Peter James
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I just purchased an older RTV900. In good condition and appears to have been serviced regularly, but high hours. Runs and drives nice and no strange noises. It has hydraulic dump on the bed. Beside the lever for the bed dump is a yellow lever with the lock engaged. The visual shows the lever with two positions and at each end it a "gear" symbol. What does this lever do? PTO? I have been a John Deere guy for 50 years, two cylinder loader tractor and two cylinder bulldozers. This is all new to me, so please be patient. It would appear that this was used on a horse farm as there was horse manure in the tire treads. It looks like it did a lot of running around as it is in really nice shape and not been abused. I have figured out most things and downloaded several manuals, not exactly the correct vintage, but most of the important stuff seems to line up. The yellow lever is a puzzle though.
Peter
Peter
The last RTV900 I had was a 2011/12 and had a front bumper curved like that where as my 2005 's bumper was more flat. The seat was also contoured like that on the 2011/12. It looks to me like you may have the extra controls for the utility model . I base that opinion on what appears to be a cooler on the passenger side below the cargo bed. It does look like a great machine. Haha, now I see the rear tailgate saying that it's the utility model in the last picture. I would check the front hubs and the differential to see it the fluids ( sudt hyd) have been changed. And of course the other more obvious oils. . Use SUDT2 hyd for the hyd system and oem filters . I also use the JD II 10-40 in my engine with oem filter but thats your call. I had over 4200 hrs on each machine and never had fluid related problems... Zero blow by .
