SirTainly

And in the afternoon, got invited to the Minsterley show.

Quick visit to the Tern Valley Show.

Really wanted the IH, but something about that cab looks off to me, not sure quite what though.

Good luck, sounds like here too, just as things dry out, then another heavy/long bout of rain.

And now making bales, got some better photos on the SLR. Will share in a few days 

Just home after visiting family in Leics, to find this in the field behind the house.

He looks like he's going to be a wonderful companion!

Aaand today no indicators, but the wiper magically started working 🤣

Woohoo, five minutes of work, I now have the last brake light and the front indicators working on the 785! Oxidation on the contacts was the culprit. Just the windscreen wiper to get working again (l think we put back a blown fuse last week as it was working before we started cleaning fuses).

Lots o things out last night, but I was driving home, so no photos. Did get these this morning whilst collecting one vehicle from the garage.

Another amazing model!

Good haul! Been chasing one of those MK2 Discos

Had a friend visiting today and we got a little time on the 785, and as a result we've managed to get the fuses/bulbs checked and replaced where necessary. Now we're down to one brake light, one work light (which is physically broken) and the 2 front indicators still out. All other lights are working. Admittedly we have lost the wiper, but we're getting the fuses degunked which is helping. The fluid reservoir lid was half off behind the dash so we had lots of dripping hydraulic fluid.

Picked up this on my trip into Cambers today.

A JD and an MF heading past the house today carting potatoes. No photos as we've been working in the stable.

Looking fantastic! Wish we'd had a blue sky too. 😁 Nice to see the Valtra, reminds me on the in-laws one, although that is only a T150 iirc.

Right, been out with the bar, and managed to get into high, but then once out, it falls forward again, even with nothing running. I'm thinking things are rather worn, and maybe I need to tweak the linkage. You can see the high socket isn't aligned with low when in neutral.

Further question for the hive mind, looking at the wheel bearing kits, there seem to be heavy, standard and light duty hubs, looking at the various suppliers, how do you know which ones you have?

1 hour ago, 844john said:

As Smithy has said Simon, you’ll need to get underneath her with a bar to realign them. We used to have a 685XL and it never once gave any problems in that area, but we had a 785 with the L cab, which had a slightly different linkage arrangement and it was terrible for it, we always carried a bar in the cab! The problem came when going from reverse into high, if you tried to hurry it it jammed between low and high, basically trying to select both ranges at once. We were that used to it that you could jump out, get in behind the cab with the bar and give the selector a tap to free it in seconds! Funnily enough, our 475 occasionally does it, but I put that down to very worn linkage and being in too much of a hurry 🤣

Thanks John, I'll go and locate my bar and give it a poke, and see what happens. I have a feeling this was working when I test drove the tractor, so possibly I messed it up yesterday. If I did, the I should be able to get it fixed ☺️

19 minutes ago, smithy said:

Regarding your gears , if there is a lot a ware in linkages they can get out of line ,mine used to if i tried to move them to quick , you got to get a prybar in there and gently force it back ,well thats what i had to do a few times 

Thanks, will give that a try tomorrow.

@Jack390 that will all compost up nicely 😁

Today I was actually at home for more than enough time to sleep, so took the new 785 on a shake down round the top paddocks. Problems that immediately need looking at are the wheel hub that's falling off, probably collapsed bearings, the oil being sprayed under the tinwork and the issues with gear selection. The latter of which I have partially solved by removing this (pictured) from the linkages, and can find first gear again. If anyone knows how to realign the linkages so I can move from low to high, I'd appreciate the help, high seems to have slipped forward from the neutral position.

It's arrived, so tucked it in the stable until the blackbirds are out of the workshop. Disguised the number plate as using the image elsewhere.

18 hours ago, 844john said:

Thanks very much Simon, it really seems like the seasons have shifted this year. Three mornings running I’ve come back from checking the stock with an armful of field mushrooms, and it’s supposed to be mid summer!

We've had a few coming up in the bottom field, but none quite that big! 

Absolutely fantastic work! The foggy background gives a real autumnal feel.

Speedy recovery!