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The PTO brake is a thin disc that sort of "floats" around the clutch drum. It's clamped by a brake piston that (supposedly) stops the drum rotation when the brake is applied. They aren't all that effective when they work, so your condition may not be unusual. What matters is does the clutch pull...

I'd run a jumper wire around the existing cable, then check that voltage again. If it checks out good, then yes, the cable is a problem. Without seeing it first hand I couldn't say where to look first, but probably where the eye is crimped onto the cable on one end or the other. I can't tell...

When the output positive post read 14.3, what did the battery post read? If it was the same, then the cable is not your problem. Maybe you need to look for a parasitic draw somewhere. First place to check would be the alternator positive post. (since you already know where it is) Remove the...

Looks like a 1200 series. Something like this. https://www.tractordata.com/farm-tractors/000/8/4/846-massey-ferguson-1250.html

If you had the valve apart you know there are multiple spools and passages in there. I have no idea which ones do what. There is also linkage connected to the draft and position control levers, as well as the rockshaft. All of that interacts with the spools in the valve body. In order to answer...

No, not really. Metal shavings in the control valve is troubling, but then the symptoms you started with are unusual to begin with. At least in my experience.

You don't want to remove the lift housing. Just the valve body that's mounted in the front face of it.

No, you won't need to remove the cab. I can't remember exactly, but I'm sure when you pull the floor mats out there are panels that unbolt to allow access to much of what's under the cab.

New Holland tech. I'm not quite sure if your description of that term agrees with mine, but I spent some years with a New Holland dealership back when the TL series tractors were sold new. I worked on my share of them at that time, and got to know them fairly well. I've read your posts (here...

What makes you think you will need to make that adjustment? I've replaced hundreds of clutches in all manner of tractors. Only on the rarest occasion was there a question about pressure plate adjustment. Before rolling the two halves together I measure the distance from release levers to the...

So the "hose hanging down" goes to the backhoe? I take it the backhoe is currently installed and when it's removed that hose stays with the hoe and needs to be pulled out from under the tractor? ? Where does the other hose from the backhoe connect to the tractor? The top hose in the photos (the...

Yes. If the engine is set/timed for pump installation, the pump is locked, mount it up and go. If possible set it so the slots give you room on both sides, tighten it down and see what happens. Then we go from there.

If the pump shop installed a key that's not a good sign. They should know better than that. Sorry for all the questions, but you had this problem to start with, had the pump rebuilt, and still have the problem? What did they tell you was wrong with the pump? I'm wondering if you paid for a...

My experience is most lock timed pumps do not use a key. Are the external marks factory or your marks put in place before you pulled the pump? If there are no factory marks I will usually make my own before pulling a pump. Just a reference point for myself later when things like this happen...

My experience with these tier 3 VE pumps goes back a long way. In most of the cases I've dealt with the spitting, sputtering, smoking, run like crap condition is (or at least very often is) caused by just slightly incorrect pump timing. You put the rebuilt pump back on (or someone did?) in as...