Recent content by Indiana haymaker

Any idea how many hours it might take to clear up, it looks like a mosquito fogger

I bought a 1990 Ford New Holland 27 HP tractor/mower model CM274 4 WD , it has 476 +/- hours. It sat for a long time before the guy i bought it from bought it then sold it to me. It has a 3 cylinder Shibaro (?) diesel engine. It starts fine, runs fine, but it is blowing out about 1 quart of oil...

I used to do all my oil changes, on my low cars I have some 2x12 cut offs that I stack with about 4 inches in between the starting point of each so they are easy to drive up on then onto the ramps, I have also used a pneumatic car jack stand that wil lift on side of the car and lock. I quit...

I have found that automotive batteries last less time in anything off road. Commercial batteries have fewer plates but they are further apart which helps prevent bridging between cells, so the batteries last longer. I have also had trouble with some of the battery tenders that start to discharge...

You can always back the tractor onto the trailer

Random stops by DOT or police to "dip" your tank is complete illegal. It violates your constitutional rights to illegal search and siesure. You have to be accused of a crime before you or your property can be searched

That sounds really cheap for that model, but on the plus side the mower deck does not look beat up, nor does the sheet metal, so the hours could be correct. These were usually used as commercial mowers on golf courses, but this one could have been privately owned. I would contact your local...

There is a lot of weight on the front of the tractor, you probably need to add some feet to the bottom of the plow so it slides over the ground instead of diggin in. The float works a lot better with a bucket that has a flat bottom, you can put it flat onto the ground or have the tip of the...

I would not think its a fuel bleed problem or air in the lines because once its running and warm it restarts ok. and pretty sure you have looked around for leaks. I suspect the black smoke is from too much fuel at the start from the 4 tries, kind of like the kids rolling coal in their trucks. I...

I used a couple of old rail road ties wrapped in a piece of chain link fence, worked great

Try oil eraser or similar products sold by Tractor Supply or Ace Hardware. It’s $13-15 a gallon. Try one gallon first

For what its worth, I have been plowing snow for 30+ years, I prefer to plow with some sort of 4x4 vehicle, Jeeps are great, but my suggestion would be to put a decent used plow onto your truck, that way you are inside a heated vehicle and you have the option to plow other places instead of just...

First thing to do is inspect the tractor, do a compression test, look it over really well and try to determine if it has around 1500 hours on it. If hours are way off, the tractor should show signs of wear, unless it was misused. If its a mechanical tach, pull the internal cable, not the...

I have several saws, 3-4 older craftsman from the 70's nice saws 60 cc heavy and appear detuned because they turn slower, but run forever I also have a couple Jonsereds 95 cc, and a Husquavarna 72 cc, I run 24 inch bars on everything except the little Craftsman limbing saw, and I also have a...

Depends on what I am doing, most of my ground is pretty flat, if I am mowing under trees I keep the bucket up even with the top of my exhaust so I hit the limbs with the bucket instead of the exhaust pipe. If Im mowing along a fence I keep the bucket higher than the fence so I dont accidentally...