Recent content by JD-Beach

Bought a new muffler on Ebay. Went to a local metal fabricator and had him create a new exhaust pipe. He did a really good job ! It's noticeably quieter than it was before. He also fab'd a nice heat shield.

Here's a view of the old plastic tank. The adhesive used at the outlet fitting is old and cracked. That's where the leak occurred. .

price ... $482. plus shipping ... a little pricey !

I considered converting this to electric as some have done. I concluded that the cost is just to crazy, so I thought I'd stay with gas and go through a few minor fixes. A few years back I gave this tractor to a business partner because he had a big piece of property and had more use for it...

The original plastic fuel tank on my 2006 PT-425 began to leak around the bottom hose fitting. I replaced it with a new aluminum tank purchased from Powertrac. I also replaced the fuel line and fuel filter and added a shut off valve (something that I've wanted to do for years). Not sure if I...

Things have been great. … fully retired now. … bought an RV and just returned from a winter in sunny Florida. It’s been interesting and satisfying to see the activity in electric tractors. … motivates me to get involved. Thanks for the contact. Blessings to all my tractor buddies !! JD

GREAT project !!! Thanks for sharing it with us !

I have begun the research to replace a Robin 25 HP gas engine in a PT-425 with an electric motor and battery system. I remember that this was discussed many years ago in this forum. Has anyone done this? I知 interested in this project for a few reasons. ... 1. Battery technology has improved...

These carvings are approx 9-inches square made with Mahogany. After the CNC carve, it takes about 20-minutes of hand sanding to clean up some of the details. I wet-sand them with tongue-oil and then wipe them clean. ... repeat once or twice and then buff on some furniture wax. Carl, We had a...

I've been carving college and NFL logos. I download the logo from the internet and then use the software to "trace" it and convert it into a tool path. It takes about an hour to get the tool path file ready and another hour or so to do the cutting on the machine. I typically engrave a Bible...

Here's another view. This is the first computer controlled machine that I've had in the shop. Much like running a printer or a plotter ... instead of applying ink, you are using a router bit to cut the wood.

Here's an image of the CNC machine. I'll send a few more. It's basically a router mounted to a frame that moves in the X, Y, and Z axis. I use a cutting software called V-Carve. The software is specifically designed for the sign industry, using V-shaped pointed router bits.

Merry Christmas and Happy New year to all the PT folks. I haven't been doing much tractor work lately ... kids are growing up, now have a grand-child. Purchased a CNC router and trying to learn the process. Here's an example of a recent project (if I can figure out the picture attachment...

Here's an image of my pump. (Not sure that I uploaded this correctly. This new and improved forum format is testing my capabilities). Does anyone know what to turn to be able to push or tow this tractor? Figured I'd call Terry in the morning if I can't get it worked out.

OK, I arrived home from a nice Father's day out and I noticed a gasoline smell in the garage. ... saw a few drops under the tractor ... thought that I'd simply pull it outside and deal with it. I could not start it and eventually the battery went dead ... tried to jump it from a mower ... no...