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  1. syndy

    John Deere 3032E problems

    In 2015 we bought a John Deere 3032E with loader, 6’ mower deck plus a landscape rake. It was new but had about 15 hours on it from, (what the sales guy said was from being driven around the lot). After we had it for about a week the left rear wheel fell off. They said I should have checked the...
  2. syndy

    John Deere 3032E possible lemon??

    JOHN DEERE 3032E (Not heavy equipment maybe???) We bought this tractor in May of 2015. It had about 20 hours on it and the sales guy said it was from people like us driving it on the lot. It was delivered and we bought it with a front bucket, 6’ mower and a landscape rake. The first week the...
  3. syndy

    Case 580SE dry brakes replacement.

    I have had this 1984 580 since 2015 and have been using it with one, (Left) brake. I am now at the point where it can be down for a while and I have been taking the right brake off. It was full of oil and a few years ago I replaced the large seal. Never knew there was a smaller seal but now both...
  4. syndy

    Me BLUTO and my wife built our new house.

    Last year we spent 3 months in NC putting in our foundation. This year we went up from FL in April and finished the house in the end of Oct. We did it as owner/builder and it is my 3rd house to design and build. Because I'm old my wife would not let me on the roof so we hired a crew to hang the...
  5. syndy

    1983-4 580SE foreward/reverse

    All of a sudden my reverse shift lever drops all the way to my lap. The shift works fine but the entire F,N,R has shifted or rotated to the left. I looked at the manual and from the photos can't tell if the control arm (with the three holes, indents) is keyed to the threaded part of the control...
  6. syndy

    House project is going well, couldn't do it without my old hoe!

    Got the outside framing done and almost finished the inside framing. I should be working on plumbing next week.
  7. syndy

    Case 580SE no foreward, no reverse

    I have a 1984 SE and my worst nightmare just came true. I have read over the past years of this happening and now it's in my lap. Used the hoe yesterday to do a small amount of digging. Drove it around the farm up hills and down worked perfect. Started it this morning and drove it down a hill...
  8. syndy

    1949 Baird Beaver Riding Tractor - $700 (Zionville, NC)

    I ran across this on craigslist in Boone and was seriously thinking about buying it just to have a toy to play with, the price seems good. However, I'm in the middle of a house building project and things like this will have to wait. Maybe some tractor collectors out there will have some...
  9. syndy

    First part of my house building project complete.

    We just got back to FL. from NC. after spending six weeks preparing for the pouring of our monolithic house slab. I used my Case 580SE to do the work plus my wife's and my hands and our mission got done. I moved 100's and 100's of yards of rocky clay dirt to make a level area. Used a "RATCHET...
  10. syndy

    Where on a Case 580SE can you attach chain to pull things?

    I am not near my backhoe, (can only look at photos) to see a good spot to attach chains to pull or drag anything. I know it was not intended to do that but I need to drag a home made cultivator of sorts to smooth out about 4000sqft so I can pour a concrete slab. The drag cultivator (ripper)...
  11. syndy

    Need help with bucket measurement

    I just bought a Ratchet Rake for my bucket on the 580SE. It's the big one, 5/8" thick by 72" It uses chain and binders to hold it on and I need to buy the chain. What I don't have is the bucket or backhoe, it's in my barn in NC. I need the measurement from the bottom front edge back and around...
  12. syndy

    Clamp-on bucket forks

    I found a guy selling a set of MDS clamp on forks 49" model 6000, 6000lb capacity for, asking $500. I have all sorts of use for them but started to think of the strain they would put on the hydraulics. Anyone use them, had success with them???
  13. syndy

    580Se and trenching bucket

    If things go well with perk test and building applications I should be starting to build my new home in NC by this fall. I will have a monolithic slab with the outward trench 16"w X 30"D plus I have the trenches to dig for the plumbing. (Did this in 2003 here in FL with a shovel and by hand...
  14. syndy

    Crazy backhoe idea-question!

    My 580SE is far from me now so I only have photos to imagine this, BUT! Has anyone ever tried to attach a 3 point attachment to a backhoe using maybe chains on either side and a chain to the bucket in the transport position to control the up/down? I have an occasion coming up where I would like...
  15. syndy

    83/84 Case 580SE dry brake disk info

    I just purchased a set of brake disk for my backhoe. Here is a little background, it may save you some work. At the beginning of last year I pulled the disk(s) out of my right brake as it was leaking oil. Bought them back to FL and used brake cleaner to degrease them. Actually soaked them...
  16. syndy

    Case Genuine Parts Store website change

    I just went to my parts bookmark and was shocked to find that I was dazed and confused by the website. I use a couple of different sites but this, the easiest to move around in and overall fastest to use, (http://partstore.casece.com) just went horrible. You have to make seven clicks just to...
  17. syndy

    My new Case 580 Super E

    We were at the Webster Flea Market in FL today and I picked this up for $5. I'll save it for my grand child. Ok, who has models of their hoe's???
  18. syndy

    Case 580SE brakes again

    Last spring I went up to NC and removed my right brake disk and the actuating plate assembly. Oil had leaked and it was like that from the previous owner, (a long time). I bought all the parts back to FL and tried de-greasing the disk using brake cleaner. The disk were in good shape as far as...
  19. syndy

    Case 580SE couple of questions

    In a couple of weeks I'll be up in NC to finish building the barn for my backhoe. First job is to remove and replace the seal in the right brake. Gear oil had leaked all over the disk and I am down maybe 8 of the 20 quarts of oil in the transaxle. I plan to raise the right side using the pad...
  20. syndy

    580SE brake questions, lots of em.

    I was up in NC for the last couple of weeks and my 580 ran like a charm except for the right brake which never worked for me. They are dry brakes with regular gear oil in the transaxle. I suspected an oil leak into the disk area since I bought it. I removed the cover, (what a bear, near killed...
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