Apparently I haven’t been on here much since October 2017 so certainly a lot has changed. I’ve been fixing compact tractors as a hobby over the last couple years, had a number of Yanmars last year; one of which I never wanted to sell but the hot market at the time convinced me otherwise. Nonetheless I’ll start the story on this 4100.
I spotted this tractor at the New Holland dealership a few months ago in their back lot (visible from the road) and wondered if it was for sale or was just in their shop for repairs. After a few months it popped up as for sale on Facebook Marketplace with a super vague description (John Deere 4100, 5500 hrs). To some, the hours may suggest it’s at the end of its usable life but with optimism I decided to have a look at it anyways.
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Upon initial inspection everything looked good, fluids were all in order, no leaks, but it had no power to the electrical system. The salesman was convinced it needed jump started but that did nothing. After a solid 10 minutes of looking all over the tractor I found it had a battery cutoff switch hiding down by the exhaust. Flipped the switch and everything suddenly worked. Now that I’m feeling a bit dumb for overlooking something so simple I fired it up and continued my inspection. Hydrostat felt strong in both ranges, 4wd worked without noise, occasional haze in the exhaust but not enough to draw concern, and zero blowby from the crankcase.
Considering I have newer Bobcat equipment for the hard work I really only needed this tractor to maintain some brush around the property since the skidsteer and brushcat aren’t always around. So I made a deal and brought the 4100 home.
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I spotted this tractor at the New Holland dealership a few months ago in their back lot (visible from the road) and wondered if it was for sale or was just in their shop for repairs. After a few months it popped up as for sale on Facebook Marketplace with a super vague description (John Deere 4100, 5500 hrs). To some, the hours may suggest it’s at the end of its usable life but with optimism I decided to have a look at it anyways.
Upon initial inspection everything looked good, fluids were all in order, no leaks, but it had no power to the electrical system. The salesman was convinced it needed jump started but that did nothing. After a solid 10 minutes of looking all over the tractor I found it had a battery cutoff switch hiding down by the exhaust. Flipped the switch and everything suddenly worked. Now that I’m feeling a bit dumb for overlooking something so simple I fired it up and continued my inspection. Hydrostat felt strong in both ranges, 4wd worked without noise, occasional haze in the exhaust but not enough to draw concern, and zero blowby from the crankcase.
Considering I have newer Bobcat equipment for the hard work I really only needed this tractor to maintain some brush around the property since the skidsteer and brushcat aren’t always around. So I made a deal and brought the 4100 home.
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