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Hi Folks! I've noticed that the lever that controls the lift on my 6945 has got very, very stiff. I've backed off the friction nut and that hasn't helped. Does anyone have any ideas? Is there a grease point on this assembly that I've missed? Thanks!

Hi Folks! I noticed today that my tractor's left rear wheel was at an odd angle :-( When I opened up the bearing cover on the inside of the portal I found that both lock-nuts had been pulled straight off, and the inner taper bearing was completely loose. There was no thread at all left on one...

Hi folks My 6945 has developed a new trick - when it's left ticking over for long periods from time to time it will rev up by itself - just as if someone had pressed the gas pedal. This lasts just three or four seconds and is accompanied by extra smoke from the exhaust (blue, black, and white...

Is it a silly idea? I've recently managed to get hold of an old single-action rear loader (with wire-pull to release the bucket). It's a handy implement - I have used it on a job already - but mounting it on the front of the tractor would free up the lift for another implement, and make it...

Hi Folks - it's been a while! I've been starting to think about a replacement for my trusty 6945. Last week I did an excavation job for a chap who runs an engineering business specialising in racing and specialist engines, who was of the opinion that it was a miracle that my tractor started...

Hi folks I've been looking at my front axle (front tyres need replacing as do all of the ball joints) and I notice that the whole axle assembly slides backwards and forwards about 3/8" along the pivot pipe. The manual seems to speak (it's a bit hard to understand) of adjustment shims but the...

Hi folks I have the loan of a small tracked excavator for a couple of days - I was planning to clear out some of our clogged ditches. Any handy hints, tips, things to do and not do? How long does it normally take to get up to speed on these things? The controls are basically two joysticks...

Hi Folks - it's been a while! Well it looks like the time has come for me to change the piston rings on my '78 6945. I was out ploughing yesterday and had to keep one door and the rear window open otherwise the cab was filling up with blue smoke from the crankcase breather :( From the manual...

Hi everyone Today I did something that I rarely do - operate the tractor without wearing earmuffs. That of course is a bad thing but it did enable me to hear something I'd missed before. While I was coupling up my forage harvester I noticed a grinding noise coming from the centrifugal oil...

Hello all Has anyone had experience of using a centrifugal fertiliser spreader for broadcast seeding a hay field? Does it work?

Hi I just went out to do some snow work, and couldn't find the cold start button on my 6945! AArrgghh! At first I thought it had dropped off somehow, but further investigation revealed that the hex head that it's mounted on had rotated so that the button was pointing in towards the engine...

How many litres per hour should our 9645 use, approximately? Lets say in light use, something like transport work for example..

Hi I recently built a bale lifter - basically like fork-lift forks but round. My silage bales are really, really heavy - they are so wet that there is about 6" of water in the bottom of each bale. I can lift them up with our 6945, but the hydraulic pump really sounds liike it's working hard...

Hi Folks Yesterday I went to the local scrapyard to look for materials for building a simple bale lifter to go on the 3-point hitch. As is the way with these things, I came away with... the blade part of a grader blade. It's 2m wide and 50cm deep. It's almost exactly like the red part of...

Hi Folks I've been meaning to ask this for ages. Mr Z is loosing quite a bit of engine oil - and it seems that most of this is being blown out of the crankcase breather. Is there anything I can do to prevent this? The screen on the inside of the front engine side-plate (item 16 on page 30...

Hi Does anyone have any experience of making small bale haylage - by wrapping bales from a conventional baler? How does the process work exactly? Is the hay tedded at all before baling, or is it just wilted? Is there any ensiling agent / inoculant used? Do the wrapping machines work well...

Hi. (Me again :D) I've just discovered that my right hand front hub is leaking oil - at first I thought it was the steering lower bearing exuding grease but that is actually ok. Is it a lot of work to change the oil seal? Thanks (again ;D) 003 PS I don't think my tractor is really falling...

Hi The steering shock absorber is missing from my tractor(6945). Is it something that I should replace? If so, will an old car suspension shock absorber work, provided that the travel is enough? Thanks! 003

Sickle bar mower? Hi Folks I have two old sickle bar mowers that I should try to figure out a use for! They are both the sort with the Pitman rod. One of them was left here by the farm's previous owners (I can't think why ;D), and the other one... well... I'm afraid to say that I tried to...

Hi folks! Does anyone know what material the rear end (rear axle casting) is made from? Is it cast iron, cast steel, or what, exactly? My tractor is a 6945 of 1978 vintage. I ask because I have a.. crack :'( in mine, on the underside where the longitudinal supports for the trailer hitch...