Recent content by jd6820

I like how your first question is regarding stability. They aint the best option for fieldwork or steep ground really, given you'd be using the clutch a fair bit. They are a dry clutch, air rams for gear change that can be sensitive, not overly suited to fieldwork. Hay making and those...

Same in reverse or just forwards?

Yeah they are good machines to drive, as a mechanic I've fixed at least one of every brand, so they all break. Choose the machine you like and like you say the service history and general condition should matter more than hours. If the mudguards are hanging off, windows smashed and bonnet...

Ah so fairly modern, well into Ad-blue territory. Not bad machines and most issues should have been found by that sort of age. Get to 6000 hours and be expecting pins and bushes if not well greased. Look for a well looked after machine, axle oils often get forgotten. Gearbox oils not changed as...

Depends on age, give us a ballpark age range you are looking at. They produced both models for quite a few years and they vary quite a bit in both engine specs and reliability.

Did the pump actually fail or were you replacing it as part of the diagnostic process?

Having worked on both as a mechanic, you couldn't give me a Polaris! Well maybe you could but i'd sell it and buy a Gator or Kubota RTV both infinately better machines. If you aren't bothered by petrol then Can-Am make a decent machine. Gators you can get parts for no bother and there are plenty...

Don't use non genuine parts either! If for whatever reason it groans or grumbles you'll be wondering if it was down to not fitting the correct parts. Anything internal like that, I fit genuine. Not worth the hassle going back in because you fitted a non genuine part.

If it has done 7000hrs on standard discs are the Kevlar worth the investment as next time round it in theory could have 14000hrs? Pistons and backing plates don't always need doing.

Should be able to do at least 6000 bales without knotting problems we do that yearly with ours and probably done 2 consecutive seasons without mis-tying. I agree you can have perfectly set up knotters and string guides worn, rubbish string, grooves in needles, sharp edges on needle slots, heck...

It would annoy me not to get to the bottom of the knotting fault before moving it on. I run a JD 456, which has a narrower reel than a 456a. Not had bother following a 17ft header, struggles with a 21ft header and large amounts of straw say from Oats. But knotting wise, I know there is something...

What is the model of manitou?

Yeah basically the unit detects it's charging more frequently than it should. Well at least the pressure dips for longer on application of the pedal. The accumulator seems to serve two purposes. One to store energy to respond to demands from the brake system and the second is to smooth out the...

Exactly as above, accumulator replaced. Problem solved.

Have you checked the cab relay mounted in the roof behind the panel that the heater/fan controls are parts of?