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    rechargeable grease guns - which are turds, what is best??

    Greetings, I have a tree farm, with a lot of equipment to maintain, so I am going to buy a battery powered grease gun to save some time. (Plus, when I am on a step ladder greasing my excavator, some times I need one hand to hold the gun, and the other to push hard on the zerk...) What brand...
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    Grading/leveling bar?

    Greetings - 'Hoping someone has an idea or solution... I am slowly clearing some wide roads in a forest for access, and planting timothy and alfalfa after to cut for hay. The trouble is leveling adequately after removing stumps... some of the difficulty is settling, but most is that it is...
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    John Deere 490D

    Do they have a fuel pump? (Not speaking of the fuel injection pump here.) Thanks!
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    Too simple? The JD repair manual is silent on the R & R of the fuel pump - 490D. Help

    So, the old girl is dripping fuel at a steady rate from what appears to be a 'standard' fuel pump in the block of the John Deere 490D (1990). The fuel seems to be coming from a little hole at the very bottom... Remarkably, the 555 page repair manual says absolutely nothing on this, while it...
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    1990 JD 490D makes a growl/chatter/metal-on-metal noise - only in low range though???

    Greetings - my otherwise pristine (rebuilt undercarriage on a 10k hour) 490D was working great and quiet. Just 10 hours ago she growls in turtle, but is silent in rabbit. In either low or high drive it seems to function fine. Might this be a matter of something stuck in the one valve...
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    Surely you're a clever mechanic? (Answer my Q, and I won't call you Shirlely again!)

    Economy and High Output mode and idle speed eratic/intermittent/mischievous - 490D Greetings - 'thinking maybe a seasoned mechanic or operator here may be aware of a common problem, for a place to begin looking for a repair. My 1990, 490D Deere frequently does not come off idle when one...
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    Economy and High Output mode and idle speed eratic/intermittent/mischievous - 490D

    Greetings - 'thinking maybe a seasoned mechanic or operator here may be aware of a common problem, for a place to begin looking for a repair. My 1990, 490D Deere frequently does not come off idle when one turns the three position switch from idle to economy or high output work mode. It...
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    Any harm in working the machine at idle? a 1990, 490D John Deere

    So last night as an example, I was spooning large masses of floating cattail roots out of my pond (weighty stuff at times with wet roots and attached clay). For light stuff I was using idle, for heavy work I stepped the throttle up. It seems to me that when performing light duty work around...
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    that sickening feeling - when I spotted the mangled ring gear/flywheel on my Deere

    G'Day Gents - Maybe some of you have done the 'trick' of reaching in the starter opening in the bellhousing to dress up the ring gear? The situation is that my heretofore poorly maintained 490D has a ring gear that is at least half missing/smashed/mangled - and I'd like an idea of a tool that...
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    alfafa: non-herbicide goldenrod kill - and, what about Round-up Ready alfalfa?

    Greetings Gents - I am clearing a few acres of trees (clay ground) to plant alfalfa after the frost danger. My plan is to diversify a bit (I have a tree farm), and tap into some of the crazy horse-people's money - they're paying $8 bucks for a small square bales here in MN! My question is...
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    are fuel additives/lubricants necessary?

    So, are fuel additives (lubricants) even necessary? I hear about adding tranney fluid etc. to a tank of diesel (quart per 60 gallon tank) now and again to 'lubricate' the fuel pump... If occasional additive(s) were a good idea, wouldn't 2-cylce mixing oil be ideal??? Meaning there is no...
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    No need to bleed air on a cylinder replacement - yes?

    Greetings Gents - I should take delivery of my rebuilt bucket cylinder for a JD 490D this week (finally). I am thinking there is no need to bleed out air in the steel line/barrel... Would anyone disagree?? Thanks, Mark
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    Most cost efficent way to replace front glass (flat, for a JD 490D)?

    ...searched for this answer in the forum - so my apologies if it's in here! My front glass was replaced with plexiglass some time ago, and you literally can barely see anything though it... Of course this means that is a good template for a glass shop to cut me a new piece - BUT, is this most...
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    Chippewa Valley Equipment in WI a reputable company?

    Greetings - I am buying a used bucket cylinder for my JD 490D from the above company, and paying them to put a kit in it and ship it to me... If anyone has had performance problems with this company, please send me a Private Message highlighting your experience - I'd appreciate it (or a...
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    Creative uses for old cylinder rods???

    Gentlemen - just throwing this out there... my bucket cylinder for my 490D JD was deemed to be non-rebuildable (scored barrel, trashed 'piston' with the rod having a 'sweeping' bend). Any good ideas on how I may re-purpose my cylinder rod? (Sure, I can make a cannon from my barrel, but there...
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    Will pay TOP $ for used bucket cylinder - JD 490D - hydraulic shop told mine's junk

    Greetings - some of you may remember that I bought a 1990 John Deere with an extremely s-l-o-w bucket cylinder (dump function). I was told by some to plan on it being in the pilot controls...while I was hoping it was the cylinder so that it would be an 'easy fix'. Well, it is easy - just a...
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    Pressurized hydraulic tank - how important is this to maintain functionality? 490D

    Greetings - when I was looking at my machine to purchase (out of state, and beastly cold), it had been sitting and obviously not very well cared for - and all the fluids were down... The hex release that was supposed to be there to unlock the cap for hydraulic tank was apparently not 'in...
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    Wain Roy bucket pin - is it held by a 'snap ring'?

    Hrrrmph! I need to pull my bucket cylinder off, and all the various pins are held in by 'through-bolts' but the one on the end of the cylinder (rod end), seems to have nothing holding it in...I am stumped. However, there is what appears to be a circle of metal on one end of the pin...could...
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    removing bucket pins JD 490D

    Greetings - just picked up a 490D excavator with a strange bucket cylinder problem. Bucket travels slow, and s-l-o-w-w-e-r yet on the 'out' function, than the curl...and yet seems to improve slightly as fluid warms?!! I am hoping that the fluid is by-passing within the cylinder itself, and am...
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