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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?

    Hi Mike - we're one the same plane in a manner of speaking... I was thinking, rather than spend quite a bit on 6' to 8' foot I-beam, I could probably for a similar cost, obtain a 6' foot box blade for a 3-point tractor hitch and modify it to chain on my bucket. (I do not have a quick tach...
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    International McCormick # 46 square hay baler

    Thank you Old-Iron-Habit for the reply and detail! Pardon me for knot knowing (no pun intended), but is Cenex sisal or poly twine??? I don't have a tach that works, so I'll try different/slower operating speeds - again, good to know. So, based upon your brother's experience, simply the...
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    International McCormick # 46 square hay baler

    Hi Pelican' Did you get your baler functioning? I bought one last fall for $50 bucks (having to cut it out of a boxelder forest, and battle about 400 wasps), new tires and about 15 hours freeing the ol' turd up. Now I am days away from trying it (it hasn't processed any hay yet)...
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    Grading/leveling bar?

    Thanks Jerry - so grateful you mentioned the 'twisting' forces relative to uneven loading on a longer bar! (That may not have occurred to me until too late.) I can visualize the outer end of the stick fracturing where it narrows down at the bucket...especially in that I am working with...
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    Grading/leveling bar?

    Perfect Scrub Puller - Thanks for the thread and pic!!! I was thinking a 10' foot beam, as I have the wide pads (9' wide), to level my way out of an area? However, some of the discussion seems to indicate shorter is better... Perhaps a 6' or 8' is more versatile in tighter areas? And on...
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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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    Too simple? The JD repair manual is silent on the R & R of the fuel pump - 490D. Help

    Thanks Tuney and Andrew! Before I saw the part number (below) I called RDO Equipment in Sauk Rapids, and told them I wanted to get the part number from them, and buy it elsewhere. To their credit, he gave me the #. I then asked him how much it was, and he replied $64 bucks. So hey, when they...
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    Too simple? The JD repair manual is silent on the R & R of the fuel pump - 490D. Help

    Great - I didn't even spot (when looking at the machine) that it appears to have a priming lever. Thanks Delmer - you're an institution here!! Mark
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    Too simple? The JD repair manual is silent on the R & R of the fuel pump - 490D. Help

    Got it - thanks Sam - you've been such a great help to this oft dim tree farmer! :notworthy And yes, I staggered, and clutched my heart when you initially said about $1,500!! Mark
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    Too simple? The JD repair manual is silent on the R & R of the fuel pump - 490D. Help

    Terrific - Alaskaforby4 is showing the injector pump - hopefully I will not have to get into that!! I am guessing $70-80 bucks at NAPA, then back in business... Thanks Andrew on your advice!
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    John Deere 490D

    Thanks Delmer - A steady drip from the bottom of the fuel pump...seems to have a little hole, similar to a water pump on an older car engine. Thinking this is there (the hole) to alert the operator that the diaphragm (or seal) is failing, and that I need to change the pump?? For the...
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    Too simple? The JD repair manual is silent on the R & R of the fuel pump - 490D. Help

    Got it - so by bleeding, open the plug at the top of the filter and continue to 'pump it' using the priming lever? I guess, I am assuming that since it is running fine, (just the transfer pump leaking), that the injector is full, and the only change in conditions would be a little...
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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???

    Ahh, Mr. FiatHitachi - you may have solved a different problem for me! With the engine speed in work mode, when I use the propel drive in turtle, it automatically goes to idle. I thought something was awry - but I think you are correct Sir, this is how the Deere has two speeds. Now, this...
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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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    Stuck yet

    Good thing there was an 'escape hatch' on the top of the cab!
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    Surely you're a clever mechanic? (Answer my Q, and I won't call you Shirlely again!)

    Whaaa...? No replies? Was it something I said? (Seriously, no one's got ideas/experience???)
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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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