Hi Steve

Hi Steve,

Just to let you know that the hydraulic problem is solved on the JM-454. The factory hydraulic fluid was way too thick. I changed it and burped the system. It runs much better now.

As promised..............you can put on your web page if you wish (just remember me on my next tractor order. Ha!)

Dan's Jinma dleivery story (plus pictures)

I didn't have a heavy duty trailor to bring the two crates home. One crate contained the tractor, the other the FEL. I ended up getting a tilt flat deck tow truck to pick up the crates. Both fit perfectly on the deck with room to spare and when we got them home, we just had the deck tilted and we dragged them off by chaining them up to another tractor (a truck would have worked just as well). It only took two days to assemble the tractor. The hardest part was putting on the tires as one has to lift the frame fairly high to get the back wheels on. I was lucky as I had another tractor with a forks on the front. I just used strapping and wrapped them around the axle to lift the frame and then roll the tires on. It helps when you have two people doing this. The rest was fairly easy and straightforward, put the fenders and rollbar on, mount the 3 pt. system. wire the rear taillights (they're pre-wired already), check all fluids. I was surprised that all the fluids had been topped up by the factory - except for the antifreeze which I had to add. The batteries supplied nop come fully sealed so all you have to do is charge them for a short while and then you are ready to go (no electrolyte needed). The clock already had 1 hr. on it so it appears that the factory already ran the motor to test it out. For me it started up on the first try and purred like a kitten. I installed the FEL on another day which was a bit tricky too because of the weight involved but I eventually got it. Only problem I found is that the factory hydraulic fluid is too thick and makes the hydraulics work slowly. Changing it to 32 weight Hyd fluid and burping the system did the trick. And that's all there is to getting your machine ready for work! I forgot to mention one thing, since you are the one putting it together, you get to put the first scratches on it to. The touch-up paint supplied helps with those liitle boo-boos that you get to do now and then.