Recent content by gander123

Have new seals for the lift arm and am looking for suggestions on loosening the cylinder head. Resealed the other side last year and needed a 4 foot pipe wrench with an 8 foot pipe on the handle in order to break it loose (even after heating with a torch). Because it is aluminum, it cost $200 to...

Tazza, I can't thank you enough! We put the motor back together with the correct timing procedure that you had provided and when we started the machine and ran it, all the steering issues were gone. Those springs are small and only one coil was broke off but as you mentioned, they're very...

Thanks Tazza, just wanted to give an update. We thought before switching motors that we would pull the right one apart. What we found was one of the two springs was broken. That helped explain why the steering improved when it was cold outside. I just ordered the two springs and a seal kit. It...

I emailed you a few months ago about a late 80's 743 that I was having steering problems with. The right side motor sometimes won't engage until I return to neutral and try again, and when it does engage it slams into gear. Once it is in gear I can feather the steering but when I go through...

I can't see much, but what I can see seems to be ok. I had forgotten to mention that in cold weather the steering operates normally most of the time.

I have a late 80's 743 that has a steering problem. The right side motor is either all the way in gear or all the way out, i can't feather it. It is a real problem when the left side motor is in full motion and I want to turn, the right side either slams in or kicks out entirely. The machine was...