Gringo
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I finally got my 419 about a week ago. Found one in good shape compared to most of them I had been seeing for sale lately. Rebuild was in Nov 2008, odometer had 123 miles and works, and the plates/tags seem to indicate that a new loader and backhoe were put on in 2008. That being said it did/still needs a new hose for the backhoe and door handle or at least the little round piece that you push in to open the door and a gear shift knob if I can find one. Also, it did not come with any of the auxiliary tools which was surprising for how clean and kept the rest of the vehicle was. Headliner looks brand new.
Anyhow, was doing some cleanup around the edges of the pond and after a while it started bogging down. Then I noticed the PSI had dropped below 90lbs and I was no longer in 4wd. Started working my way out with the backhoe and using the loader occasionally, mostly to hold my gains from the hoe while I repositioned etc... Was making pretty good headway when suddenly the front-loader quit working or at least it will not raise up. The down lever did seem to work but since I didn't really want to lower the bucket I only bumped it down once very quickly so not sure if it was just releasing when it went the bucket lowered slightly. Also lost power steering.
After a little help from a large tractor I got it back to the Barn and started troubleshooting. Had two of the belts come completely off, so that explained the Power steering loss and got it working again after finally coercing the belts back into place. I briefly assumed that this would also fix the problems I was having with getting the loader to lift up, but was mistaken as it is still dead. No movement or sounds when pushing the lever control. This only happened about 5 hours ago and I focused on the getting the Belts back on first so I have not done a thorough trouble-shoot on it yet, but did notice that some significant fluid/oil had leaked out from the top of the front passenger wheel-well area.
I'm still pretty new at this, has anyone had a similar occurrence with the loader or at least the raise bucket function/control on the loader going out? It had been working fine in all directions for several days until today.
Glad to finally become a bona-fide member of this group and eventually I hope to contribute to the forum at least as much as I receive in due course.
Also looking for a quick-attach type adapter or similar system/configuration as I had my eyes on a Tree-Puller to clear some medium brush assuming I cant get the loader working.
Many thanks.
Anyhow, was doing some cleanup around the edges of the pond and after a while it started bogging down. Then I noticed the PSI had dropped below 90lbs and I was no longer in 4wd. Started working my way out with the backhoe and using the loader occasionally, mostly to hold my gains from the hoe while I repositioned etc... Was making pretty good headway when suddenly the front-loader quit working or at least it will not raise up. The down lever did seem to work but since I didn't really want to lower the bucket I only bumped it down once very quickly so not sure if it was just releasing when it went the bucket lowered slightly. Also lost power steering.
After a little help from a large tractor I got it back to the Barn and started troubleshooting. Had two of the belts come completely off, so that explained the Power steering loss and got it working again after finally coercing the belts back into place. I briefly assumed that this would also fix the problems I was having with getting the loader to lift up, but was mistaken as it is still dead. No movement or sounds when pushing the lever control. This only happened about 5 hours ago and I focused on the getting the Belts back on first so I have not done a thorough trouble-shoot on it yet, but did notice that some significant fluid/oil had leaked out from the top of the front passenger wheel-well area.
I'm still pretty new at this, has anyone had a similar occurrence with the loader or at least the raise bucket function/control on the loader going out? It had been working fine in all directions for several days until today.
Glad to finally become a bona-fide member of this group and eventually I hope to contribute to the forum at least as much as I receive in due course.
Also looking for a quick-attach type adapter or similar system/configuration as I had my eyes on a Tree-Puller to clear some medium brush assuming I cant get the loader working.
Many thanks.