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I don't know that particular tractor, but all of us with F/R pedals or treadles know about a similar problem where the pedals turn off the tractor. Here is what it might be....Where the pedals go through the floor there has got to be two things: One is a switch that won't let it start unless...

Having completed drawings is huge. I think our completed drawing package came to maybe 12 or 20 sheets. One each 24"x36" for all elevations, int. walls, foundation, floors, framing, plumbing...etc. Once you have that you can really get to work. You are now asking the right questions at the right...

That sounds like the main boom lock. Most have that feature; not all have a swing lock. I think the reason is the way the hydraulic geometry would work to overpower the lock. But that's a guess.

So I'm guessing it is sloppy enough that it slams back and forth from side to side as you travel? Otherwise does it matter if it drifts? I guess the first thing is to find out whether the slop is in the hydraulics or in the swing frame pins and bushings. My bet is bushings. The 580 is even more...

I can see your frustration, and it seems to be that you don't have a comparison you can trust....don't even know standard pricing for standard levels of construction. And I'm not as much help as I wish I could be because my situation doesn't translate well. We spent way too much time and took...

When I was a kid in rural Eastern Oklahoma/Arkansas my dad taught me how to rebuild batteries. It used to be a common rural mechanic garage skill. There is no reason at all not to use a good rebuilt battery. Ask for one that has good pure lead plates - still thick and not warped or cracked...

Yep. Either the clutch pedal mechanism isn't working or the clutch disk is rusted stuck to the flywheel. Probably the latter. It is a common problem when a tractor sits for a few years without the clutch depressed. Work it gently for awhilem, drive it around and use it best as you can &...

I found that the dollars/sq. foot for thewhole house didn't give me enough detail. I broke the estimate down into costs for foundation, framing, floor, doors & windows, roof....you get the idea. That let me spend money where it made more sense for what we wanted. For example, slight changes to...

Good luck with it. My buddy has done a couple of older Deere dozers and one road grader. I'm always surprised at how well those old machines respond to what is really just fixing maintenance problems, bearings, hoses and such. They get parked for something simple and then nobody ever gets back...

That's a shame about not being able to have a full basement. Basements make good shelters. A basement gives the owner great access to the plumbing and electricals. An insulated basement with minimal heat - sometimes with no added heat - is usually enough to keep the entire house from...

Can't help on most of it, but this is the best chart I've found for comparing battery box size to figure out what is going to fit: https://www.batteryequivalents.com/bci-battery-group-size-chart.html Starting with the battery box still leaves a lot of decisions. There are several different...

It's the same story: the USA is a large country. Not everywhere does things the same. Limestone is rare or nonexistant in our state. We have granite and sandstone... some shale. Here, quarries sell to the resellers who make up the various piles of fill. Go to any yard and there are dozens of...

I loaded up on Milwaukee cordless tools back when they made the V28 and M28 tools. Much heavier duty than the 12 and 18 volt cordless. The V28 cordless impact works for me. It is heavy, and the batteries expensive. But much easier than carting air around.

I'm not sure what you are trying to learn from the guy. Aren't most specs based on some quality that needs to exist in the final product? Looking at the 304 spec online today, it's interesting that the size, shape, crush, fines or not, and even the water resistance in the 304 specs varies with...

Probably it moves up in the same way that any size rocks move to the surface. It's called frost-jacking. Happens faster in some climates than others.

Why do you think that euro QA never got popular in the US? Canada?

There was a good translation in some thread here on TBN recently. I remember it made interesting reading about all the different callouts for size and type of fill material. Regional differences in the ways stone & crusher runs are called out. Maybe someone remembers. And lets not forget the...

That's a nice loader. I especially like the bellcrank type of bucket tilt mechanism you made. That geometry is way more interesting than a straight connection. Speaking of what we get out of projects, I have come to really like the late night part of figuring the angles, forces, and stresses...

Suggest that the OP do his own research on bushings and pins. PDFs of 310 parts manuals are free online keyword is : Swing frame.

I think your machinist friend must have misunderstood your question. I don't know the material composition of backhoe booms, but it is common to weld on them. In fact, if you look at any 310 boom you can see that they are entirely fabricated by welding. Out in the field, serious welding to the...

Just got back from a town meeting where the local town is re-doing a large playground. The area around the swings and playground equipment was stripped of overburden a foot or so down to hard clay, geotextile fabric put down, and then some compacted crusher on the fabric followed by half a foot...

Benmc, I'd say to always put money into the tractor. You can get by with used or lesser attachments, but you need to buy enough tractor. Two things to think about: one is that larger tractors are intrinsically more stable. And that stability increases rapidly as size goes up. And the other is...

That's a very good plan. And even on flat ground keep loads low & one hand ready to drop the FEL arms. I've been doing this 50 years as a homeowner & an additional half that as a farm kid...and I still manage to get into a pucker situation with the FEL once in a while. They are worth it...

Yes, agee with that. BTW, that's a great tractor. Get it going and keep it. You can spend a lot and not buy better. It has a gear transmission and a safety safety switch on the clutch pedal and the seat and PTO. So for the engine to crank you must be sitting on the seat with the clutch pushed...

I agree with the OP, the Husqvarna gt52xls that he inherited with the property is fine for doing the bulk of the mowing for a season or two. Or at least until he gets a feel for that chore. For the tractor, nobody never really understands what a good thing a compact tractor is on a small...

I'd agree that a basic loader looks simple. Probably most important is to build a good full length subframe from front of the tractor back to the rear housing. With that done, adding a loader would be easier. All our loaders have full length frames...my guess is all good ones do. There's still...

I've got a 310, and several friends do too. I don't think anyone of us has ever line bored one. If it were me, I'd explore all the other options before line boring. When I think of line boring I think of cannons, not backhoes.... :-).... BTW, I thought the 310 had replaceable bushings most...

Those systems are soldered with hard solder; not lead/tin soft solder. Hard solder makes it much stronger. Ya know, this thread got here via a comment about the safety of someone's photo of a home-built air compressor, though I don't think anyone ever mentioned what grade tubing or solder was used.

I don't know the industrial codes for compressed air. But it wouldn't surprise me if the codes are based on pressure. There are lots of uses for moderate pressure where sweated copper would be OK. After all, sweated copper is fine on domestic water lines where you have scalding hot water at...

I don't agree. Regeneration is a separate type of flow. It is part of the valve and plumbing and is always part of the normal operation of the regenerating cylinder. It is not a separate function at a different position on the control lever. Althogh regenerative dump is faster, it is not at all...

Isn't it usually the arms that float, and not the bucket tilt? I've never heard of a deliberate "fast dump" position on a FEL. My guess it it would cause a cavitation problem. But....think on this.... if the lines to the bucket and arms were reversed at the control valve....AND if the float...

Check the system pressure. There may be a couple hundred pounds of lift ability just sitting there ready to be used....or not.

Last year's Kubota TLB & BH thread has lots of good info on couplers & conversions. https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/threads/priced-out-a-l47-and-m63.444132/

I beg your pardon! John Deere colors ARE definitely totally sacred. Enough with your blasphemy. Greenie Purists are still a bit queasy over that recent* shade change to the Classic Green. *re: 1989

I agree. Remake all the main (large) battery cable connections. Including grounds and fuses. That means unfasten, clean, refasten. If that doesn't do it, suspect relays - including the starter solenoid itself - and also your main key switch. Anything that has connections, springs, or moving...

Gotta agree that's fuel starvation. Pretty soon it won't rev all the way up either. Go through the whole system from fuel cap, tank, hoses, filter, - all the way to the injection pump.

That's what I do. Exactly. Same container and same spout. I do put a piece of padding on the hood so it doesn't eat up the paint so bad...wish I'd done so years ago.

Ouch, that hurts. I've no idea - and certainly no idea how to do it on a weekend evening. I'd be getting on the phone and calling a buddy - asking if he would bring his tractor over and bail me out.... good luck, rScotty

That'll be the day.....

I used to agree with everything you are saying, except one thing changed my mind. Our business bought a Sprinter delivery van with a MB diesel engine. You've probably seen them; they're everywhere. Reasonable price & now has about a zillion miles on it. That engine changed my mind about what is...

if you read through TBN for a couple of decades, I think you'll find what you are saying isn't just limited to Deere. All the top brands of tractor are remarkably reliable. I grew up in the 50s and 60s with US and Brit cars/trucks/tractors...and even appliances that were designed to be "owner...

Here's a tip for some future mechanic working on old gasoline engines: If it backfires through the intake, look to the carburation. If it backfires through the exhaust, it's most likely to be ignition related. rScotty

I keep looking at that custom quick attach and wondering if it could be made so that implements could be attached pointing either way. Not sure exactly why one would want a ripper tooth pointing the other way, but maybe.

There's some truth to that. It's very important in the short term, probably less so long term.

Well, since dealers are your main priority you are lucky to have good ones nearby. Everyone has a different implement to use on different land with different priorities. I had a mechanical shop years ago. Frankly I had mechanics I wouldn't trust with anything more complicated than a can...

Yes. Kioti is coming up fast. Isn't that Kubota HST treadle a crazy thing? Kubota actually makes several different shapes of treadle - and all different. Some good, some bad. No standardization, and no choices either. The one on our TBL is actually nice - my foot goes next to the treadle...

Bees are nice. We have a fairly good number of wild bees in the area & enjoy seeing them thrive. They are not honey bees - mostly local native bees and some bumble bees.

Personally, I'd be taking your last suggestion. Good for trying it out, but if it doesn't work for you then return it and go find an older, more user-friendly machine. Running an engine flat out so that it pleases someone else isn't on my agenda. I enjoy running our quiet tractors. Having them...

In times like now, a really big manufacturing outfit like Yanmar can afford to drop prices to pick up customers. Yanmar is large enough that the tractor division is a small by comparison with their marine engines for supertankers and their factory fishing fleets. Even their electronics and...

Yes, the B26 are awesome. I'm not suggesting that you go get one, you've got an excellent machine already. But given what you've said you want to do, I would just put a B26 on my "permanent look list" in case one comes up. It may not. But if you could buy one right then they sure do maintain...

That would work. The 1010 is a good simple engine. The key is to find out if it really is frozen. A shorter version would be to remove the spark plugs, squirt a few shots of motor oil into each cylinder... a tablespoon each is fine.... and then see if you can rotate the motor by hand using a...

Might consider upgrading to replace the worm drive hose clamps - yes, those clamps are cheap, easy to spec, easy to put on, and with a wide range of initial clamping ability - so have become a favorite with some designers. But in long term term they cannot flollow so are not as functional as...

I had a problem with the Kubota lift/curl on our M59 a few years ago. First it got hard to move the joystick in some positions and then the cylinders stopped responding. The problem was that the joystick wasn't connected directly to the loader control valves on that model. The valve is a few...

Agree that it is interesting reading. The older Kubotas (2006-2014?) that have the pre-Tier IV Interim water-cooled EGR mufflers has a half inch pipe plug screwed into the bottom center of the muffler housing. The factory shop manual recommends to remove that plug and beat on the side of the EGR...

There's the problem. The whole thing was made to sit on concrete blocks at the corners supported by the skirting. That type of construction is easier than a normal doubled perimeter frame fastened with blocks in the corners - but doesn't last long. It simply does exactly what you are seeing...

I'm with you. It's not the plastic, it's where they put it. Kubota put mine in the engine compartment. Not sure that is such a bright idea either. Much as i don't like the idea of dumping 20 gallons of diesel on the ground, dumping it onto the engine seems like a poor choice too. At least...

You can hold it long enough to get a good reading. Needn't be too quick. Some manuals recommend holding the system in relief on cold days to heat the hydraulic oil. Glycerin can be tweaked. You can do it with a 12cc syringe, screwdriver & distilled water. Put the pressure relief bubble at the top.

Raising houses and setting them back down on a better foundation is done all the time. The tricky part seems to be getting it loose from the old foundation and up an inch or two. Go slow and inch or less at a time all the way around. Spread the load out with steel angle to start, then 4x6 and...

It's a good and simple project. Use hydraulic fittings and a 5000 psi gauge. Many are glycerine damped, but pure glyceriin freezes in the winter. You can dilute it. No reason you cannot use quick connects to move the gauge around - except that gauges and fixed Tees are sometimes less expensive...

OK.. then I'd recommened that you get a Kubota B26 or L39 TLB. They are made from the get-go to have a loader and hoe. That makes them more convenient to use for loader and hoe. Try one and you'll see. Twice as rugged and way heavier built than tractors of similar HP. Either one can use the...

I've got a recommendation but need a little more info. New or used? What kind of work & land? I notice you don't mention PTO or 3pt. capability. Are you planning to leave the backhoe on it all the time? I believe you can still avoid tier 4 by staying under 25 hp. With a 3 speed HST that should...

Doing the same things we've always done - but without the time pressure or the need for profit. Just breaking even will do fine.

I was once one of those kind of engineers. You're right, it's not that simple.... but nearly. Most anything can be designed both lighter and stronger. The problem is it costs more. Sometimes a lot more. Think airplanes, antennas, stadium covers, racebikes, and rocket ships. Tractors are a bit...

Probably because there is engine torque, PTO torque, and then there is the all-important torque at the back axles. The last one is easy to deal with by downshifting. The others not so much, although multi-speed PTOs help somewhat in the real world of getting work done. The complexity of this...

I guess it depends on the person. I wouldn't want to, but certainly know people who like the idea. My wife is glad to be retired.

I gotta go with LouNY on this one. He is holding RPM constant and allowing TORQUE to vary. HP becomes a derivative by definition in the same way that the louder sound created is also a derivative value. Neither sound nor HP are causes. Both are effects, not causes. rScotty

Only two wires...that's interesting. I wonder if the B3030 has an external diode plate & voltage regulator. Those two parts go out long before the alternator itself.

Yes, they are neat. The common name is either "Shuttle Shift" for F/R, and "Powershif" for ranges and gears within ranges. Lots of tractors had both....some still do, and it's still an under-appreciated sweet spot price-wise even on brand new compact tractors. Most are fingertip operation. They...

There used to be several. See if any respond. They will be grey market tractors - meaning they were taken in trade for a newer tractor somewhere overseas and then bought in bulk to be shipped here. And so are not exactly the same uas US models - that is how they get around the anti-competition...

Well, maybe it suddenly decided to charge. When you said "something simple", that made me think back over some 60 years of doing mechanics, Most electrical problems today are actually battery or battery cable problems* - and cables need attention about twice as often as batteries need...

Don't know about the IQ part. I feel smarter now than last year but how would I know for sure? Yes, my "faith in humanity" bias as been noted before by several TBNers. All I can say is it's as valid as pessimism; just less common. rScotty

I think that is what is the way I see it as well. There is a point where dealers have to make a decision about expanding or not. Frankly I preferred to stay small enough that I owned my whole business and could make my own policies. But not everyone is going to feel that way. It's just a...

No, it doesn't work like that. Nobody is stupid. It is just that there is a difference in the way people who work for themselves look at the world. You seem to know that. Well, it works that way for the rest of us too. rScotty

If by "normal" you mean "more commonly done" then the answer is "maybe". Some dealers do it that way and others don't. I have known dealers who did what you describe, but not many. Basically that way they are working for the bank or some other lien holder, so what's the point? The dealer I...

Good points. I negotiate the same way. The assumption is always cash - but honestly I don't know myself how I am plannng to pay until the deal finaly gets done and it comes time to finalize. If I haven't decided, there is no way the dealer can know in advance. It is popular online today for...

If all the rest of the design was equal, a larger axle would be stronger. But that doesn't mean that it is. It would be just as easy to make a smaller and stronger axle out of stronger material - or with a different internal geometry. It would probably cost more, and so would the tractor...

It's just not that hard to find a charging problem. You can do it with some help and a standard Volt Ohm Meter. I'll help where I can. Alternately you could use the services of any decent mechanic with a volt ohm meter. Anyone with experience who is any good at all can at least point to the...

I thought it was a pretty good video. My conclusions were roughly the same as yours. Its true that little tractors will usually lift more than its good for them. Common sense keeps them from damage.

You can certainly set the hydraulic relief valves at any pressure or lift force that you want. Relief valves are simple to set. From the factory, I've noticed they seem to be set to not exceed the pressure ratings of the hydraulic components. Thats smart, and may be a valve, connector, or hose...

To avoid the distraction, you could simply be optimistic about all the political platforms, energy, the environment, and the whole future of the world. That pretty much derails more than half of those discussions, and feels good too. rScotty

I went to high school in a county where only 13% of the people have a high school education, but 100% of the property owners still have to pay school taxes. Sure the taxes are low, but they aren't fair. rScotty

Interesting line of equipment. Thanks for the reference. If I ever get out to Grand Island, Nebraska that will be on my list of places to visit. Some people go to museums or football games.... who goes to visit a hydraulic supplier? ? A TBNer! rScotty

It seems to me that economics and politics are linked like crops and the weather. Regardless of the weather that happens, we can usually fnd a way to make it work. rScotty If it wasn't a challenge it wouldn't be fun.

I was working today and missed it. But Mossroad seems an unlikely source, for a couple of reasons. One is I that I don't recall him being involved in that thread - certanly not recently. And secondly, just picking up a discussion and throwing the whole thing out the window is a rude and...

What happened? When I left this morning, the discussion seemed to be on education and economics. Thoughtful subjects, worth some discussion, and a long way from politics. Isn't there some better way to redirect threads other than shutting the whole thing down? rScotty

I don't see a trend toward falling prices. I haven't seen them falling yet, and when the economy had high interest rates or downturns before I don't believe that prices fell on new equipment. If anything they went up. This financial time doesn't seem different from any others. I doubt if...

It would be nice, but not very likely to happen.

Waiting for what?

I have seen the same thing. To me, that says that our educational system has really failed their students, and the parents failed their children. Neither taught them what they were going to need. I used to be able to expect that anyone looking for work had basic work and educational skills...

Hello Len. I've ordered parts from you often in years past. Glad to hear you are still around for the tractor community. Thanks for all your knowledgeable help, good parts, and good prices. rScotty

I would agree with that for most things. But for some professions, it would be the unusual person who was able to force himself to learn as much and in the depth required.

Neat question! I hope that it doesn't disappoint that I don't have the answers....:) Trickle down sounded good - very Jeffersonian & intellectual. As a economic system it hasn't faired well. Part of that is because trickle down does obviously promote divisiveness - and in doing that, the...

No? It isn't rain? Could it be "trickle down" economics you are feeling?

Good on you. I think you are in good company and there are more like you than folks think. We know a lot of those old folks - being older ourselves. We do what we can with volunteer work & hospital visits. Many are feeling a bit estranged and some are lonely, but surprisingly not many are...

It's not just teachers, contractors, and industry..... Small towns all across the country need workers and can't find them. Check for ads in the local state municapal league website. Things like town clerk, water department, parks, roads and bridges - all of those take a full time person or...

Let us know how it goes. I have a selection of very thin pieces of spring steel as long as a finger - a couple came from some feeler guage sets, another one looks like it started out as a wide flat screwdriver. I've eased all the edges with a whet stone. You can see in your picture where that...

My kubota has that feature, but the our larger JD310 hoe - equivalent to your 580 - does not have a swing lock pin. If it did, it would have to be a monster of a pin.

Backfire and running backwards? If you didn' remove the distributor, you proably replaced the spark plug leads in the wrong order. Its easy to do, either on the plugs or in the distributor cap. If you loosened and pulled the distributor itself up and out of engagement with the cam gear you will...

Yes, you have to empty the tank completely. The water will go to the bottom, but who knows how high? The problem is that tanks don't usually have the fuel feed at the bottom. Often the bottom is irregular and the fuel tap is up half an inch or so to allow for crud to settle I guess. Anyway, the...

It isn't that difficult. Choices don't have to be "all or nothing". Instead of buying two ice cream cones, buy one. "All or Nothing" is for simpletons. It leads to divisiveness in politics and stagnation in personal choices. rScotty

I agree with that. But I was curious what pump capacity did for the small tractors we were talking about. I don't see them having a use for a high capacity pump & wondered why it would be an advantage.

I'm neither safe nor secure. I wish I were. What I did was simply looked at what I was doing, starting fixing old things instead of buying new, and picked up a second job instead of doing so much reading and relaxing in the evenings. Still have my weekends and late nights - so am doing OK. I...

You bring up a good point. It's just as simple as you say it is. Even simpler, since there are an infinity of options between the car and walking. Suppose we try for a solution..... On one end we put the most expensive & convenient - one person jumping into a new car and driving ten miles...

It's got to be hard to change the whole world. And in some areas it would be hard to make changes right at home. But in most of the Western World making changes to a person's own life are easy. And since we are here; we are lucky enough to have a pretty good place. TBNers always did seem to me...

A lot of people are using those universal replacement alternators with the rectifier and voltage regulator built in. Maybe someone will chime in with the exact information. From the many time I have seen them mentioned in threads here, it is a Datsun type, available at most car parts stores...

OK. I just think I've almost figured out how to include two different posts from different pages... except for them being out of sequence. But to answer Hay Dude, a higher credit card debt is exactly the sort of short term problems that are easy to work with. It's a totally new problem that...

The term varies with what it is. For financal things, the term is shorter than for changes in society. Since you asked, I'd say - Don't get caught up in dates or definitions. Count your progress in terms of simple positive changes. If you do that long enough, the short term changes will become...

It's not just optimism, it's just that short term trends are so easy to work with. Easy to see, to change, and to see results. The downside to that is that you have short term downturns oscillating with short term upturns.... It can make a person dizzy and pessimistic. I like to focus on the...

I agree with both of those. We always parked hot equipment on bare ground or gravel.... always have done that even back in the days before we had regenerative emissions equipment. Mufflers have always been hot. Hmmm.... I wonder if the skid steer went into regen, so he picked up a leaf blower to...

Three years is what I would call "short term".

Yes it is. Compared with the economy of the last 25 years, this one is not as good. Compared with the economy of the last 50, this one still looks remarkably good. We are still cruising down easy street. I will say that the amount of negativity in the midst of so much wealth and opportunity...

When I hear "true or not", I just sort of automatically assume "not".

Now let me get this straight..... This guy was using a leaf blower to force air across mulch debris on the tractor while the machine it was still hot, it caught fire, and he blames the emissions system? Does something seem wrong with that picture to you? rScotty

Well congratulations. I know you've been looking for awhile and am sure you will have a great time with it. Let us know the good and the ugly. rScotty

What does the higher capacity hydraulic pump do for it?

Does that mean that AEM also has a separate category for 4WD sub-40 hp tractors? That makes me wonder if 4WD sales are up or down. My impression is that most TBNers seem to be buying 4WD.

I think you should post a picture. Good description, but photo would help too. What size tractor was it on? thanks, rScotty

Buy it when you need to do work with it. Not only does the value of the work you will do with it far outweigh swings in purchase price, but the work done becomes a real asset while timing purchase price swings is always a gamble. rScotty

That's a couple of good points. The SVB bankers are probably wondering the same thing. The explanation - whatever it is - has to include that the people the bank trusted to buy securities were not good at their job. And they were allowed them to continue even after that was obvious. That...

Yes, the notch tells it where to break, but not why. Given a choice, having it break torsionally and perpendicular through the center of the pin is correct for both where and how the designer would want it to break....if it had to break. So he gets points for the notch. And extra points because...

It looks like the associated bushing is part 020. Impossible to tell the length from the picture and the shop manual is no help. How did it look?

Yes. Good point. My blanket UL/CSA recommendation to the OP is unfair to some smaller manufacturers competing on price. But if that advice isn't the best price, it certainly isn't wrong technically. We have to make a decision on some criteria and UL/CSA are simply the best. That's fair...

On anything electrical, I look at the description to see if it is certified to meet UL and/or CSA safety and manufacturng specs. as certified by a standards lab in either US or Canada. If so, the product then can advertise that fact and will have either UL or CSA or both symbols on it. I don't...

Williy I am feeling so sad for you. It has to be so hard. Our thoughts are with you. rScotty

Misread and apology accepted. Thanks. Yes, divisiveness is at a fever pitch. I see that as being a much more serious problem than the financial one - and also much harder to mend. I wish I could do something about it, but it seems to have become more entertaining to be against something than...

Thanks for the photos. I think that puts it to rest. It looks like either design or maintenance rather than due to poor material. Frankly, I don't like a pin design that constrains one side of a pin like that. It can lead to lube starvation and a torsional failure - as I believe it has here...

Sid, what I actually wrote was: "I don't believe that they want the country to fail, but it seems that many are convinced that it will fail unless the media and the politicians can save it." What you have done is to twist my words around and put your own interpretation on them, expand them to...

I don't believe that they want the country to fail, but it seems that many are convinced that it will fail unless the media and the politicians can save it.

If it breaks at the center groove, it almost has to be torsional rather than shearing stress. For it to be flexural stress doing the breaking, it would have to have a LOT of slop. Someday I'll get my KSR system set up, but I don't think that will have an effect on the pins breaking. Are the...

Yes, it is. And that is the confusing part. The overall economy does seem to be humming along happily. The economists don't seem to have an answer for why the economy still appears so strong. There's disagreement as to whether the economy is headed for a fall, or whether the old constraints on...

No, the era I am speaking about is today. Specifically, the rates I am talking about were as of last week when I was involved in looking at several houses being considered by a young blue-collar working couple with two children. Isn't it amazing that a group of people can all look at the same...

That chart reminds me that for the last generation of boomers, we wished we could of bought at rates as low as they are today. rScotty

I sort of lean toward a 1/4" BSPT mysef - having always had a bias in favor of the British Standard threadforms for liquid sealing. That BSPT thread is so marvelously complex... and specifications call for it to be finished with a rounded top to the thread - a task guaranteed to win you friends...

I don't see any reason why an zerk couldn't do its job just as well on the end of the pin as anywhere else. Having a single channel in the pin does put an extra requirement on what grease is used.

Right. It seems like in every mechanical device there is more than one way to do it. When looking at wear or failure it's interesting to see if there is some simple & better way to make it. Pivot pins are an example how a little thought can make a big difference. After all, if a designer can't...

You are sure it isn't the fuel filter? It was on mine. Ran OK until I started uphill.

That's the point I hoped I was making - Apologies if my explanation was confusing. I thought those calculators might be for something else than engines. So they are gear shaft torque calculators. They work well for calculating gear or shaft stress or any other place where you treat input...

Well, good for him. Powell is at least trying to do his job. Whether he succeeds or not is a different story. I wonder what it depends on? But I'm more interested in TBN than in political grandstanding. So I'm curious what steps my fellow tractor people are taking to combat inflation, and is it...

Some two wire is more flexible than 1 wire. Look for "HighFlex" type. I don't think I ever asked, but sort of assumed that you were doing a Yanmar "pushme/pullme" type of drag link power steering with the valve built right into the steering cylinder. Like what Yanmar sold as an optional power...

So do I. It sounds like the OP has his answer - quite a few people buy used. It's been mentioned before, but I actually prefer buying low hour used over new. Lots of reasons, and saving money is just a side benefit. And I especially lean toward low hour used now that I am not doing much of my...

Aren't gears wonderful? There's why we call them torque mulitpliers. You can count the torque advantage on fingers plus toes, and feel it in the seat of your pants. The HST world is a bit more of a challenge, but comfortable.

Sure, you can put anything in there that you want. I know that some pins break, and it is just a simple enough of a problem to be interesting to us simple kinds of guys. What do you think? Have you put any time into seeing why it broke? Photos? A rounded groove is not much of a crack...

It sounds like a bored block is cheaper. So it isn't manufacturing cost. So why would Yanmar make so many small 12 to 20 hp multicylinder diesels with wet sleeves? You see them all over the world in everything from dugout canoes to water pumps to generators and tractorss. All those small...

. Well, that's a good example of the difference between "Internet lookup" versus "education". Where did you get those calculators? The first thing that an engineer thinks when looking at the calculators is to wonder how they are defining a value for the torque? That's not an easy or...

I don't know the all the advantages of sleeved vs bored block diesels. Maybe someone could explain more. I do know that Yanmar used sleeved bore for their small diesel tractor & marine engines for many years. Maybe they still do. I haven't had a recent one open. What kind of cylinder is common...

I never thought of octane in terms of more or less power or faster/slower burning. To me, octane was simply a measure of the tendency of a fuel to ignite when compressed.

Hmmm... that's funny. It reminds me of our old hand axe by the splitting stump. That axe is still going strong after 3 new handles and one new head. rScotty

Sounds like a cheap bearing. There were lots of those floating around 10/20 years ago when it was popular to compete on price instead of quality. Check for a known good brand of bearng and you will likely find that there are good ones for nominal difference in price. And will easily last several...

I bought one on Amazn to replace a broken one on my gas power washer. Basically matched the pictures and the shaft size. A hundred, maybe two. It works fine. Took all of 5 minutes to take off the old and put on the new. I didn't expect much for the price, but it works better than the original...

I took 4 strokes to the track - Norton & Ducati.... , but loved the slower 2 strokes for weekend mountain riding and touring around the state. For longer trips to the East or West Coast I took other bikes of course, But for just putting through the mountains I liked my old Jawa CZ 350...

Yes, there are several flocks of wild turkeys there. Bobcats and rabbits too. The eastern foothills are heavy with brush and critters. Removing snakes from around the house would be a long term full time job - but possibly worth doing if there was some way to prevent others from moving in. She...

OK. Here's a real poblem.....A friend lives on a property quite a way from us - over on the eastern foothills of the Rockies and situated next to a whole valley of sage and puckerbrush. Lots of small - and large - game of all kinds, and unfortunately lots of snakes too. She likes most critters...

Love those turf tires. No comment on the inverted welding..... Surprised at how far to the rear that subframe puts the backhoe.

Well, the soil always dictates which tires to use. We have sand, gravel, and disintegrated granite without even a trace of clay. So here, turfs are fine. With your lots of clay, I wouldn't think turfs would do you much good. Clay chemistry is a fascinating study, but sure glad we don't have it...

Thanks Tom & ruffdog. That's a lot of the info I was looking for. We live in the mountains and it sounds like Tom's machine would be exactly what I would hope to find too. No hurries, though. This winter is about over and we are lucky enough to have decent equipment, but nothing...

Yes, not the way I would normally do it - but I'm glad for your idea and think it is definitely worth a try. The problem is whether or not the backhoe will work right using the high fluid resistance return path through the 3pt valve. Even when the 3pt control is wide open as a bypass, that...

There might be a Toolcat in my future.... I've been sort of looking for awhile now. I prefer older & lightly used. What model was it when the drive motor problem was fixed?.. or how can I tell if the motors have been replaced when looking at an older one? rScotty

It needs the subframe, so either take it off an include it or deduct that from the selling price. Even if you had used it a little I'd still think it was worth whatever it cost. Unused, certainly so. Including whatever tax you paid. Frankly I'd keep it unti the Mini-Ex arrives. That's a popular...

BTW, when you hook the BH to your hydraulic system you will be mixing all the BH hydraulic oil retained in the cylinders with yours system. HST transmissions are real sensitive to oil type and often have an additional filter as well. So you may want to consider what his tractor looked like and...

I'd remove just enough metal to get the bolts to slide in for now. It won't clamp all that well with half a washer worth of compressive force missing, but you want what you can get. Looks like it will probably need longer bolts, too. Metrics will fit tighter in the hole. Then when you get acet...

No. Leave that valve as it is. It is the "stop/lock valve", a needle valve to "fluid lock" movement of the 3pt piston. Which way do you move the 3pt control lever to lower an implement? Move the lever all the way in that direction and leave it there. And please get yourself some hydraulic...

I believe that Vigo327 is saying that since the 3pt hitch is not going to be used at the same time as the backhoe is installed, then it is possible to use the 3pt hitch's internal circuit as a path for the backhoe fluid return flow. (backhoe fluid OUT). He is drawing attention to the fact that...

Best of all would be if we could find both a PB and a return port on the sectional valve - and it might have that configuration already - or be available. Sectional valves tend to have every option. It would help if we had a fluid schematic for the Woods sectional valve. Woods might be able to...

This We are seeing the same thing in housing here in the rural Western US. Land has gone up remarkably, and houses even more....so much so that some are just starting to come down in price, although at $399K that example guy is still making a tidy profit. I'm much more curious what will happen...

Probably the flasher, did you replace the bulb? It could do that.

I would say to the OP to build what you want. It's as simple as that. Cabin or castle....the enjoyment is in doing your own project your own way. I've never seen a livable space that didn't go up in value - regardless of how bizzare the design. And so does the land. Let that take care of itself...

They - the US Yanmar Dealers of the 1970s & 80s - also offered a remote pump kit that drove off the front of the engine. With that kit, the loader was much stronger and faster. The remote pump kit used the right hand loader upright as a sump to store the couple of gallons of loader hydraulic...

Yes, we went through a flood and a lot of town meetings with the FEMA representatives - both local, state, and regional reps since the whole area was declared an official federal disaster area.. About the last thing anyone wants to do when digging out after a flood is to go to late night...

Don't you think that plumbing the system that way also depends on having a PB port on the backhoe valve stack? I think it needs a path to take the high pressure flow from the backhoe back to the hydraulic block. rScotty

It looks nice. Next step would be to make the sub frame fit. You might want to contact Woods to conirm the top link. That subframe looks very strong, but without a top link it needs to fit the tractor very well. I don't see a downside to a top link. rScotty

A loader works well on a YM155/165 (same tractor & same loader). We worked ours hard for 40+ years. Yanmar made two different loaders for that basic tractor frame. It would be nice if you could find an original. They were well made but not expensively so. More importantly, they came with a...

Sounds like you have it covered. BTW, something to think about: I just finished rewiring my barn entirely. Took a year of spare time. This time I did all the runs external to the inside of the walls, and all of EMT - steel tubular conduit. The reason was discovering places where rodents ate...

OK, I didn't realize it was plumbed that way. We also didn't know before that the FEL was already using the ports. So now we do. Ignore what I wrote before in #38 then.... I'll just delete that message to avoid confusion. t. So... now I am wondering what the best way to go is. Frankly I'm not...

Interesting discussion on the Barndominium. I thought about building that way myself. and also thought about building a barn large enough to park an RV in, and using that for living while doing some traveling. In the end, I couldn't resist designing a house and building it myself with help...

Maybe you had better look into it a little more. Find out why 600 lbs is the limit. It might be that Kubota rated that 825 lb 3pt spec you mentioned at the ends of the 3pt arms instead of a foot or two back from that point. Certainly backhoes can put a lot of downforce on the tractor when they...

It is? By how many degrees? What is normal? And how in the world would retarding the timing help make it meet tier 4 emissions standards? I'm asking because in a gas engines, retarding the timing shortens the burn time which causes incomplete combustion and a more sooty exhaust - you can...

I'm wondering about injector timng: any need for? discussion? Results? Maybe it is there and I missed it. I've just started started reading your incredible modification article & am bouncing around. I'll go back and read some more, but you have sure made my mechanical day. Thanks, rScotty

That's great! I'm impressed. It says all the right things & I'm not seeing any problems. It even uses the existing relief valve. The only question remaining is what type of thread is that port, and where you want to put the quick disconnects.... are they to becloser to the BH or to this remote...

Some did and some didn't. It was less expensive to buy a BH which used tractor internal hydraulics, and of course it made the whole rig lighter. Using a PTO driven pump made a whole lot more flow available at lower tractor RPM, and the remote reservoir held more fluid which made it cool...

That would be a good idea. They do put a lot of stress on the top link bracket and if there was some way to spread that stress out to more mounting points that would be good. John, how do you plan to get the hydraulic to the BH? I always ended up with a PTO pump and dedicated sump on mine.

Yes, that's the answer the OP needs. The problem has already been solved and the parts are available. Hoye has them, not JD. That's not surprising. rScotty

What is up with the high pressure line? The one in your photo last week looks fine. BTW, when I suggested a site for hydraulic parts I gave the wrong URL. Should have said, SuplusCenter.com. There's an old JD parts guy who posts on the JD section of TBN. He might know. like you, I would assume...

Yes, radiator work is not difficult. Just picky. When I was a kid it was a common job that mechanics were expected to know - at least roughly how to do. Some were better than others. Judging by that tractor, his poor radiator has been used for practice by more than one beginner. But if it...

To answer your question: The pressure relief valve does nothing unless the circuit is overloaded. It shouldn't be involved in the powering of anything downstream unless it is called on to prevent the system from exploding. When the relief valve kicks in, it dumps fluid directly to the tank for...

That's right. Cylinder pushing force is just psi times the area of the piston in the cylinder. Running at higher RPM gets you more flow rate - gallons per minute - but not necessarily more pressure. New pumps make the same pressure regardless of RPM. Old worn out pumps do make more pressure at...

I don't know the flow of the YM2310, but 11 gpm sounds a bit too high for that size tractor. I think that the YM2310 is similar to the US model YM276. Both use the same 3T84H engine set up to produce roughtly the same HP. In the US version the hydraulic flows 8.2 gpm at 2600 RPM. With that...

What matters first is not the implement lift or angle, or the center of gravity, but whether the tractor has draft control. It's easy to tell if it does by looking to see if the attachment point on the tractor is a pivot .... or is it solid to the rear casting. Post #7 has some info. Lots of...

Somehow I hear the voice of my grandma, "Scotty, if you think that way, you'll end up thinking something is right just because others are doing it."

Amazing. But then I realized... David Brown.... British Design....and somehow I'm less surprised. Maybe it comes from owning a Rover, an MG, and various British bikes: Norton, RE, Triumph, BSA. Several of which featured spark provided - irratically - by the famous Lucas "insideout magneto". So...

Holes on the attachment or on the tractor? Optional holes where the top link attaches to the tractor are often for draft control adjustment.

Right, It's a big country, and hard to judge one area's needs by another. Here in the rocky mountains a 5 acre parcel is common, and there is plenty of need for a big tractor. 90 hp is handy. I've got several neighbors with smaller places on the creek who have full size TLBs for long driveways...

That's what I hear too. Those two guys are old fashioned farmers who can probably build and rebuild anything from barns to backhoes as good as new. That's sure one good way to get started. The other side of buying used is to buy something that doesn't need any work done on it, has low hours -...

Am I seeing those photos correctly? It looks like the air cleaner is plumbed to run through the radiator!

It's not the first issue we've seen with Kubota backhoe pin keepers. Almost ten years ago I remember us talking about their quick attach BH bucket that had the main retaining pin held from sliding out by a simple cotter pin. Several people - including myself - had the cotter pin fail and the...

That's a whole different device. I encourage you to draw out a hydraulic flow diagram. It doesn't have to be a formal schematic, just something so a couple of us old hydrualic guys can help. Yes, your YM2310 has an open center hydraulic circuit. Most compact tractors have that type.

That's the way I see it too. Thank you, oldnslo. That photo is a single piston actuated valve and so is most probably a priority flow divider .... although it could just as well be called a flow regulator - it just depends on which outlet port you are referring to. It doesn't look adjustable -...

I've had several small 3pt and subframe backhoes. Judging from the video, this is not a 3pt backhoe because it has a subframe. As long as the subframe will fit your tractor, you won't have a bit of problem with the backhoe itself. If it were my choice - the price sounds good. I'd get it IF the...

Boy isn't that the truth. Not to beat the drum too hard, but for the person who spends a couple of years learning the basics of the mechanical and building trades there are a lot of bunch of really positive things that happen. A biggie is that new or used...all the options go up and the cost of...

I usually buy low hour used, but will sometimes buy new. It just depends. The more complicated a piece of equipment is, the more likely I am to value the proven reliability of "low hour used" over something new. Since I do my own work, having something original from the factory is important...

I read a lot through the buying/pricing/comparison forums and see that almost everyone recommends new over used. I also see where most folks on here end up buying new. I know it is not everyone but it seems more common. I agree that used tractors are very expensive. 1. Is it because it is...