Recent content by Ken M

Thank you for this information. I don't run the engine at high rpm so I will try that and listen. I did use a stethoscope and a long tube but it does help me isolate the noise. I will take off filter and tear apart. The fluid was changed two years ago and appears very clear but as you...

I have started to get a very sharp "ping" like noise around engine. Not related to engine rpm. Sounds metalic like a ball bearing bouncing around. Not constant. A random noise. Does not do it with any particular front bucket movement. As best I can determine it may be in (or near) the...

I got my "trencher" in 2010. The following winter we had a particularly heavy (for us) snow. With the Cub Cadet I always try to plow the snow down slope past the sidewalk between the house and pole building. I had a pretty good pile that froze down. I couldn't move it any further with the...

I bought my HF backhoe in May 2008. I was in the process of making my own but that project kept getting stalled. So after about 3 years I broke down and ordered the HF from the local store (no shipping cost). They said I could return it in 30 days if I wasn't happy. To my surprise it was...

Probably not what you thought was it? After 20 years of a limestone drive it grew up in sod. We joke about having a "green" driveway. I scraped off 2+" of the squishy topsoil this past spring intending to put down a fresh layer of limestone just to have a clean (drier) surface. I started to...

Rockered Skid Shoe for Snow (adjustable blade height) It didn't take me long to figure out that a bucket with a sharp blade didn't work well plowing snow on a gravel drive. I experimented with some makeshift shoes and decided that what I needed was a rockered shoe. I cobbled up some pine...

My sheet metal yard trailer has a simple spring loaded, self latching catch. It has enough leverage to release even with a heavy load. It would be easy to make one as heavy as was needed. ps... Spring is missing in the photo but it gives you an idea.

Did someone say backyard mechanic ? I used to weed wack this ditch. Then the township got a new spiral ditcher and dug it down 3 ft. Too deep for me to stand in and hold the weed eater. Now they have to mow it. But I got tired of the weeds so tried this. Worked ok. Tilt function would be...

Found this photo of the screens.

I have a 1984 Mackissic 12p (7hp) w/ 1" dia, 3/4" dia and the welded bar screens. I run all kinds of organic stuff through it. For dry material (and dry leaves) I almost always use the 1" dia screen. If leaves are not dry or are damp or have really thick tough stems the 1" occassionally will...

For what's it's worth... My 1984 MacKissic Mighty Mac 12p (7 hp) has served me well. Originally a "wheel barrow" type I later added front wheels and a tongue so I could pull it around with my garden tractor. Had a couple of cracks in the body to weld up. Chipper blade re-sharpened several...

A pull behind trailer with a vacuum would be nice...but I don't have one of those. I do have a leaf blower...and a trailer...and a yard with a lot of leaves...hummmm.... I googled the web for ideas and couldn't find anything like this so I cobbled up a prototype to see if this would work...

Greetings, I have a 1999 New Holland TC-21, 1200 hours, "wet" brakes. When coming to a stop the brakes have started to make a growling, groaning sort of sound. When almost stopped, instead of a smooth stop (like they used too) right at the end the brakes grab and the tires will skid the...

Fixed (at last) Well this job took a while. Hard to get a block of time to concentrate on it. I had the tranny apart long enough that I was starting to worry that I would forget how I took it apart. I ended up replacing the two broken gears and two other range gears that were worn pretty...

For your entertainment..... After looking for a small used front end loader that I could afford, I found a 1998 New Holland TC21 the end of 2013. It had about 1200 hours on it, 9 x 3 gear transmission, had not been well maintained and had never seen a barn or garage so it is a bit weathered...