a lot of torque applied to get them out. the drilling out of the bolts seems a little more appealing. https://photos.app.goo.gl/W4LYAbtWdT1ZnRhu8 This is ...

So all four of those bolts are sheared off. So my only real option is to weld or attach to some other location. I resolved the failure to drop by attaching a weight and cycling it up and down many times. It likely had sat a while and the oil that would be actuating it was seeming to be pink and pret...

henk wrote:The toplinkholder can't be made from cast iron. It will brake instandly. It must be cast steel. You can weld one youre self from normal steel.

right so to be more specific what im asking is the metal of the tractor where the link would be welded on made of cast iron or cast steel?

Ill have to have a look at that. One other suggestion someone gave me is that there is some sort of valve that relieves the pressure when the arms are supposed to drop and that that valve may be malfunctioning? does that sound right to anyone? I should also note that while I have an average amount o...

Bought a major a while back and have two issues I was hoping to resolve. First the 3 pt arms wont drop when the pressure is released unless there is a really heavy load on them. They raise normally. Curious what is wrong and what I need to do to resolve it. Second issue is that it doesnt have the mo...