Your audio is terrible! I had to actually move my thumb and finger to hit a button lightly to make adjustments. Please fix this major issue!! There, I did it for ya, now you can enjoy the video 😉

Dont stress too much about the audio, we can hear you just fine and its the content that counts. Good work on the tractor, good care and maintenance like yours and it'll keep serving you well.

Like listening to Bob Ross work on his tractor. Very relaxing

Motor mounts wore on on the John Deere with the yanmar for me.Fuel system was acting up and flushed tank and replaced all lines.Bottom of tank was a mess.After it was like it should be.Started smooth and ran correct.

I appreciate all your little idioms. They crack me up. "Were going to school either way, and its up to me how long were in session" 😂

Been a mechanic from 8 years old, now 85, all my life, hate to burst your bubble, you are a mechanic! Love your videos

No problem with the audio. The content was great. Good one 👍

Audio is life don’t worry about it. Just keep going.

Cap’n, the 755 needed a little TLC! I could tell how happy she was as she swaggered down the driveway. And why not… got her feeding tubes plumbed, her pigtail routed and her mask replaced. She’s all set for adventure… better take the key with you, she’s liable to party on her own! I am sending a package your way today… I’ll text or email you the tracking info. It’ll be sent to the market. Hope you have nothing less than a wonderful day!

Captain, You most certainly have a good work ethics and attitude. Ya got the job done nice and tidy with what you had handy. Your hair is getting a might little bit long on ya tho. My Wife buggin' me about my hair so I'm fairly sure a certain little lady is hinting it's time for you to make a visit to your local barber shop.

Pretty crucial keeping a clean work environment around fuel components . A portable air tank with a blowgun would be desirable .

Yep. Ground to battery with cable as short as practical.

My 1070 is about the same thing but just 4cyl and the best tractor to own with a front-end loader and 4x4 and is a94 and still doesn't burn any oil. And love my Yanmar engine and have one own my marine boat what a pur they make.

Love the old deeres

I'm a Kubota tractor type of guy, good video

You are either right or wrong on the ground wire placement time will tell who is the smarter one, I rooting for you!!

Great job on your driveway

Sends Kleeman line wrenches and ratcheting wrenches. And Brakekleen(man) to wash area to check for leaks and heated powerwasher

Great job fixing your tractor

I do love your humour. You come across as a really nice guy, doing real projects with real constraints. It's easy to relate to, amusing and instructive. Perfect. Thank you for putting in the time to make these videos.

I like it when you don't make things complicated you just go with it and it seems to work out for you

I like the Popular Mechanics wrench. If you had a full set, you could sell these antiques and make a fortune!!! A steam cleaning of that engine should be on the list of to do items for this tractor.

Tractor sounds like it runs way better and has more power. If you clean the crud off the top of the battery and clean the negative post and cable, you may find you don’t need a new battery yet. I’ve been told the crud on the top can allow electric to flow between posts. Best wishes. Kevin

ya done good with the road drag - smart guy you are kleeman.

Worked on about a dozen Yanmars over last few years. One of my favorite engines to work on. Last 3 cyl I rebuilt: once I had the parts in my hand an in-frame took 4 hours from start to start up.New record for me.One of the last tractors built (old ones and not the new ones) designed with field repair in mind.

Thanks Mike ... great video. You were correct in running the winch cables to the battery ... you eliminated the additional resistance of the longer winch cable AND the smaller ground cable for the tractor. Regards, R

Thank you for the content. I'm always looking for my 855 . I really want it to last. It's a beast!

Here you talking about your alternator is a good idea but I would run a second battery it will save on wire over heating and where a d rare on the alternator the more amps the more monie it cost to fix and repair if you ever noticed the 2 batteries on the electric plows on plow trucks just a thought for you to ponder on a cost to do things right ay now save big later when I. Break downs love your channel here mike good luck with all your projects I will proble but in here there and again just because of my experience

Good job audio is fine here.

Band aid made my day! Relatable!

With my worn out ears from a lot of infantry training and a little bit of combat and every loud job if found myself in afterwards, I’m not complaining about your audio at all. Good job mate.

Mike have you ever thought about a hydraulic top link? And in a pinch those copper crush washers can be heated to a dull red and let air cool an reused. 🤔

Great Video...! At 19:42 the other 4/3 will just agree with you...!

Kleeman go to arms family homestead and watch his video ( Land plane and simple driveway repair.) be sure to watch it all so you can see the blades on his. D P may have some old cutting blades you could use also that would give you alot more weight you are wanting

Working like a champ hoss, need to make a bolt on chain link drag to pull behind it to pull a little material with you and can flip it up onto the back when not needed. Just a thought

Good injection pump leak fix. The DIY LandPlane works just fine. Rerouting winch wires need more zip ties.

Great video Mike

Hey Capt., your alternator is the same 40 amp alternator as the 855 and 955. When you get ready to replace it, contact a local alternator/starter shop and see if they can't just rebuild yours with a higher amp stator. I've stopped buying new alternators and have started rebuilding them myself which isn't too difficult.

Mike, When U weld the handle back on put it to one side so U can put weight in the center. Have Fun

Enjoy learming and watching your backyard mechanic efforts, it does reconfirm for the small machines John Deere is pretty easy to work on.

Well my thoughts were just leave the winch ground the length it was and then if you don't like it on the battery you have length to put it back on the frame. Lol. And no...I didn't have anything better to think about at the time. 😁😃 And I really like the new road drag. Loosens the gravel very good.

I watch your videos with captions on and i thought you'd like to know that often it captions background noise as "applause" so you're definitely impressing the youtube captions :P

It helps me to use the box end of a wrench anytime possible as opposed to the open if I have one

A JD dealer told me the 55 series tractors some of the best John Deere built. The Yanmar engines are very reliable too.

Your audio was fine Mike !

Don’t worry about the audio, I watch plenty of channels where the audio is much worse and they don’t GAF. You are putting in the effort and that’s more than enough for me.

Audio is fine. Always fun to hang out with you and your creations.

One neat trick i recently saw , was a fella weld a 8 inch caster style wheel onto his top link adjuster for easy adjustment instead of those two little bars coming off it . Genius.

The old 755 will last another year now. Good job Mike.

Another great video. Also be sure to put a rag down the air box intake to the top of the motor, sure wouldn't want something falling in without notice and damaging the old girl.

I noticed you said the repairs weren’t pretty. Daddy always said pretty was overrated. Functional is what you go for. Great video as always Captain.

Good morning from Las Vegas and to all my family from the channel

Love watching your videos, The way you appear to be always thinking how something works and/or can be done. Build it and try it out - make it better again.

"One take outro's" lol. Entertaining as always, keep up the hard work

I'll take a steady camera hand over weak audio any day! I should know, even my name has SoundTEK in it. I seldom have to adjust the audio up or down during the video so I call that a win. IF anyone else feels like complaining drag yourself off the couch, into the great outdoors and try to video something without wind noise, background noise and so on. BTW I am sitting in my recliner typing this and NOT complaining about the sound quality. Always a Great Job Mike!

Keep doing what you doing. If people want to hear they can turn the volume up. Great content

Captain K, don’t worry about the audio,. Maybe those that complain should buy you the audio equipment you would like to have! 😃

Engine has a lot of movement is something loose or broken. Good video.

Great job Captain 👍

Another great video "Mr. Maintenance " LOL I'm glad I waited till the end, and didn't comment about the audio. See You on the next one. Have a great week!

No worries on audio. No idea what Wade did with his sawmill track but that or smaller yard track would be great for weight. Set it in a “tray” and easy to remove

Pretty good maintenance video 👍

Nice job on the maintenance sir, always something to do. Your audio is fine. Thanks for the ride along.

Very nicely done Capt. Always nice to see people who aren't afraid to turn a wrench on their own equipment. The 755 will stay going for many years to come with some TLC. Thanks for bringing us along, looking forward to the chicken coop/goat barn project 😁👍

Hey Mike when you go to make your jumper cables with the Andersen connector use welding wire that way in the winter they are not all stiff it’s a better wire to use and you can make them however long you would like them

What???? Could not hear your comments about the audio!!!! Its fine Mike. When the spring fell I kinda freaked out......... keep the great content coming. Stay safe brother.

Hi Mike. Pleased you received the oil wrenches, as I watched you time and again use the fan belt method and as an ex mechanic on All sizes of machines from CAT D9 to small ride on mowers as well as chainsaws thought something like what I used would not go amiss in your toolbox. Also useful on pipe fittings and water filtration units, so could be of help with the rentals you end up building. Hope to see you when I travel over from the UK and visit Farmer Chris as I also used to build those silos he has just had on his farm. My one bucket list journey left is driving the whole of Route 66 using as much of the original as there is that is accessible, when the travel and covid stuff allows. It also allows me to visit my ex para medic Buddies who married members of the American armed forces and all seem to live on or close to the route. Enjoy the tools and see how long it takes to break them lol.

Nice video, consider getting an insulated cover for the positive terminal of the battery, it doesn't take much for the tin work above the battery to get bent down and cause a short. as DP knows. Use a resettable breaker on the anderson pig tail.

Try a bar of soap on the belt as it is running it has helped me on my vehicles. Also you might want to put a clean rag in your intake when you take things apart so you don't drop something down there

Hello from the Netherlands and thanks for the video Captain

I guess the decision to get a new tractor is based on whether you spend more time working on the tractor or doing work with the tractor. Also would a larger tractor, be a better fit for what you need it to do.

Hi Mike, if you think about it the next time you go by an auto parts house, stop in and get some belt dressing. This is only if the slipping belt bothers you. I have no problems with the audio. The ripper is doing well. I had forgotten about the built-in adjustment. It definitely went further in the ground. Have good days!

Thanks again for sharing your thoughts, ideas and videos. Always interesting and entertaining. Wouldn’t stress the audio that much, whatever your doing is working fine. It’s not exactly like your recording a concert. 😂 glad the repairs worked out well, road drag certainly does the job well. Looking forward to seeing your videos on the chicken and goat barn. Stay safe, wishing you and your family the best.

Great to see the TLC. Thanks for the journey!

Nice compact Tractor, you get a LOT out of it.

There's never an issue with your audio when you're muted..... :P Chuckles to self.. Another great video!

Great repair the next part is to see why your engine is moving side to side so much the engine shouldn't move side to side like that check the engine mounts.

I just have to that your garage is way better than DP's.

Another great video, retired ag mechanic here never worked on a small tractor like that but is it possible u have a broken motor mount, just seems like jumps around alot, I definitely could be wrong. Keep up the good work

Good job on the O-Rings and washer on your Pump. Your drag is working Great. Great Video Mike...Thanks for sharing....

The tractor runs like a watch again. Good job.

Just one tip when working on any fuel injection system... Cleanliness. Use compressed air to Blow off around any parts you are about to remove especially on the injection pump.

Usually, the shorter the ground wire, the better. On a winch though, I'm not sure. I had one on my truck, and the battery was pretty much the shortest ground I had. Plus on an attachment/trailer, the battery is always a good choice. No worries about not having enough contact through the hitch.

Good work on the tractor! Perhaps you should have bought a rattle can of John Deere green to paint the grill when you were done. Sooner or later you would get the whole thing painted as you do upkeep and repairs. Your drag is working well. No "2 years in the design stage" either. The fast play during the road work was cool, Vroom, Vroom, jack

That Anderson connector for jumping purposes is something I think would be worth having on all of DPs equipment too. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Really enjoy your videos, Nice to see someone so truthful with his or her subs, Stay safe and healthy.

I don't know why you are changing those orings out they're just needing to be flipped 🙃🙃 😂😆😂. I'm surprised you didn't have issues sooner there Bud. Great job showing it even if the audio is poor I just don't care I'm not sure why but I think 🤔🤔 maybe I am addicted to watching you do stuff and the variety I'm telling you it's just the bee's knees Cap. Well that's all I wanted to say about that. As always good luck and God Bless.

Nice work Mike! I know your getting the comments but you do need to address the motor mounts. The rubber flex between the flywheel and the drive shaft can't take that much movement and it will destroy it sooner than later. Glad you got that grill locked down! 😉

Enjoyed this video Captain

Mike, I also have a JD755 and had to do some maintenance/repairs over the last several years. Latest one is a slightly larger amperage alternator. It was larger diameter than OEM, so I changed v-belt to a 35.5". Last fall, I noticed it was running hot and yep, it had bubbles in the coolant. When taking it apart, I noticed that someone had totally removed the thermostat. Grrrrrrr! Also had a bad glow plug. So, one new head gasket and a new set of glow plugs and it is running smoother than it ever has. One other semi major issue was a very bad right rear motor mount. I rebuilt with some large washers and a block of rubber. But while working on this I noticed that the driveshaft coupler/isolator was badly damaged. This is a large round block of rubber with steel inserts to isolate the flywheel from the driveshaft. I suspect the bad motor mount allowed so much lateral movement, that it trashed the coupler. Luckily John Deere still stocks this part, but they're not cheap. Fix the motor mount pronto. Thanks for the videos. I know they are a lot of work.

Oh ya try useing deep cycle batteries cost more but take one hell of a beaten

Mike, I have both a 770 and 790 JD tractors. Neither of my engines have as much side-to-side movement as your 755 upon start up. Is it possible you have a bad or loose motor mount? Great video. Love your channel. Lee

Capt. Audio sounds fine to me, even on GoPro. Great job on everything else 😉

Makes sens enough put it on the battery no need using the main tractor ground wire.

I guess I need better headphones or ear buds because the audio doesn't sound that bad to me. Thanks for the video, needed a picker upper today.

Captain great video, your building of all your attachments seems to be working awesome! Thanks for sharing! Kevin

I think it’s awesome it looks like it works great

In regards to time travel you might want to recharge your flux capacitor I drained it last night

Mike just a novel idea/suggestion. Replace the top link with a speed binder. Make those adjustments super quick and easy. Of course it's not much adjustment either way so probably not a big issue. But it would be fun.

Well Hay there capitan Mike and Co ....it looks like the little man has done a great job of setting up that mig welder ...brilliant as always dude .... Peace n love from Cumbria UK 🇬🇧 ❤