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    John Deere 555A won't move and no hydraulics

    Thanks lantraxco, I took all your comments as you meant them -- I think. I appreciate all the comments you made and good insight. That last post from Overworked I could have done without. The thing is people on a message board can assume all they want, but it was only me and my Dad who was...
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    John Deere 555A won't move and no hydraulics

    I'm going to pull the converter while I'm in there to check it and make sure its not broke from the vibration or binding caused by the broke teeth and I am going to make sure I get all the broke drive coupling teeth out. I never said I was going to buy the first part, so that last comment is...
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    John Deere 555A won't move and no hydraulics

    Thanks. Yes, I have the service manual, and have read over it quite a bit in relation to the torque converter. In fact after I posted this last night, I went back to the manual and took a fresh and clear look at it and finally understood part of what it was talking about in relation to...
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    John Deere 555A won't move and no hydraulics

    Ok, we worked on the 555A again today, made some progress and still got issues. I will try to give a chronological synopsis. * Started by pulling the top off the torque converter housing. Once in there, saw right away that the torque converter spider gear drive on the input side was stripped...
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    John Deere 555A won't move and no hydraulics

    Thanks overworked, I'm seeing the same availability issues for some of the hard parts, and no aftermarket atall. Even the little rubber chocks on the converter drive spider is $24 a piece X 20 will run into money pretty quick and not get too far... I'm going to keep diagnosing it, but the cost...
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    John Deere 555A won't move and no hydraulics

    lantraxco, all good info and suggestions, I really appreciate it. I bought the loader because it really looked pretty good. Its got the 4in1 bucket and undercarriage looks to be in good shape. So I figured I didn't go too wrong at the $3100 it took to buy it. Throw in a couple hundred for...
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    John Deere 555A won't move and no hydraulics

    Thanks lantraxco. Getting a visual of the converter is a great idea I will do that next. The foot plates were missing when I picked the loader up so they saved me that trouble. The countershaft and location of the hydraulic pump you described match what I've seen on the machine and in the...
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    John Deere 555A won't move and no hydraulics

    I recently bought a 555A crawler that had been used in a landfill for near scrap price. The folks selling it didn't know anything about it other than the muffler had been left off it for some time so the engine was stuck. Due to a lot of negativity I found when reading about the powershift...
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    Case 580B shuttle pump...

    Case 580B shuttle pump Ok, we investigated the wear on the pump housing and gears yesterday. The housing sidewalls checked out with little to no significant wear. And the gears are worn, but still within acceptable range. The plan is: - resurface the housing where the side of the gear has...
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    Case 580B shuttle pump...

    Hello, new poster here. We have a 580B with the shuttle stall problem. After reading quite a bit on here, we decided the shuttle pump/control valve was likely causing the problem. After pulling the shuttle cover plate, the suction tube screen was about 1/2 covered with gunk, as many people...
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    testing 123

    test #3
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    testing 123

    test #2
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    testing 123

    test#1 testing...
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