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    JCB 1550 filter (Screener?) question

    It unscrews. Got it off and not debating it.... replacing it. Not even going to try to clean it. I don't know how old it is.... given the suction strainer was missing "someone" has likely been in there since date of manufacture.... still.....this thing looks like it could have been...
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    JCB 1550 filter (Screener?) question

    Please look at part #15. It is a strainer. It is in addition to the suction filter. I got down to tearing into this thing a week or three ago....and what I found is: 1. JCB no longer makes the seals to replace when you take the round side covers off!! No biggie, I had to make some. 2. I...
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    Help ascertain bolt size, JCB 1550B

    dont know size yet but found it!! same size that bolts hood cover, now im off to get one
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    Help ascertain bolt size, JCB 1550B

    I've had this probably 20+ years. I actually have a service manual for it. However, the manual that I have, doesn't evidently, go into this small detail. The Hydraulic tanks are saddled on the right & left side of the front of machine. The pump is fed from one of the tanks. INSIDE that...
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    Gasket Question (for JCB though could be any brand)

    yep, almost identical
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    Gasket Question (for JCB though could be any brand)

    Got the stupid hose off that was dripping. Probably took me three hours to wrestle it off and find the clamps that were holding it (covered in muck) Won't be so long putting back together after I get a new hose. To the gasket.... looking at the material that is already on there (sticking out...
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    Gasket Question (for JCB though could be any brand)

    My JCB was built in 1987. I need a new return hose to hydraulic tank and pressure hose coming from the pump. Figured while I am getting dirty, I may as well drain the hydraulic fluid and replace the filter in the engine bay (no need to drain tank for this one) BUT, there is also a pre-filter...
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    steering wheel removal

    I agree with them. I was trying to take the steering wheel off an International 444. Oiled it for couple days, didn't have a puller. Probably rusted over the 25 years I've been around (my wife's cousins tractor next door). I don't recall exactly what I did but the evening it came off, my...
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    jcb backhoe hydrolic issues

    I loosened my shaft from underneith to put a new belt on (alternator?) Been long time. I'd say yes, he would have access to remove the shaft.... don't know about the pump as I didn't have that on my mind when I was messing with it. Certainly no "easy" way of getting it out. I also have a...
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    JCB 214 Transmission problem

    I've got a 1550B. I once had some intermittent issues with transmission totally not working. I don't recall how I discovered it but the forward/reverse lever on left side of steering wheel, had a solder that had come loose. If it was touching, things worked fine. If it jarred and broke the...
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    jcb backhoe hydrolic issues

    If your 1400b is the same as my 1550b then I'd approach the round access port VERY carefully. I had always thought that it was an access hole to the pump.... one day, I decided I was going to take the panel off to clean it out a bit in there.....got to unbolting things. I actually should say...
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    Stuck in mud best ways to get out

    Mr. Jimmynoshow, I'm also not an operator. I bought a JCB 1550B essentially cold turkey (from brother in law so was trusted source) One thing I did in the very beginning was to go down by the lake. Put machine down to idle. Dipped the backhoe bucket into the lake to fill it. I tried to move...
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    Tractor supply hydraulic fluid

    (Disclosure: I use Hytran for my IH, something around 25/30 gallons for a full exchange) I don't have an International dealer close to me so for me to get Hytran, I'd have to go roughly 90 miles away and buy it there. Good part is, my work takes me there (that town) AND I get paid mileage...
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    101 uses for a backhoe

    Best thing since sliced bread... Most of below is the backhoe itself verses loader. * use to transplant wifes Petunias * Use to bury Hernando, the fish after wife complains that I was originally going to toss him into woods * Bury the random deer carcas that the dog drags to the front yard *...
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    Want a John Deere engine turning tool?

    I don't have a need for this, nor do I even have a JD.... I just wanted to say nice play by you, nice offer.
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