MF 2680 - removing rear axle trumpet housing

[HendrikJaco]

Hi all,

Hope everyone's doing fine.

If all goes according to plan, we will be removing the rear axle trumpet housing from our beloved MF 2680 next weekend. Even though we have some repair manuals of our models, we don't seem to be able to find relevant information on how high to raise the cab before removing the trumpet housing.

I've checked some articles on tractorgearbox.com on a 3000 and 3100-series but all they're saying is "raise the cab slightly" or "raise the cab significantly". All information so far is being quite abstract, where ideally we'd like some concrete help.

Does anyone have any experience with this matter? Or do you think there's not a lot of difference when reading up on a 3000-series compared to our 2000? Would just raising the cab a bit until we visually think it's ok be sufficient?

Thanks for checking my question!

 

[masseybreaker]

as above just needs to come up 10 cm but you must take bonnet off or you will need a new windscreen !!!!! it will make it easy if you make a bracket that bolts to the trumpet and to the trolley jack or what ever you are using to keep the trumpet square so you can fit it back on
only take to back cab bolts out not front then it will hinge forward

 

[Mur Huwcun]

You usually only need to raise the cab to clear or remove the cab mounting then support the cab. A mechanical farm hack type is ideal fir the job as it can leak!!!