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Last winter, 25 C below freezing, three feet of fresh Canadian Snow, and for the first time, I could not start the FLU 419... No click from this solenoid. I decided it had froze inside, and spent 2 hours thawing it out with a combination of a plumbing torch and a camping infrared propane heater...

I will probably not be doing this job, I have ended up bidding it at 15,000 and a month of work, contingent on actually getting the dump trailer working with a swinging drawbar. I also placed a condition that if its not done before frozen ground, it will have to wait till spring for completion...

I seem to be gravitating towards a swinging drawbar for hauling the trailer. In tractors it is well known that drawbars are mounted so as not to pull the tractor apart, and it seems M/B puts drawbar loads directly onto the frames on newer Mogs, avoiding "pulling" on the axles. I found some pics...

Great answers ALL! My history with time estimates for something I have never done before is too long a story for this forum. Double it and add a few has been an old saying that definitely applies. As for efficiency of operation, I am definitely in agreement that folding the hoe back up each...

405/70R20 michelin xm's will rub on the mudflaps, and occasionally just touch the top of the spring mount, but that's it. They spooned them on quite easily, and I have yet to get stuck or blow one off the bead in a rut. (both of which occured with the stock tires) Ride is a little harsher...

I was asked by a neighbor to bid on a rather large excavating job. Hard clay soils, moving 100's of yards of dirt a 250 yard distance and backblading the fill. A large excavating firm bid on the project with their largest excavator, a full size dumptruck, and a bulldozer at the other end...

People can with a little practice, dig the bucket into the ground at just the right angle, then drive forward slowly in low which will raise the front wheels..but I concur it would be nice to lift the truck with that bucket with hydraulics alone, which in practice works on most front bucket...

I was pleasantly surprised at how effective the bucket was at moving snow. Clears our 1/4 mile long gravel driveway better than a pickup mounted plow ever did. The snow gets efficiently packed into the bucket, some pushed ahead of the bucket, while curling a small excess off to the side, doesn't...

Just a suggestion, but how about a three point hitch system that mounts in the bucket itself? This could be removed anytime, and the driver can see what is happening when driving in reverse. I am in the planning stages of building one, any thoughts as to pros and cons of this method?

The farmer tool box method for allen wrenches you don't have such as the 14mm for the drain plugs, is to build one with a 1-1/2" long or longer bolt of the appropriate size. Double nut 2 nuts on the end of the bolt as hard as you can, keeping the sides lined up on the nuts. now you have a...

FYI, My SEE came without a hose between the power steering reservoir and the unit. The fitting are a metric size and I could not acquire a hose that fit them! This is just a fill hose, no pressure. The farmer fix was to take a piece of 3/4 hose, and ream it out with a 7/8 drill bit until it...

FYI, when you first get a SEE, there may be air in the cylinders which impairs the ability to achieve the locked position, or to tilt the backhoe back onto the tractor. Air is worked out of cylinders by working them back and forth, and this is best done by using full travel of the piston...

You should be able to first have an observer watch to see if the clutch piston is moving its full travel and returning when you fully depress the clutch. The front brakes/clutch share a reservoir, and mine needed bleeding badly. Mine worked until cold enough to freeze the water in the lines...

New member, just got a FLU 419 SEE out of NC, and have had a lot of fun so far getting things sorted! If the voltmeter is doing that you may have an intermittent short! intermittent electrical gremlins are the rule for old equipment that sits. I produced such a short when I put the alternator...