Remember, the answer to a loose bolt is NOT ALWAYS to get out your biggest wrench and tighten it as far as you possibly can. A little time now can save a lot of hassles down the road. Make a habit of periodically checking, especially on a new tractor, or after new equipment has been added. This is especially true of brand new equipment. Pehaps others will post specific problem areas or critical items to check.Īlso: bolts can work loose over time. It also cropped up my Top-N-Tilt when newly installed. I had problems with loose/leaking hydraulic fittings on my loader valve and power steering. This SHOULD have been checked by your dealer prior to delivery, but not all dealers do this, and sometimes things slip by even the best of dealers. Check things out thoroughly BEFORE you drive it. OK, this is not specific to NH tractors, but I felt it should be mentioned for new tractor owners. Loose Bolts or Fittings Several members have complained of having loose bolts or fittings in various places on brand new tractors. Does this work? Anyone know of any other good tricks for this one? Does replacing the instrument cluster help, or are you just as likely to have a problem with the new unit. someone suggested drilling a small drain hole to let condensation out. Got no clear response from them at the time.
Spoke to dealer about it as I was picking up the tractor from service: their reaction indicated that I was not the first they'd heard of this. My concern is that this moisture could lead to premature failure of something in the instrument cluster (any thoughts on that possibility would be welcomed). Water/humidity gets inside the instrument panel and fogs it up under certain conditions. Have also heard of it on several class III boomers. Instrument Panel Fogs Up My TC33D has this problem. I've heard this can be fixed by making some adjustment to the neutral safety switch, but have not tried it yet. Workaround: always leave your tractor in the rearmost neutral position (between range I and III) when shutting down. Since it is sometimes difficult to shift gear ranges when the engine is not running, this can be a real pain in the butt. It turns over less than 10% of the time I leave it in the forwardmost neutral.
The tractor always turns over when starting in the rearmost neutral. There are two neutral positions the one one between I and II (the forwardmost one) and the one between I and III (the rear most one). There is a safety interlock which prevents starting the tractor when the range lever is not in neutral. Safety Interlock on Range Shift Out of adjustment? Known to affect class II "D" (w/HST) tractors (maybe others as well). I'd assume it happens on class I as well. I've heard of this on both class II and III boomers. Be sure to check this, or have your dealer check when purchasing a new tractor. The fix is easy: just remove some of the fluid. It eventually leaks out (running on a hill, or when things get hot and expand. Apparently a good number of the NH compacts have been sold with the battery overfilled. If you have clarifications or corrections to what I posted, please bring them up.Įdit: In retrospect, maybe this thread should have been started in the NH Owning/Operating forum, but it's here now, and I'm not about to copy it all to another forum. If you think of it, modifying the title of your post will make things easier for others to track down.
Any of you with more known issues, please post them. I've posted the problems I'm aware of as separate messages, so that someone who wants to follow off a given subthread will have an easier time when lookiing in "Threaded" mode. Forewarned is forearmed, however, and I'd like to know what to look for before the warranty runs out. I'm not trying to start a NH-bashing thread. I'll mention those, as well as a few others I recall to get the ball rolling. I'm far from expert, but have heard / experienced a few problems on my TC33D. Several people have suggested a thread along these lines, no one has started one. Hopefully, this will help prospective buyers and owners alike. Fixes, if any are known, should also be posted here. This thread is intended to document common problems, gotchas, or things to look out for on the New Holland compacts.
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