I recently bought a 2008 m6040f 2wd no FEL. Tractor is very clean and has 900 hours pulling a hay rake. Tractor ran fine for the first 15 hours I owned it. Did some very easy bush hogging jobs. All of a sudden I am having very similiar issues as to what is described in other threads, except my steering begins making pulsing sounds then gets hard spots to the point I can barely operate the machine. Once this happens, the 3 point barely lifts the arms up with no attachments. Takes over a minute for the arms to raise fully. At first start up it all seems fine. Once the temperature gauge starts to climb i slowly raise the rpm and begin moving the steering wheel and it begins to show itself. A minute or so later the tractor is basically not operational. I was told my pump is bad, but it sure feels like air to me and I find it odd it doesn’t have issues right out of the gate. The best way I can describe it is like running a truck with low power steering fluid, a little bit more aggressive in noise and operation of the steering wheel wheel.. I have changed the fluids, filters which didn’t help at all. I did get some pretty large buildup out of the system each time I flush it. It’s just getting expensive throwing new fluid and filters to continue flushing it. Is there anyway to blow compressed air in the system? I don’t see any signs of leaks air or water but the buildup I’m getting out sure looks like rust in my opinion. Worth noting that the filters were the incorrect number, but they were the same size as the filters I got from the dealership supposedly the tractor was only used to pull a hay and was born kept and overall looks very clean. None of the factory paint is missing from any of the bolts on the tractor so I don’t think anyone else has been through it. I’m trying to figure out a way to get more of the buildup out of the system
. Any insight would be greatly appreciated. I appreciate your time.
Jack
. Any insight would be greatly appreciated. I appreciate your time.
Jack
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