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April 29, 2025 at 9:59 pm #50362
<!–more–>I have 1660 hours on my 2001 Jinma(FarmPro) 254 with front loader . I use it at least once a week.
within 200 hours I had to replace a leaking into water jacket head gasket and found a damaged guide/indexing ring to index the head to the block during that repair. Obviously bad quality control during factory assembly.I never retorqued the head since that head repair.
at about 700 hours I had to replace a slipping clutch although I never checked the clutch wear clearances until that point and may have exacerbated the problem.
at 800 hours I modified the front drive by removing the balls in the front driveshaft and replacing them with 3/8” long case hardened dowels for flawless shifting
At 1200 hours I had to rebuild the front wheel drive. For that entire 1200 hours my tractor was engaged in 4 wheel drive and always maintained gear lubricant.
I suspect my front wheel planetary gear wore because a brass concave washer that would have protected that case hardened gear from eroding into its cast iron seat was never installed at the factory. It’s twin opposite in the same gear housing had a brass concave washer and those components were pristine after 1200 constant hours. I never found any brass shavings to indicate that brass washer was ever there.Other than really minor repairs that is my tractors major repair history.
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April 30, 2025 at 5:56 am #50363
I do not know if these are what you would call major repairs but on my 2005 dong feng 204a when new and got worse with time start circuit to starter,around 200 hrs added starter relay to hot from key switch to solenoid on starter . fixed it. around 700 hrs . water pump fan shaft sheared ,launched fan into radiator,pump not frozen. bad shaft I guess . replaced pump had 3 radiator tubes soldered up to fix leaks,still cools well without the 3 tubes. about 800 hours replaced seal and piston on 3 pt. lift. close to 1000 hrs . on now and no issues currently. will update later on 2006 foton ft 504a tractor.
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