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Re: Farming with old iron..... value of 966
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Posted by captaink on February 08, 2006 at 07:02:16 from (66.115.214.56):
In Reply to: Farming with old iron..... value of 966 posted by farmallwayne on February 08, 2006 at 04:27:42:
I was reading the reply from Baelee05 and it jogged a few thoughts. I put a loader on a 966 and I have to agree that the shifting can get to be a touch aggravating however, if you get into the habit of getting into neutral JUST before you stop moving it helps. Keep the transmission brake set up and it will go into gear fairly easy. Make sure that it has a water filter on it and if possible find out if it has been changed and how often or if radiator treatment has been used in the anti-freeze. Cavitation of the sleeves and or block is a common issue in the early X66 series. Once I put the loader on my 966 I started having problems with clutches. The damper springs in the clutch would break and start to fall out and jam things up. I finally put a flywheel and clutch in from a 1466 (get the hydraulic assisted one if you can) and had a custom made clutch that had fiber pads instead of the ceramic ones. This made it shift a LOT easier AND ended my clutch issues. I’m not sure if the bigger clutch or the fiber pads did the trick since I did both at the same time. I don’t mean to scare you away, just want to let you know my experience. I like the loader on the 966, it’s not terribly awkward, and with a bale fork on the back it will handle 2 big round bales just fine.
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