So I have about 75 hrs since I bought my BX2670 and it's getting pretty dirty from mainly using the loader, only mowed 3 times this year. I blow the dust off every time before I put it up. What do you guys do to give it a good cleaning. The grease around the loader grease fittings is building up. Can I use degreaser to remove this? This is my first tractor and I don't want to mess it up. Thanks in advance for your advise.
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I wash it just like a car. First I rinse it well, then in wipe the grease fittings, then I wash top to bottom using car wash soap in a bucket of warm water, rinsing with a hose as I complete a section so that the soap doesn't dry. After drying with a towel I put a coat of wax, and Armor-All the seat,dash, pedals and floor mat. Lastly, I grease all of the fittings. Looks great for about a day...
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I would get all the excess grease off first, then wash her down....I would not use degreaser - sometime that stuff will eat into paint.
Do what Bravo said....wash it like a car. Then re grease - once the old grease comes out just a bit quit!
I agree with Bravo and Hokie, wash just like a car. I never use degreaser on my tractors, just good auto wash soap. Zymol wax works well but I don't use Armor-all on the seat. I like the look but it's not a good feeling to start down a bank and your rear can't grip the seat.
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An interim stray grease remover is WD-40. Won't hurt the paint and it will remove all but the oldest and most nasty joint goop. It collects a little dust if left on thick but, if you spray on a load the night before you wash your tractor, you can get all the grease off the next day and the soap will take the residue off.
A little residue keeps the grease from binding with the paint... You can add some after the wash and wipe it well away. Remember, its a "Water Displacement" formula. Makes plastic on your truck and tractor look awesome too.
A little residue keeps the grease from binding with the paint... You can add some after the wash and wipe it well away. Remember, its a "Water Displacement" formula. Makes plastic on your truck and tractor look awesome too.
You mean none of you guys fill up a hot soapy tub, dim the lights, light off some canldes and incents. Play a little soft music then lather rinse and repete.
Dawn dish soap is your cheapest best friend for getting anything greasy and dirty clean.
I recently discovered this cheap degreaser from Dollar Tree, LA's Totally Awesome.
I've had my B6100 for 14 you years and never once washed the engine until Saturday. Thought I'd put this cheap degreaser to the test and I'm impressed.
Squirted it on let it sit long enough to smoke a cigarette and rinsed it off with a garden hose. Damn never knew I had a blue engine block lol
Dawn dish soap is your cheapest best friend for getting anything greasy and dirty clean.
I recently discovered this cheap degreaser from Dollar Tree, LA's Totally Awesome.
I've had my B6100 for 14 you years and never once washed the engine until Saturday. Thought I'd put this cheap degreaser to the test and I'm impressed.
Squirted it on let it sit long enough to smoke a cigarette and rinsed it off with a garden hose. Damn never knew I had a blue engine block lol
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I'm a firm believer in Simple Green. Fill up a spray bottle, give the tractor a good coat, places where there is some build up like around Hydraulic hose connections, I'll give it an extra squirt. Let is set for 10 minutes or so and a simple rinse with a garden hose keeps it looking like new.
I'll use a pressue washer if I have some mud build up but like to limit the use of high pressure due to potential damage to seals or electrical connections.
My grandad always told me if you take care of your tools your tools won't let you down when you need them.
I'll use a pressue washer if I have some mud build up but like to limit the use of high pressure due to potential damage to seals or electrical connections.
My grandad always told me if you take care of your tools your tools won't let you down when you need them.
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In the old days you would have to be very careful washing the ol gas engine, get water in the alternator or distributor would be a freaking mess.....
now with the diesel - not too many things I would not spray hard on to, even with a pressure washer. I would be easy around the alternator, no need filling it up with water! Those little ass electrons dont like water
I use Tide to degrease with. Foam it up with a hose 'spray' mixer (like for grass fertilizing) and then let sit for an hour and pressure wash everything off. The oil and grease melts off.
My grandfather and father NEVER cleaned our D-17 and it was a total grease/oil/diesel/dirt clod. Anything that didn't move or need to be recently repaired was covered in a hazmat clump of dirt.
It took me a day with Tide and a pressure washer but the 'rinse, repeat' cycle had 50 years of garbage blown off of her and back down to her multi-color paint job... and rust.
If you wash the tractor regularly, just a quick blast with the pressure washer is good enough. Wax the tins quarterly.
My grandfather and father NEVER cleaned our D-17 and it was a total grease/oil/diesel/dirt clod. Anything that didn't move or need to be recently repaired was covered in a hazmat clump of dirt.
It took me a day with Tide and a pressure washer but the 'rinse, repeat' cycle had 50 years of garbage blown off of her and back down to her multi-color paint job... and rust.
If you wash the tractor regularly, just a quick blast with the pressure washer is good enough. Wax the tins quarterly.
A good alternative to Armor-All is 303 Aerospace Protectant. UV ray protectant and it is water based instead of silicone based. Ed B
This wont show you how to clean it but it do look like fun!!!
Caution some Adult words
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Tef9KuYrShk#t=212
Caution some Adult words
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Tef9KuYrShk#t=212
Then they are pressure washing them wrong. Some folks whip out a 0° nozzle and go to town and that's just plain dangerous to the unit, the paint and everything, also unnecessary.
15-20° nozzle is good for washing. In really harsh spots and when I don't care about the paint (sometimes I do this for stripping paint!) I use a rotary 0° nozzle. That's normally reserved for something that I need to clean so well that I'm taking it off for repair/replacement anyway and it will be repainted and reinstalled.
You have to use a tool properly at all times or you get the results you were begging for... murphy's law and all.
Never pressure wash. Grease/oil seals are meant to keep water out that's no more pressure than what nature or a garden hose can produce. You can blast water right past the lip of a grease seal with the power a pressure washer provides. I've seen water in axle housings, wheel hubs, slack adjusters, and crank cases all put in their by pressure washers.
I would add that after washing your tractor you follow up with a blow gun attachment on an air compressor. I find this gets all the areas of standing water out from all the nooks and crannies.
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Incorrect use of the washer then. No seal should be penetrated by a washer with the proper nozzle at the proper distance. Otherwise a tractors seals could be penetrated by 50mph wind driven rain.
Proper intruction here is to learn to properly use your tools before using them on your tractor, IMHO.