Recent content by Frank Surber

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    NX5510 - No hydraulics after filter and fluid change

    I don't know about your tractor but some of the older tractors and equipment I've worked on over the years with horizontal filters dad a plug in the top of the filter housing, to fill the filters after installing
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    How can I hook this up to my tractor

    I can't decide if the original poster did it as a joke or not. The clevis& pin coupling style is the oldest known form of connecting attachments from the first use of domesticated animals to pull any type of wheeled equipment, in some cases still used today from the smallest lawn and garden...
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    2 John Deere 755 track loaders decided I needed them

    As recent as a couple months ago 2 Track loaders decided that I needed them more than they needed their previous owner A 755B with some major issues # the engine and both transmissions are in a shipping container the track groups are at less than 40% and the pins have been turned already the...
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    My work shop build in progress

    I now have a 33 ft door hung on the front of the building so I can close off all but about 15 or 16 feet the door rolls all the way to the east except for the last 4 feet of the opening so I still can have a 44ft wide opening if needed Also 2 of my latest additions to my tractors and...
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    My work shop build in progress

    Thanks for the inquiry, Brandi, Over all I really can't tell a lot of difference in the condition of the floor where we treated it and tat of the dirt I have built up outside, As I was concerned it is easy to gouge the surface with sharp objects. there are areas though that until ran over by a...
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    My work shop build in progress

    Finally getting around to start plumbing an air system in the shop I will eventually be running a 1 1/4" sch 80 steel pipe system throughout with surge tanks and water traps at every drop station Currently I just have a single air compressor connected to the initial start of the system the...
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    My work shop build in progress

    Basically all I needed to do was run the hone down the bore a few times to remove any residue and or debris and possibly some surface oxidation, Who knows how long it had been since the crane had been in service even hydraulic oil will eventually dry up some and leave a hard film and if it had...
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    My greenhouse build

    The arches are made from 2" black poly pipe
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    My greenhouse build

    The walls are galvanized corrugated steel, the greenhouse is 32 by 16 with 10ft high walls 2 feet of that is buried in the ground with steel panels on both sides 3 layers of 15lb roofing tar paper over the part in the ground the cavities between the panels in the ground are sprayed with a wax...
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    My greenhouse build

    I don't remember posting a thread about my greenhouse so I will start one' I started building myself a greenhouse several years ago and never got around to completing it, Now that it is basically closed in and near enough to completion I'll post a few pictures of it
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    My work shop build in progress

    Wi Dan; lately I have been concentrating on development of a special project for a friend of mine, he and I hope to go into manufacturing once all testing is complete but it is nowhere near ready for prime-time publication just yet. I can already see though if we do start up manufacturing the...
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    Ford 2600 followed me home

    I don't what it is about me but I seem to have a weakness for poor neglected little tractors. A few weeks ago, a friend of mine asked me if I would take care of his little 2600 for a while. I know his for a while, something shows up at my place and somehow never leaves. We somehow managed to...
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    How many fired off a round or more on New Years at the stroke of midnight?

    If it wasn't for my wife reminding me to switch to the new calendars, I wouldn't know new years from any other day
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    Rebuilding a TYE series 'V' 14 ft drill need info

    Update on the TYE no till drill. The man did finally sell it but not until after he had used it every years for 6 years kept it in his equipment barn when not in use which was regular as I understand it, cleaned and well maintained. Replaced the press wheels and coulters and hoses as needed. He...
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    Case 431 clutch issues

    I forgot all about adding an update to the clutch problem on the Case tractor. When I separated it everything was splined up properly but whoever had installed the clutch had put the disk in backwards and had screwed with the pressure plate adjustment bolts. I flipped the disk then adjusted...
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