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Read articles →This is a real-time, unpolished DIY repair session on a TN75 with a weak-lifting loader, replacing the hydraulic pump and filter housing, dealing with mismatched parts, a stubborn drive coupler, and cold, cramped working conditions. It ends with the tractor running but revealing a worsening diesel leak, likely an injection pump issue, left unresolved. Best for owners troubleshooting similar hydraulic lift problems who want an honest, warts-and-all wrench-turning process rather than a clean tutorial.
Posted by the Ross the Oliver Man-Rieckers Farms channel, an owner doing his own hands-on repair work and narrating the struggles as they happen.
The old pump could only be turned in one direction by hand, and the other direction required a wrench and hard pulling, showing internal damage.
Mismatched O-ring sizes from the parts order, a stuck drive coupler needing a puller, and a filter wrench not sized for the new filter.
The tractor started and the hydraulics worked again, but a diesel fuel leak appeared and got worse, suspected to be an injection pump issue.
