Recent content by Rod in Forfar

Rod here again, still with the 1980 Bolens G174. My first post on this tractor was in 2010. It is now 2025. I didn't mention before that it has optional hydraulic outlets. I took them off for a while and then replaced them when I realized the value of a lift trailer. This winter its three...

If you use a Killawatt and set the tractor's throttle to deliver 60 hz, the specs won't matter. I run a 7.5 Baumalight on an 18 hp diesel turning the pto at 740. It requires 7 hp worth of fuel and wastes little.

Google told me that the fuel starvation was likely because of a lack of air in the tank, so I removed the cap on the tank and that problem resolved itself. It still won't self-start or charge, though. I removed it from the car-charging station in the shop and shall await developments.

The black wire inn the photo is too short to fit anything. What's more, the recess in the alternator above it has no spade connector installed within it.

During the burnt fingers phase earlier in the day I had my wife turn on the starter while I held the yellow wire to the bottom pole. The starter turned smoothly and quietly without the gear engaging. So I moved the wire up but then nothing happened. I had neglected to post a photo of the...

My '95 TAFE 351DI just received a new battery, and that did not solve the non-starting problem, though it comes to life easily if I short across the solenoid with a piece of iron. There is a #10 wire coming out of the harness and sliding onto a wide spade connector on the upper bolt on the...

Last winter I asked about the loose throttle on my Bolens G174 installed on a generator in my garage, tight to the wall. Once I understood the situation I leaned over the mechanism and drizzled a quantity of white Thread-Lok down onto the friction mechanism. The messy repair has worked very...

An Ottawa farmer sold me a used Chinese knockoff as a 4" Wallenstein. It has worked well on my Kubota B7510 for the last five years, though. I keep a spray bottle of valspar/old engine oil hanging from the tractor to keep the chute lubricated when chipping pine branches. They gum things up...

Those early Kubotas are excellent tractors, if my 2005 B7510 HST with MMM and hydraulic outlet is any indicator. Like Mr. Cigar, I have three other loaders on the farm, and so don't miss one on the mower. It's still a versatile tractor with a hydraulic outlet for block splitter or dump...

I have mowed our three acres since 2010 with a B7510. Its rear diff has a tendency to drag on sharp corners, even in 2WD. I break up corners by shifting fore and aft with the HST and then it doesn't cause trouble with the turf. My Bolens G174 does not do that; neither did a BX I had here for...

I should add that it has an auto-level function on the loader.

For almost two years my 1989(?) CaseIH 255 has worked very well around the property, used primarily for snow blowing and pushing in winter and bush hogging around 25 acres of trees in summer. When I bought it the hydraulic pressure was too low, so I adjusted it up in keeping with the...

With your directions I found the throttle control and the nut to tighten it. I couldn't conveniently remove it because it was tight to a wall on that side with the gennie attached and the family car nearby. The trick was to keep the screw from working itself out after I tightened it. In...

Before Canada Post got into package delivery in a big way, the rural mail lady delivered occasional packages to our house if they wouldn't fit into the central mailbox. Things have gone from very good to much less desirable with her retirement. In current Canada Post jargon, "We attempted to...