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lol, I pm'ed you back with my number

that's the way I roll!

Update, figured out part of my issue was operator error.

So did a little more research and draining from the tank is not the correct way to do it, there is a allen head set screw in a valve control on the bottom of the tractor

Safety first though, remove the spark plug wire

once the nut is removed let it drain, use the starter to push the fluid through the system and out

Once we were getting nothing more out, we put the plug back in and filled it up with fresh oil, and proceeded to drive it around. Much better performance, the pump stopped squealing, but it was still going faster in reverse that forward in High. So I decided to test it where I bogged down the night before behind the berm and immediately bogged down again, son of a. Then I flooded it trying to get it unstuck.

So we let it set for a half hour or so to cool down and I went back to googling.

I came across this thread

http://www.mytractor.....t=case+644

and they mention Brian was the go to man for knowledge, so I called him, explained what was going on, he says it sounds like the banana plate, he guarantees the pump is probably not the issue, even with them running the wrong fluid through it, here is what the plate is suppose to look like

here is what it starts to look like after years of use

it starts to wear down and doesn't allow the valves to fully open to provide the power needed. I asked if it made sense that it goes faster in reverse than forward that the plate would be the culprit, absolutely he said, if the previous owners used forward much harder than reverse, which 99 percent of people do, then the forward section would get worn down the fastest.

we checked our plate and it is quite worn and there is about a inch of play in the pedal before it engages, which would not allow the valves to fully open. So I ordered a new plate from him and hopefully will be here saturday. @porkchopsmmm and @jonathco , Brians shop is in Ann Arbor, so if you ever need anything, I would give him a call

@thenewsettler86 did some researching about the high and lo range on it and from what he found out, high should only be used for getting from point a to point b on flat terrain, if over rough terrain, using the bucket or attachments only lo should be used, so I went back out and put it in lo, started it up and pulled right out, went to the mulch pile dug into it with the blade and was able to drive right up the pile. SO there's my operator error, I was thinking lo was just for really messy areas, not operation.

Brian also suggested getting a loop of hose with a pressure gauge and hooking it up to the rear hydraulics, if it's reading 1200, the pump is bad, if it's 2000-2200 the pump is fine, so we did

we hooked it up and even with a leak in the fittings, we were still hitting 1900-2000 under full load, so the pump is good

So I decided last night to take a vid

Kind of ticked off, the go pro died a minute in, what it doesn't show is me going around the pond, picking up a big old pile of compacted dirt out of the beds, going around the back side of the fence to the field, getting the front 2 tires stuck in the ruts from the four wheeler, using the bucket to lift the front end up and pulling itself out, driving through the swampy field, dumping the soil, and using the rototiller to cut a path through the field.

Aaannnddd breaking one of the pins on the three point holding the roto tiller on and limping it back into the yard with the attachment dangling behind me, looks like I have some more work today

I LOVE THIS THING!

damn, you caught that

charged it up last night and ready to roll, as soon as I swap the oil again and fix the rear pin