[AT] Older Tractor Question

jtchall at nc.rr.com jtchall at nc.rr.com
Fri Jan 29 21:12:13 PST 2016


Greg, don't you have any backyard farm tractor repair shops near by? We have 
2 in the next county that would do anything a dealer would and then some. 
Ask around some of the area farmers that have or used to run these machines 
and I'll bet you can find a lead to a knowledgeable mechanic. We had a 
concern with dad's 4020 last year and we had to hunt down a couple retirees 
to answer it, everyone at the dealer was too young!

John Hall


-----Original Message----- 
From: Greg Hass
Sent: Friday, January 29, 2016 10:12 PM
To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
Subject: Re: [AT] Older Tractor Question

I would like to thank those who replied to my question. I am thinking
the pump is the problem. I don't know how to get the red power site;
however, a few months ago Red Power magazine had an article about
rebuilding the area where the pump is. Unfortunately, I was busy at the
time and did not read the whole article and do not remember their reason
for the rebuild although I do remember they put in a new pump. Also I
have "temporally" misplaced the article and it would take me several
hours to find it again. The part that makes me mad is that my cousin
took his to the dealer and several hundred dollars later they found
nothing. The replies I got on this list tell me far more than the dealer
know (I think all they did was change filters and put in all new oil).
They want to be warm and toasty, so they never tried leaving it out in
the cold overnight and trying it in the morning. A bad thing is that
over the past 20 years our IH dealer has went way downhill as far as
service knowledge goes. That is one reason why this list is so great.
P.S. years ago my dad had a car that would not start in cold weather.
Three times he had it in to the GM dealer and they found nothing.
Finally my dad said "of course its going to start in your 70 degree shop
even after sitting all night. Try leaving it out in the back lot and
then try it in the morning." They took his advice and found the problem
in less than a minute, it was a sticking choke. Thanks again to all.
          Greg Hass

  Another P.S. backing up the pump theory is the fact that all three
tractors had just over 5000 hours on them suggesting that is the pump
life. Most other problems would be more random as far as hours before
problem occurred.
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