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When young, my dad insisted I grease his equipment until 100% clean grease came out. We went through a WHOLE LOT of grease! I have...

What a lot of people don't realize is that too much grease in a ball bearing makes it run quite a bit hotter untill the excess grease is...

I unscrew the barrel a few turns after tightening it. I then pull the bottom T handle out and turn it a bit untill I can lock it into...

I wear a pair of cheep leather gloves. I wipe off the grease fittings with them and what ever else needs wiping. Once they get too dirty...

You may have to etch unpainted galvanized steel to paint it, depending on what you are using. Painted metal cannot be etched. It must...

You are only looking down stream (load side) of the fuse. A good method for finding shorts is to substitute a test light in place of the...

I'd chase it. Ground the spark plug wires and crank it over before installing the spark plugs.

incomplete unit? so how many hrs does it take to complete it? might have had a few hrs getting it dialed in by the dealer. I...

Because he is complaining about pennies while burning $100 in the process. loosing 0% and a deal being made to get a machine he...

I've found that keeping parts around tends to reduce the need for them. But that bill hook isn't cheep....

Sub 12" stumps could be ground in just a few minutes each. As long as there is no issue with the remaining tree below 4 inches or so, I...

Could you take the new piston to a machine shop and have it lathed down to the correct size? If you do this make sure you take the...

I was using corn head oil in my John Deere 506 for many years. Finally I got tired of always adding a bit of oil and I took the gear box...

I've done this before. You just go to a tire shop that's willing to work with you and figure out an equivalent size. I went with their...

I really think you should have called the dealer back, negotiated a few thousand off the price and gone to work with it. 7 hours is...