Recent content by al3

Are you familiar with working on modern riding mowers that incorporate a multitude of safety circuits? If not, you’re in for a not-so-fun time. Its not as easy as a single 12v line running to a simple SPST switch. The segment of the wiring diagram someone kindly posted shows some of the...

The drive shaft shaft U joints on this series need periodic grease. Replacement drive shaft is $$$$$, so take care of the OE. No zerks on the U joints. I never had any luck using a gun and needle, have to drop the drive shaft and slide the yokes to expose the caps/cage needles to get...

As long as you’re collecting opinions: I use the Three Bond formulation for aluminum cases whenever sealing up crankcase/transmission/axle sections that don’t use a gasket. They make several different grades/products so some product research is advisable. Some claim that Three Bond is the...

I had similar experience with this and other sites. Exactly what I needed to finally say goodbye to the Microsoft corporate abuse. Switched to Linux (Ubuntu shell), Firefox with strict privacy enabled, substituted Duck Duck Go and Brave search engines for Google and life became a whole lot...

As an FYI, helmets are available with settings that sense electronic magnetic pulses and the like. Where as my twin halogen stand light would trip the normal auto darken function, when switched to the “X” setting I can crank up the halogens and/or locate them very close to the work with no...

Sounds like you are having a great time…….. You mentioned the 48 VAC at the alternator, what’s your DC output at the voltage regulator (with a low battery---manual suggest it won’t output DC unless the battery is slightly drained)? I'm assuming its zero and that's what you're trying to run...

Water over the dam at this point, and it could just be the picture, but it looks like auto parts store might have sold you a tap, not a thread chaser. Chasers have very limited taper lead. Concept with a chaser is to pick up the existing thread vs cutting new one. Chaser on left, tap on...

Here's the Theory of Ops and Charging circuit description. You've stated you checked voltages. Suppose to have 50VAC unregulated out of the alternator and 12.4 to 13.8 Volts DC regulated . What you got?

Have you check outputs of alternator and voltage regulator with a meter? Like below has schematics, a few select test voltages. Click on the "Electrical Diag and Ops" illustration. https://www.greentractortalk.com/threads/4110-charging-issue.197322/

Used an X485 for a few years to snow-blow exclusively. It did that well; road was flat, no slopes. Certainly liked to consume copious quantities of gas. Didn’t like being cold soaked below 10 degrees; had a start up surging issue (fuel map) that Deere never was able to resolve. Components...

Someday I hope to be good enough to do scratch restarts on out of position small dia round tubes and maintain a quality bead.

Never TIG welded before and considering starting with something round, thin walled and made out of stainless…...I wish you luck.

“Yo-Yo” or Spot Delivery Financing Do a search on Yo-Yo or Spot Delivery Financing. Looks like an all too often practice in the shadier side of car sales. Not saying it necessarily applies in your case, but the similarities are a tad disturbing. Good luck

Knowing what area of the country you live might increase the utility of the advice for snowfall removal. You’ve got a walk behind blower, so you know the joys of trying to remove high water content snow/slush when the temps are hovering at around freezing. A back blade/rear blade on a sub...

The four possibilities that come to mind, in order of likelihood: --Aftermarket belt is incorrect length/shape. --Belt misrouted --Pulley’s replaced with incorrect diameter substitutes --Axle to engine distance has been altered Seems to me acquiring an OEM belt and comparing dimension to the...