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    Returning batteries for warranty claim

    I just bought this battery tester at harbor freight. It measures the internal impedance of the battery. ( More accurate than a load test. ) I have a battery on my motorhome that I just bought last spring and it is testing 40% . Time to back to the store and complain.
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    Snow Tractor won’t start tonight.

    On my Kubota if the PTO lever is not exactly in the neutral position, it will not crank over.
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    Loader  Will low trans fluid cause the loader not to lift all of the up?

    I have a L3000DT. This winter we built a frame on the front of it and put a snow plow blade on. We put quick connectors on all of the hoses. Well I put the bucket back on yesterday and now the bucket won't raise all of the way up and I can no longer lift the front of the tractor off of the...
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    Switching hydraulic lines

    I am in the process of installing a snow blade on the front of my Kubota L3000. It will be attached under the front and I will be removing the bucket. It is a blade off of a pickup. What I want to do is to switch/reroute the hydraulics from the bucket lines so I can use the joystick to raise and...
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    Ford 800 steering question

    We have an 800 that had a bad bearing in the bottom of the steering shaft. After replacing it and putting oil in it, the oil leaches out of the steering gear shafts. ( the shaft that the pitman arm attaches to) What seals the shaft to keep oil from coming out or am I putting to much oil in it...
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    Mandrel cups for old Sears tractor

    I have been looking for new mandrel cups for my Sears tractor. It dates back to the early "70's". Sears no longer has the parts. I was wondering if anyone knows of a substitute part for this? The diameter it has to go over is 2" the shaft size is 3/4" I have got to believe that there is...
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    Making a pole barn taller

    I have a pole barn that is about 13 years old. It's 40'x32' and has a 10' ceiling I would like to go to 12-14' tall. Has anybody ever "raised one up" or attempted to and if you have what kind of problems did you go thru?
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    L3000DT Good or bad??????

    I bought a used Kubota l3000dt last fall. It has a front loader woods backhoe,box blade and a rototiller It had 450 hrs. on it. I changed the oil and trans fluid. There is a couple of things that bother me about this unit. (1) the trans. hangs up when going into a pile of top soil. normally I am...
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