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  1. geminijo

    john deere 310c backhoe Transmission and Hydraulic Oil.

    Transaxle has a dip stick/fill tube under a flap in the floor mat in front of the seat under your left leg when seated while driving.Reverser dip stick /fill tube is behind swing out door right above the hydraulic reservoir on the right side( while seated) of the hoe
  2. geminijo

    Front spindle pin and bushings - Where to buy ? Case 580 K

    I have used the attorney generals office here in MN. to go after DEX yellow page advertising when they tried billing me for advertising I did not authorize.I had first tried dealing with DEX with no response.About 2 weeks after contacting the attorney general I got a call from a DEX...
  3. geminijo

    580C can't fit rebuilt ram into cylinder

    Putting the rod/piston in the freezer overnight may also help.Just make sure you don't get any hydraulic oil on your frozen burger!:)
  4. geminijo

    When Looking at a Used Machine...How Many Hours are Too Many

    Chas 357,That's exactly what I ended up doing and possibly avoided problems with a Ford 555 with a non functioning hour meter that had "around 1800 hrs." on it but looked very suspicious and a little beat up.I ended up with a Deere 310C that I purchased from a county shop on the Minnesota state...
  5. geminijo

    When Looking at a Used Machine...How Many Hours are Too Many

    You may also want to consider how available parts/service are in your area because no matter what used machine you get it will eventually need some repair.Many repairs can be done by the average person with help from the good folks on HEF and parts for many repairs can be purchased on line, so...
  6. geminijo

    Grapple for Full Size TLB

    I purchased a set of 4' long clamp on forks for my front bucket for picking up logs and moving brush/slab wood it works quite well the only problem is you can't see what you're doing over the front bucket but with practice you can get pretty good at it.I believe I paid around $200.00 with...
  7. geminijo

    Backhoe or Excavator

    To get rid of big rocks using a backhoe you can dig a bigger hole right next to it and push or pull the rock in and use the left over dirt to grade.I don't have rocks but I used this method on stumps and it works very well
  8. geminijo

    Removing cap from stabilizer cylinder on a JD 300 backhoe

    I also have a 310 and in the service manual it recommends removing the cylinder from the machine and putting it in a bench vise,clamping the cylinder just behind the retaining nut to hold the internal gland nut stationary while attempting to loosen the retaining nut.
  9. geminijo

    john deere 310c BH bucket cylinder dissasembly

    Delmer,I did get the nut to turn by using a blunt chisel but the problem is that the internal rod guide(that the large external cylinder nut is threaded to) spins along with the nut so they won't come apart they just spin(as one assembly) within the cylinder. What do you mean using hydraulic...
  10. geminijo

    john deere 310c BH bucket cylinder dissasembly

    When I try to loosen the large cylinder nut the internal rod guide also spins.The deere manual says that when this happens you should put the cylinder in a bench vise,clamping the cylinder right behind the nut and clamp it only tight enough so the cylinder doesn't turn when attempting to loosen...
  11. geminijo

    John Deere 310SJ Slow or No Park Brake release at idle

    Time to replace the battery in your tester.;)
  12. geminijo

    JCB Backhoe.

    If it's an inexpensive meter it may not have the sensitivity to show the difference between a few ohms and a shorted condition.Put the meter on the lowest resistance scale ,usually Rx1 and touch the two meter probes together.You should read zero ohms.If you also read zero ohms when you go across...
  13. geminijo

    JCB Backhoe.

    It is sometimes difficult to determine the difference between a low resistance coil winding and a shorted coil if your using a meter that isn't real precise.
  14. geminijo

    JCB Backhoe.

    A solenoid is just a coil of wire and should have fairly low resistance ranging from a few ohms to a few hundred ohms depending on the number of windings and the size of the wire.If you're reading infinite ohms than you have an open coil.If you're reading zero ohms with your meter on rx1 scale...
  15. geminijo

    leaky steering cylinder

    This cylinder is an integrated part of the front axle and has to be serviced on the machine so a bit more challenging to rebuild.I think I'll wait for warmer weather to see if I get lucky again.:)
  16. geminijo

    leaky steering cylinder

    I have a JD 310C that I purchased Feb 2018.We drove it off the trailer into a non heated shed and it sat there until I started to use it in late April.During the time it was parked in the shed I used that time to crawl over and under looking for things that might need fixing.One thing I noticed...
  17. geminijo

    410D mfwd immediately blows fuses

    The four terminals on the back of the alternator are B+ out (the large one) and should read about 14.5V@ 1000rpm.The other three are the AC pulse to drive the tach., the sense voltage to light the alternator charge lamp on the dash when the alternator is not charging properly and the excitation...
  18. geminijo

    John Deere 410c trans fluid going in hydraulic fluid

    I have a 1989 310c and I believe there are 3 separate hydraulic systems 1 is for the shuttle and torque converter 2 is for the transaxel and brakes.3 is for the front end loader,backhoe and steering.I,m not sure how they could cross contaminate one another.
  19. geminijo

    310c alternator not charging

    JL, It sure seems to be that way,maybe you'll be lucky and find a blown fuse or something simple.A guy learns more than he wants to when owning an older piece of equipment.Until next time......
  20. geminijo

    310c alternator not charging

    Installed my rebuilt alternator and I'm back to digging.....for now.:)
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