My information comes second hand. I had a neighbor that was a design engineer at Dubuque. HE ranted for years about the utility tractor design. HE was very much against the 20 series an up utility tractors because of the Mannheim influence. HE worked there from about 1955 to 1985 or so. He is gone now.
I tend to believe him because the hydraulics on the 20 series and up are more similar to some of the older JDs made in Europe. I have worked on a few that where brought over here to show.
My original point being that the hydraulics on a JD utility tractor can be a complete nightmare to get to work right. IF it has punked a hydraulic pump and blew shaving into everything pown stream it is a job to get everything cleaned out and working right again.
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