ex txblu....reason why

Had some green too. Green happened to be the bigger stuff as there is no big blue in N. Tx.

Next thing you know I'm retiring and buying things to play with and implements are green. So I buy a lotta green and expand my green tractor lot.

So I needed a disc harrow. Found this 11' at the local sale barn for a reasonable price (Just right for me but probably too small for the red guy.....what's his name.....Allan NE.....LOL).

Anyhew, I realized it needed some parts; axle bearings, seals and snap rings.

Now this is a 1961 JD AW model disc harrow (not a tractor) and I call the local Ag Power, Inc. dealer in N. Dallas....this is the guy who sells $200-$300k rigs to the gaucho's in South America and ships the stuff down there...I mean I'm talking about a $30 bearing and $2 seal, not on a tractor but a 44 year old disc harrow.

Thanks to "Steve Ia" this board, I figured out what I wanted.....

So I called the parts guy and he has "IN STOCK" on 2 sets of the 4 sets of parts I need and the other 2 sets showed up the next day...yesterday.

I finished it today. Runs like a nu-un.

Now the blue house would have told me, and has, on tractor parts, not implement parts on a 44 year old implement, that NH no longer supports that part number.

So the saga goes on. I have this JD 4010 which is a '61 model. The seat was a wobblin. Go to my green dealer and ordered seat brackets and bushings and will be here Monday.....on a 44 year old tractor; I said seat bushings and brackets, not piston rings and engine bearings!!!!

This is why GREEN is King.

Everything else just falls in line....(duckin the flak) but truth is truth.

Have a nice day, Grin

Mark

Mark

Do have a responsive dealership; should I say dealerships since they have 5 in the general area.

Mark

It sure felt good to drive it a few miles home from the Deere guy's place, and I have a tight transmission again. I didn't mind the cars and pickups blowin by me, or being chased down, caught, and passed by a sprayer like I was sittin still. Them sprayers have quite a road gear, and they take up the whole road, so gotta move over for them.

The sales guy was wrong. An '05 4520 and a '70 4520 have very little in common, at best. He can keep his '05.

Mark

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Most of the parts I have needed to buy was because of someone elses abuse and lack of maintenance and repair. These parts were around at a much lower price years,and years ago I wish someone would of bought some instead of patching up and/or running without ! Alot of talk about restorations being done ,but not much talk about care and preservation so you don't need to do so much restoration.

Had he taken care of it, and it not break, he may have kept it.

I dunno...

Mark

But my parts guys get it right and when I make a mistake (like the hub cap) I eat it (personal pride....not his fault I goofed)....like it will fit something else around the place.

Mark

Dug, Proud (but poor) owner of a JD 2510 and F935

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Dug : )

Hurst

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Go to the green counter and ask for a fuel cap.

Guy puts a red cap on the counter.

I said I'm not putting that thing on my green tractor.

He said "Mother Deere has been doing it for 40 years".

Went home and looked at the cover of my I&T manual; nice glossy color cover and sure nuf, there sat a red cap on a 3010D. Oh well.

Mark

Dug

But I realize why they painted it red....like in fire....like in fuel....not green like in cooling.

Seems that people normally think that the radiator is in front and they want to put water and antifreeze in the fuel tank. Makes sense.

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Dug

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I agree JD is good; very good.

But, CaseIH is every bit as good and do not charge you extra for the paint like your beloved Johns do. :>)

Don't get me wrong, I like John Deere stuff; think it is awesome, in fact. It is just that damned attitude. You get raped with every sale to the tune of about 35%.

Otherwise, I'd own some green too. :>)

Just my view, tho

Allan

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I told the parts guy what I wanted. He looked it up, went to a drawer and got one out (anothr part in stock). I measured it and said that someone must have switched hubs as this is too small.

Do you have a drawer full of them? He said yes. I said lemme see. While I was diggin around in there he said "you know, we have part numbers we look up. We don't have to guess." I LOL'd on that. Thought it was cute.....and true.

Anyhew, I grabbed what I thought to be the right one and it wasn't. So the next time I'm in town, I'll get the one the parts catalog says I should have.

The other guy has been there 30 years and is one cabinet full of info. He seems to know part numbers for everything. He guessed 2 part numbers for my 44 year old plow and one of them was the correct one.

Both guys very courteous and don't laugh at silly (to you) questions.

Mark