Recent content by Onthesauk

I bought a old tiller this winter. Believe it had been sitting out in the weather for years and probably even under water from a flood. Spent the day today cleaning it up and changing fluids, (less then a teaspoon of water in either case.) One problem I ran into is the PTO shaft is frozen. I...

Any suggestions on how to get the fuel shut-off lever, (at the filter,) to turn? If I put any more pressure on it I'm sure I'll either break it or strip something.

I recently changed the hydraulic fluid and cleaned the filter on my 1500D. I used it one time since then for a couple of hours to till the garden and everything worked fine. Today I used in for half an hour and when I put it away, the 3 point hitch wouldn't go down. Appears the pin on the...

Anyone have a picture of the decal on the draft control of a 1976 3600? Neighbor bought one and decal has been painted over, not sure how to set it or lock it at different heights. Any help would be appreciated.

Anything magic about replacing the PTO seal on a 1500D?

Really kind of a reality check. I have a low flow well that fills a couple of storage tanks. Pump has been going on eradicatly, something that was solved by a new pump controller a couple of years ago. Had a new pump guy look at it. He popped the lid off the control box, stuck his meter on...

Kind of a slick counterweight: http://seattle.craigslist.org/tls/166029147.html

I bought my 1500D 4WD Yanmar just over 10 years ago now. I bought from a private party and because of the lack of available information pretty much learned how to operate and maintain it on a trial and error basis. It has been pretty much trouble free and have only badly scared myself with it...