Recent content by Riding a Relic

I put a 55 gal oil drum on top of my harrow. Fill with water to desired weight, and let it out to take it off or just make it so the front of the tractor is not so light. Or, to take the drum off. I just have it strapped on with load straps. Works great for me.

The thermostat is helping to control the flow of coolant through the radiator. If coolant flows through too fast the coolant doesn't have time to stay in the radiator long enough to cool. It not only regulates temperature, but also regulates flow. The engine needs to be hot enough to burn the...

What kills a lot of batteries is the bottom of the battery collects the contaminates from the plates with constant charging and discharging. This will eventually fill enough to contact the plates, causing shorting between the cells. I like AGM batteries, but they tend to just die a sudden death...

All engines will run hot if running lean. I've seen holes burned in pistons where an injector had some of the holes stopped up. The properties of gasoline and diesel fuel are engineered to help cool and lube the cylinders.

My wife loves hers! It is a hoot to ride! 115 hp

Three in the barn now,+ one in reserve! My dad rode me on a HD when I was in diapers. I have been having two wheel fun since 1971 on the highway! Born in '57

The thing is, once they make something idiot proof, they come out with a better idiot!

There are many diesel engines that use a pre chamber in the head firing deck. It gives them a tighter area to burn the fuel at the beginning of the firing event. Direct injection sprays fuel directly on top of the piston on it's way up and they are shaped different to allow for this. The larger...

Injection timing is critical to a strong running engine. Diesels ignite the fuel due to heated air when it is compressed, this makes compression critical. A lot of diesel engines produce only 300 to 400 at a compression test (crank over, no start) but once running develop 1000 psi, some even...