- Location
- Yorkshire
My work has just chopped one of them in, just the same but an 11 plate with 12000 odd hours on. Had it from about 2000 hours old. was a belting tractor and was sorry to see it go.
High hour 7485
- Thread starter Jsmith2211
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Highway star
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- Location
- North west
I'm not sure on the upto date prices. The vario units used to be only exclusively repairable by fendt via agco, so I bit like a service exchange service.
You send your old unit back in return for an exchange fendt factory repaired unit.
You were unable to order the parts to carry out repair yourself for some reason. Might have changed now mind.
- Location
- Somerset
Sounds expensive
Why w
Well I've run plenty past that. Two past 12,000, one of those (7490) still here. Original vario, original engine, we put brakes in it when we bought it at 10,000hrs, its a good old bus. We've had 4 74's, 3 76's and a 77 all with VT's and replaced only 1 vario unit, luckily for us 400hrs and 11 weeks before its 5yr warranty run out. Its still here, now on 9000hrs.
Folk seem very nervous re varios, almost convinced they'll fail. I put way more money into a 6490 dyna 6 in 5000hrs than all of the 8 varios we've owned put together, including the cost of the one replaced under warranty even theough we didn't have to pay for it! Of the other two dyna6's, one has had surgery.
Why would you replace a transmission that wasn't faulty? Makes no sense.
A remanufactured vario unit was £8k in 2020, plus fitting
- Location
- Somerset
Was just if it does fail. Good to know you’ve had good reliability with them. Puts my mind at ease a bit over the hours
You realise that any transmission could and does fail?
I rememebr seeing models of the different MF transmissions cut down the middle on stands at an MF show in Birmingham way back when. There is a lot more moving parts in a powershift box than a vario
I think it's cheaper to repair than a powershift and much quicker. Not only that, as a factory repair, it comes back tested and ready to go
Exactly, not subject to workshop distractions and have a go apprentices
lloyd
Member
- Location
- Herefordshire
Is there many signs of an impending failure on a vario?
- Location
- The North
There cracking value, to be fair if I was in the market for something newer I would have one 
Burnt smelling oil is about all really. The one that failed on us just stopped moving at low speed & low load with an empty trailer alongside the potato harvester. It had broken two valves.
- Location
- Somerset
Any recommendations where to go for finance?
- Location
- Co antrim
Local mechanic tells me theres a man in ireland can fix varios. He reckpns around 6.5k to get her goin again
Wellytrack
Member
Know a lad in Germany that fixes his own Fendt boxes. Seems he can get most of what he needs. Says it’s usually the high pressure seals that let go.
- Location
- Co antrim
I was told the high pressure seals was hard to get hold of
Wellytrack
Member
I’ve heard that too. Apparently not so for him.