Recent content by caferacermike

Fired up the Beaver a week ago and noticed antifreeze on the ground. Looked around and it waas coming out of the weep hole. Feeling frisky I pulled the pump and took it mostly apart hoping to see a standard seal. Couldn't get the bearing off the shaft and just kind of walked away. I see a lot of...

Has this been beaten to death before? Sorry I typically stay over in my Mitsu/Satoh forum. My lil Beaver got laid up over the winter months without much antifreeze in the mix and sure enough she popped. I basically bought a tractor to play with and gave it to a friend of mine to use on his...

So uh yeah seems that after a long summer of overheating I'm now on to a cracked block. After spending all summer doing little repairs to the Beaver to get it to stop overheating, finally got it good late in the fall. Seems I neglected to check to make sure the antifreeze mix was correct...

So I decided I am going to mount an analog water temp sender and display into my dash using the port for the electric sending unit and then got to thinking about a tachometer. When I first began running the tractor I ran the PTO in it's highest speed of 1,297 (I have the optional reverser with...

Well since it seems the Beaver is indestructible, I'm considering a post hole digger to install some fencing. The Beaver is set for cat 0 3 point and I have the proper reverser installed with the larger shaft. With that in mind, any recommendations for a post hole digger? Will I need the...

Seriously I think this tractor runs better as an air cooled model. When I first got it and started mowing 30 acres of overgrown brush, the ground was super dusty and the cuttings became chaff that all clogged the radiator. It would clog within 10 minutes of cleaning. I had no running water...

My air filter cover gave up yesterday and quickly found it's way under the shredder, and even faster coming back out... I know this thing uses a common housing/assembly as the air filter crosses over to about 100 other tractors. Anyone know if any of these other tractors use the same assembly...

$700. The top end is disassembled and in a box. Story is that it needed a new head gasket. The thing that worries me more is that I've found it rather rare to just need to replace a head gasket. It's that they either work, or the engine overheats. So I'm concerned about cracked block...

A buddy bought 30 acres of retired cow fields to build a home and a dirt bike track on. He was in way over his head when it came to clearing the land. Thankfully it was mostly leveled when it was used as farm land back in the day. The grasses had grown up about 3', some bamboo made it's way...