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i had to swap some tires off this rowcrop and put new ones on ( ouch$$ ) on some different ones after some rim repair and a new brake drum... loader cam in handy.

or here.. though I'm sure this willcome to a shock to Don. 'hard to believe' my but. Helps when you know what you are talking about....

they will move 4x5 1100# round hay bales. :) in that pic.. one of the bales fell off my trailer and popped it's roll cover almost completely. i had to use a ratchet strap to keep it together inthe bucket.

1955 ford 850 with ford 722 1-arm fel, and woods 6500 3pt hoe with a home-made sub frame.

got a 2240 and sparks and metal shavings just started blowing out the inspection covers on the left ahead of your feet :) I've had her split in the rear before to do the independtent pto clutch packs. clutch is now out.. i'm kinda thinking seized TO bearing? any other ideas. just rolled it...

ok.. Have wifi at the house. use it often with my tablet. KNOW it's working. iphone.. last night.. went to check weather.. had an issue getting it to update.. so tried to go online.. it kept using 3g.. went to settings, and network. the wifi line is greyed out and says 'NO WIFI' It does not...

i was waiting to see one of these pop up in this thread

we have an f450 with a manual trans at work, in a service truck. it may have a pto .. not sure of year of truck.. but it has a 7.3psd in it.. thinking it is the last of the 7.3s in 04. tranny has had it.. howls, growls, and jumps out bad. here's the question.. if it has a pto.. what all will...

this week both the 2000 yukon (gas) fuel gauge died as well as my diesel 99 f350. different death. int he yukon, the gauge satys on e.., doesn't reset key off / on.. and the 1/8 tank warning light ont he message center comes on. ont he power stroke.. it's still moving.. but uncalibrated. for...

I know the SMV comes in plastic and metal signs.. and they also come inthe stick on. I also know that most places have went to the new hi-viz refractive/reflective plastics stickers / signs. I need to order a bunch to re do all my equipment at work. probably 30pcs.. can't do that buying from...

here, I did your homework for you. part #15. easy to find. just follow the tube...

seen a DB error all morning. got a few posts read / replied to. emailed a couple memebrs off board. some saw it.. but obviously some others were posting.. though times look funny., any ideas?

I've toyed around with making cutting instruments out of things like a RR spike.. etc. have seen some make a knife from a file.. etc. was thinking about using a circ saw blade for a knife or hand hatchet or skinning tool.. etc. hows the metal ? work ok for that?

actually.. here is a pic..

here's what that cover looks like BEHIND the hub

right now we pay 4-5$ a tube for the 'red' grease.. a molly would save us a buck a tube, and still be better than the plain non Ep amber or brown mild ep inthe 2-3$ range.. what do you guys use for your HE greasing?

went in today to get a motorola to bnc connector.. also decided to get a couple m 2 f rca patch cables. ( 5$ items..e tc ) clerks there are like vampires! tried to sell me a dozen toys or anything else I was standing near... took 5-6 no's to get out of that one.. then wanted me to upgrade...

Ok.. I see walmart and hf sell some cheap sub2$ penetrant oil cans.. I figured I'd try it. My nose tells me both are liquid wrench. anyone else use them? for the amount vs price.. HF is the better deal.. larger can.... both smell the same to me.. and same as liq wrench. was hoping for...

OK.. long story short. payloader backed into front end of f250 psd (04 ) parked on job. front grill ( whole clip.. h/l assy turn sigs.. etc.. ) is damaged as well as pasanger front quarter panel.. hood ok.. cross metal piece inside E/C is bent, already removed.. rad, and both large coolers are...

anybody got one? we are looking at something in the 2k to 4k range at work... i see every now and then HF pouts one of the rather large ones on sale. I have a 150 and a 750w from them.. works fine.. anybody got a large one?

the sole jiffy 2 cities up from me ( closer than the airport or the marina 45m away ).. now sells red diesel as well as the 90 oct non ethanol gas they have had for a few months. nice to have options (cough) :)

ont he job had a woopsie. one of the guys had a 'insuficient space' error with a payloader and the front end of one of our 6.0psd's it's coming in onthe flatbed later. so far from what i hear, front clip and hood +rad and fan are likely involved.. ie.. bumper.. HL assys.. grill, rad, shroud...

wife likes to 'wash' one of the dish remotes. the one in the kitchen gets wet about once a month and i have to pop it apart and dry it out and clean the baord with alcohol. apparrently didn't survive this time. each time she looks at me as if she has no idea how it gets wet when she leaves...

last week i lost an oring on a fuel filter on my 7.3psd. I've washed the engine compartment 2x and will do so again.. need to wash the vent areas arounf the wipers again too, in a quest to get rid of the diesel fumes. just noticed the underhood pad is a gonner. it's soaked. I'll never...

since you obviously don't own a service manual.. i scanned the relevant pages of mine for you. describes it and has a pic showingthe straight edges... etc. way wasier to look at than to tell someone over mail. here are the 3 pages from the fo-4 service manual that cover setting timing on a...

check these out. hint... the lower one with the big journals and the large round thing with teeth on the back end. that's the crankshaft :)

repalced the fuel filter in the f350 the other day.. made sure I had the triangular oring flat down, pointy up.. tightened all it would go including stripping out the chincy molded in place for a 1/2" socket ( really? why so thin there? ) anyway.. looked good.. no drips.. no seeping... wiped...

our local tsc just started carrying howes. anyone use that and power service and can compair the two?

anyone know of some free software i can open a dwg file with. I'm guessing it may be an autocad file? thanks

I know on an old for tbird I had ( 87 model ).. I once in a while had to pull the air duct off and clean the throttle body when it would idle rough or start / stall. later on I've had to do it on an old 98 dodge 5.9 I had. wifes 2000 yukon started doing it 2 days ago. can i assume it's about...

(real estate ) anything i can hack up and edit ? thanks

It's one of theose models with sensors. can't get a rebuild kit for it. dealer wants over 3000$ for a new one. Anyone got any ideas on a big truck salvage yard I can call around to? thanks

I didn't post this in the adds as I thought maybee we could get a collective trade going.. multiple parties.. etc... Most of us in the reloading hobby, at one time or another may find ourselves with duplicate reloading dies. either from accidentally buying 2 of the same set, or buying out a...

or mortar.. etc? if so.. post pics/ descriptions..

getting ready to do a service on my 99 f350 ( door date tag of 12/98 ) I see i have any of 3 possible filter combinations for the air filter with 12/98 as the to/from dates. :) dealer did my 1st service when i got her, and my local mechanic did my last service when i had a water pump...

my brother had an older acer or asus? laptop with vista 32 on it.. used a del 720 color printer. great looking pics this thing spits out. he upgraded to a new laptop the other day and I'm helping him get his stuff moved over and setup. the laptop picked up drivers automatically for everything...

just make a new one. IO bought a shredder for 100$ with a bent tailwheel fork. I cut up some scrap and made a new one.. swapped the laminated wheel over and went. took maybee 30m of torch and welder and grinder work. here's the pic of the bent one. i torched the spindle pin out and ground...

a manual will be handy to look at if you are going into it.. however.. if a fork has slipped on a rail.. there will be witness marks. she a 4speed? pry into gear and drive to a barn... you can hit cnh website and get parts diagrams.. here's a diagram of a 5spd.. and of a 4spd in a naa.. the...

we have a case C 80 at work with a shuttle shift. reverse stopped working. any ideas for what to check? this thing use servos and such.. somewhere i can pressure test a servo or valve.. etc? all ideas appreciated. soundguy

got to work right before 7am, got a call from a jobsite that a 16' tandem axle flatbed trailer we were using as a fuel / grease traielr was gone. 500g diesel tank.. just filled tuesday... duel tank air comp with a honda engine.. 35# grease keg with air operated grease pump and hose reel.. (...

anyone got one? opinions?

I just got ?promoted? to a new job at work.. part of that comes some inventory that had few notes. i'm sorting out some bulbs and lamp elements. Most of them I Id'd here are the ones I'm unsure about: 4515 6v / 30 ( i think these are ceiling lamps as have been used in some commercial...

I don't think I've ever bought a tractor that DID NOT have a rounded off head on all of the drain bolts and plugs.. :) vise grips will ruin it.. don't even try. if it is a hex plug.. use a proper 6 pt socket.. it is square you are stuck with 12pt, unless it is some special 1/2" job, or an...

we have a gms 2500 at work with the key fob for doorlocks.. etc. fob finally bit the dust. we have another fob from another gmc we don't have anymore.. how do you get the truck to recognize the new fob? I know on my old 99 ford f350, you do some deal with turning the key on and off a few...

anyone know where to get them. I see guys out in pine lots raking up pine straw and putting in the form that has a cammed manual masher and then they just tie it off with sissal or twine like a regular hay bale.. etc.

is there a flux cored aluminum mig wire? ( .030 / 35 ?? ) I'd be inclined to pick up a small 110v mig if i could do small aluminum projects with it, vs the allow solder rods.. etc. hf has the small flux migs on sale again for 89$.. etc... opinions? ( i've seen people do tig aluminum.. etc...

At work, we use sprint services, some of our laptops have mobile broadband USB modems, and one older one even has a mobile broadband PCMCIA card! That laptop, HOPEFULLY, is going to be repalced asap.. been working on that in another thread. Now.. our contract terms are coming up on the mobile...

at work we have an acter extensa 5620 ( 5620-6830 ) it travels to and from the jobsite... it's been running slow a while and regualr malware and antivirus checks don't show anything.. but it has had a bajillion software titles installed on and oof and many removed, over the years. We got...

rated rpm.. probbaly pto speed. i like all of my tractors.. the farmall C I paid a few hundred bucks for.. to my NH 7610s that had a price tag of about 27000$ new. they are TOOLS. My NH 7610s runs a jd 1517 batwing mower. I don't babyby it along at half rpm and staw in the shallow end...

i didn't have a manual with me at the time.. didn't know if it shared any of the early ferguson design from the 9n/2n.. from llooking at the diagram it's a closed sump though. thus shouldn't be making oil to leak at the top.. though could be colelcting water I guess..

here it is naptha and Diphenylamine

just got home and got some pics for reference, overall length of gun is 46.5" from butt to muzzle. i included a pic with a sks for size reference.. plus may have one with a yard stick in there.

found an old 16ga (i think) shotgun at a gunshow today. a guy i know from the shows took it in on trade.. seller knew little about it except it had been in his deceased dads collection.. guy at the show did a lil looking and couldn't find any info. it has what looks like a smaller perhaps...

Had to pick up some items for work. realize that in the construction industry, some tools are disposable by nature.. even tools that should be durable.. :) Today i went around and looked at sears, harbor freight and northern tools. i priced a 5" full swivel ( s axis ) vise. northern 129...

was doing a lil research on some of these oils and other 'energy savings' type oils. have been reading some troubline issues with 5w20 in hot weather applications. seen many situations where even with 3500m 'dealer' specified changes, people are seeing accelerated wear on engines and lube...

i got a pic of her on my trailer. I was running her and had 2 helpers on the ground. one of them took some pics while it was still light.. but were cell pics.. havn't figured out how to get them over to a pc yet. here's the one on my trailer. tractor is a 55 ford 850 with a home made sub and...

finally got some use out of my woods 6500 hoe. since I got it last year it's been at my stepdads place doing work for him ;) back when we got it, I was considering that hoe or one of those tow behind models at northern tools / harbor freight. after looking at the use that's been done and seeing...

abs lamp came on the dash today. my first check was to make sure the front r/l wheel speed sensors hadn't come unplugged. nope. may pull them to clean them.. but pulled codes with my superchips tuner scanner to see what was hanging around in the computer. pulled 3 dtc's .. unfortunately none...

yup... if limited use you can get away with alot less. here's a pic i like posting. this is my 1955 ford 850,, it has a single boom loader ( 1-arm, ford 722 model ).. that bale is a large tifton.. dry but medium heavy at about 100#.. rolled off wagon accidentally when parking the trailer in...

that gear you see is driven by the camshaft.. there should be a gasket where the pump bolts to the housing. engine oil can get where that gear is.gasket is number 46 are you seeing engine oil i assume? if you were seeing hyd oil.. I'd also guess you'd be 'making' engine oil' and loosing hyd...

i'm trying to determine if a part I have leftover from some work on my loader is a part that came out of a kit.. or something that the parts dept sent me incorrectly that I need to be returning to get the $$ back. the 2 kits I bought were: AT160662 and AT330806 ( also bought shome shims and...

since water is daughter of the process.. any word on more rust out.. or is it simply too new to know yet?

when you buy a distressed tractor.. here's some of the steps you will likely go thru. good luck. if you get her.. post pics!

front main / cyl block ( # 8 ) AR SBA110006010 SHORT ENGINE Short Block Assy., 1100, Engine Assembies Include: Cylinder Block Assy., Crankshaft Assy., Camshaft Assy. & Piston & Rod Assy., Start Year: 01/01/1979 AR SBA110006020 SHORT ENGINE Short Block Assy., 1200,1300...

crank / rear main 1 1 SBA115256180 CRANKSHAFT Crankshaft Assy. Includes: Ref. 2 thru 6, Start Year: 01/01/1979 2 1 SBA115276090 GEAR Gear, Start Year: 01/01/1979 3 1 SBA034109004 KEY Key, Start Year: 01/01/1979 4 1 SBA115416020 NOZZLE Slinger...

ditto what Jim said. pull the valve cover and the side cover.. easy to see the valves move up top and the pushrods on the side. i just rebuilt the top end on my 4 cyl 4000.. a red tiger 172ci version of that red tiger 134ci in your naa. I had a hand full of bent push rods and stuck valves. i...

those lil flat 'wrenches', usually with 2 posts on them that engage holes in the lil hold down disc for holding abrasive blades into 4" angle grinders.. am I the only person that looses or bends / breaks those things? if I don't loose them.. they break. I even made one out of flat stock and...

friend was cited for fishing without a license in north carolina this weekend ( floridian had to run up there on a red eye trip.. ) the game warden or whoever issued the citation told them it was a criminal offense and would be on their record. so.. what kind of infraction is this? civil /...

any opinions on this.. I have a pack of blades and was thinking baout a retrofit. any downsides?

on my way to work this afternoon in my 99 crew f350 DRW.. at a stoplight. see a guy rolling up in rearview.. didn't look too odd. I looked down then felt it. felt about like mowing and hving a rear wheel fall in a gopher hole. a good jolt.. but nothing catastrophic. guy was in a basic...

drove to jax this weekend and passed a weight station which got me to thinking again. WHO really has to stop at weight stations. the big green sign says all trucks / trailers.. yet every time I've ever been by a weight station i ONLY see commercial traffic enter.. I never see passanger traffic...

this is a semi update on my 2000 gmc yukon.. 180km 2qt/3000m oil drinker since new.. ( but that's normal :) for that gm engine.. ) I switched her to synthetic oil recently. i pulled a oil sample fromt he last drain to see what the dino oil I have been using in her was at... I'm going to pull...

just went to see a buddy of mine.. he was taken north to shands burn hospital for 2 days.. now transfered back here local.. he's a golf course equipment mechanic at one of the local courses. I talk to him a few nights a week and we trade stories on parts and tractors and stuff... he was...

Been kicking around a test idea recently. I have some high capacity ( read 100-120a ) rectifiers with associated aluminum heatsinks.. would be easy to work up a full wave bridge... while my big welder is a hobart235acxl.. and out of the question.. I also have a lil CH 30/7a a welder I use on...

Helping a buddy here with his g-caravan,, as said, t's an 05. It's been in the shop A MONTH and not fixed yet!!! symptoms.. vehicle will be driving fine... and then just shut down.. will start right back up no problem. if you disconnect the battery, and wait a while and reconnect, it will not...

i left for lunch heading into town and got behind this truck towing a industrial tlb ( think ford 3xx/4xx size. truck was an import short wheel base.. trailer looked to have been a home-made converted tandem boat trailer due to the pointy-ness of the front of it. it was sagging in the middle...

using kasparsky and it still got me.. some root kit, and some malware.. had to do multiple disinfections.. rebooting from a unix disk, and in the end, still had to roll back a week. think I may be ok.. reinstalling kasparsky as I type.. I wish malware writers would be prosecuted as...

ok.. page 155 of the owners manual for the superduty/99 shows power distro box under the hood by the brake cyl. far right column shows 30-37, 6 large blocks and 2 small ones at the bottom. in the distro box, it is actually 3 large relays, then 3 smaller relays, with the 2 small blocks at the...

Helping a buddy install one of these alts to his tractor. it fits a 97-02 dodge ram with a 5.2 ( fits many from 3.9 + ) aand is the 117a version I think. It's what he has on hand.. etc. it has the charge lug on back, then a plug near it. I'm most familiar with old style hitachi alts that...

i left my %$# black book on my desk and I'm out driving between jobs. ( only posting at stoplamps! ;) ) offhand anyone know the load capacity of a 6x6 pt, 6' span between supports? thanks soundguy

just rotated the tires on my f350 drw today. It's a 99.. from the looks of it, the prev owner never rotated the rims, just retired when needed.. thus the rims been in the same location apparrently their life, and thus colelcted dirt and dust and scale as such. i hit them with an aluminum safe...

went to grab an oil filter for my wifes yukon the other day. bosch fitler was um? 11$... fram tg 8$, regular fram 5$ stp 4$ now here's the kicker.. OEM AC/DELCO filter 4$ ( actually 3 and some change.. just like the stp ). go figure!!! soundguy

HF has their portable blaster on sale for 24$ lil grey pot with a molde din handle.. carries a few poubds of media.. says it will blast sand, beads or steel.. but don't mention soda.. etc. has the 15' air line and nozzle.. you just provide air compressor. etc. i'm not a fan of sand blasting...

was at walmart looking thru their clearance isle of hunting and gun supplies and spied a remington 770 in the gun case. I'm 99% usually not into black 'plastic' zytel stocks.. etc.. but then I noticed the price tag. 319$ fro a remington bolt action 30-06 with a scope ( no name seen on it ).. I...

already have a .416 rigby, thiking of a backup or 2nd gun. any opinions on calibre? .338?

saw an add for a co that sells large tinned cans of food that are 25ys stable. looks like the cans are large 5g size, and within those cans are seperate cans and pouches of other, smaller servinf=gs. storm/y2k/holocost supplies i guess. anyone ever hear of this co.. or use anything like it?

I don't see doubles in my state often. Have seen the odd usmail contractor or fedex contractor with semi tractor and 2 shorty box trailers.. but that's about it. have seen tow trucks towing a truck that had a trailer. the other day I say a truck pulling an RV, with a boat behind it. looked...

here's my spring project.. a late 40's ( 49? ) VAC

wife needed to use 4wd tonight in her 2000 gmc yukon. it has the push buttons on the left of the dash.. auto, 2hi, 4 hi, 4 low. nothing worked.. stayed in 2 hi... luckilly she managed to get unstuck without it. when she got home I looked at it to mak sure it was a blonde moment or something...

normally when I see a thumbnail in a message I click on it and it opens.. now when I do so, a dialog box pops up and asks me if I want to open it or save it? this just happened. this new.. or something not working right? soundguy

used to get to see a jinma when homier shows came around ( still kick myself for not getting an 18hp 2wd one as a project for 2000$ back then.. ).. in any case.. none of that thing around anymore.. but our local northern store all of a sudden is making display room for it's tractors.. already...

got the lil popup that widows wanted to put ie9 thru updates on my netbook. decided to let it do it. what a &^%$#@! mistake that was.... after reboot, when I laoded IE.. it kept erroring out and restarting ad nauseum.. finally I did a recover/rollback to the restore point just BEFORE %^&*($#...

just took a drive out to our bulk fuel tank at our equipment yard. not a place I normally visit ( for the GC i work for ).. I mostly am a office to jobsite kinda guy.. etc. in any event.. I noticed we have a row of derelict brush hogs along the fence in states of disrepair.. damaged aframes...

how many here learned to drive on a tractor / had their first driving experience on a tractor? I did.. was some sort of ford thousand series.. though I don't recall which. after that I got to drive the plymouth with column shifter.. UGH! I liked the tractor better! soundguy

thru some swaping, etc.. I've come to own a rem 760 pump in .270 seems like a neat smooth lil action. Don't bvelieve I've ever shot a .270 have shot .223, .243 30-30 30-06 7mm thru 8mm types as well as 300wm.. plus some wildcats.. anything to know about this .270? action good? and robust...

For the 2nd time in as many months, some has anonimously turned me in to animal control / code enforcement. Same claim.. starving animals. They added this time that one of my horses was missing an eye. Each time someone does this.. ode enforcement comes out, tacks up a big red 'VIOLATION'...

a month back I was taking a walk at night ( like.. 1am? or so ..I get off of work late.. etc..) in my neighborhood and overhear some loud verbal 'fighting'... continued on my walk.. got back to my house, and one of the 'loud' people was walking down the center of the street continuing to be...

I need some ideas for a yellow flasher / strobe or rotating lamp I can put on my truck and use for limited situations. many times at night I'll be packing up gear from work,loading off a curb, and then driving back to the office to unload. I always use hazards.. but sometimes i'm on a site...

In my shop I have a 3hp, 120psi 30g upright oil lubed compressor. It handle all my needs.. but is always on the edge of being adequate on the large needs like painting or running a 3/4 to 1" air tool if doing lots of tire work..e tc. for instance. I can out paint it's recharge capacity, and...

my brother called me this am.. his fuel filter housing assy is leaking at the primer.. no rebuild kit available.. new part is over 500$.. looking to find an aftermarket replacement, rebuild kit, or good salvage one for him. 01 chevy duramax diesel. any ideas? thanks soundguy

does the engine have to come out or will the trans drop. I'm starting to get a drip of ATF.. Mind you.. I can buy ALOT of atf for what a dealer will liekly want to repair it.. etc.. just wondering.. soundguy

was reading an article in farm show ( i know, I know... ) and it was hawking a 'kit' that bolted on / dropped in with no mods that prevented air dedheading / trapping at injector vs purging to the tank. mentioned this was a bad problem for the 7.3 and the 6.0 and another kit was coming out for...

I got this farmall H i'm working on for my stepdad...it has has been converted to 12v via a genny rebuild and vreg replacement ( thus was originally 6v ). has a cheap chinese 12v vreg on it that you have to rap with a screwdriver to make it charge. I opened it up and it is amazingly cheap...

still looking for an H for my stepfather. the 51 I was going to look at this weekend didn't pan out, and after another call back from the owner, it's probably being taken 'off sale' as they are simply too busy to mess with selling it now. the 51 I had looked at was a heap. I've found a 44 in my...

Anyone else get an email asking you to review your tractor / thanks for recently joining? I just got one :) soundguy

Ok.. I know NTSB has 'reccomended' banning cell phone use.. but has florida DOT actually taken any steps? I tried wading thru FDOT pages.. but keep getting conflicting info or dead ends / walls of text that have lots of legalieze but don't say much. anyone got the skinny for truck drivers in...

Ok.. we know LED lamps save power vs incandescent jobs. we also know that with the exception of actual headlamps.. that LED's are fine, day or night for just about any other illumination needed on an auto. IE.. marker lamps, turn signals and brake lamps, even 'parking' / daytime running lamps...

anyone got that gasser and towing in the neighborhood of about 10-14k? got milage numbers? soundguy

saw a set of jump cables at an auto parts store today. labeled as 'Heavy duty'.. then under that it said 8GA . yeahright... soundguy

I'm amazed at the difference in ride that air bags on the rear suspension make. My f450 has them, my 350 doesnt. I am moving a large enclosed and quite heavy bumper pull trailer for some friends.. I moved it the first day with myt 350 as that was what I was driving. puleld it fine, but you...

hey, if 1 is good 2 is better right? :) Ok.. wifes been bugging me to get a wood burning stove. functional one.. but not a spendy one. We live in florida.. so reality is that unless civilization ends :) or power is out a long time.. we won't actually functionally need it for heat or...

just got a case 580l series 2 at work. got manuals on order. anyone got the lube sched / specs page out of the manuals they can pdf or copy / post? need to do a service on the machine.. don't know oil fills /drains/qty/specs thanks soundguy

buddy has a 97 dodge with the 5.9l magnum ( 360 ) has a window in the block. efi.. etc.. we was gonna buy my beater rough looking but good running 98 dodge just for the engine.. but I enede dup selling it to work when one of our dodge 3500 work trucks sucked the injector pump thru the...

as an auto cartridge.. is there anything else that can be used in place of this? guessing not.. correct? soundguy

working on a cat 3406 this am. we are trying to pull the injector pump. have the cone shaped advnce cover off the adv mechanism, do not have the weight assy off the injector pump, pump is loose in the timing cover.. can't see how to remove it. diagrams are of little help. it will wiggle...

anyone ever had an analysis done right out of the bottle? I'm in the process of putting my ford 63 4000 gasser back togehter. just got my head kit in, have cleaned up the valves, got push rods on order..e tc. valve stems were heavilly gunked up and glued in place, bending my intake pushrods...

just thought about it.. bu I wanna hit the tire shop and gran a handfull of spares.. nothing like changing a tire on the side of the road and kickin gthe pan that has yer nutz in it... anyone know the size? thanks soundguy

pic is of a 64 4 cyl gasser red tiger ( 4000 thus a 172 ). I'm guessing I have stuck valves. found 2 bent push rods,a nd one kicked over to the side.. so I'm guessing 3 valves had issues of sticking. have not puleld vcover to look at vtrain. ran out of time. what are my chances of not...

while greasing my tractor I hit a zerk that was plugged or stiff taking grease, so i gave my lever gun a good pump.. was using standard #2 brown grease from napa, and gun is about 10ys old, so it's not new, however i replaced it's 6" rigid tube with a 8" whip about 6ys ago.. so whip is newer...

our 10kw hobart (champion) welder genny needs a carb kit and fuel shutoff solenoid. looking at the unit, it has an onan branded engine engine tag itself perplexingly says robin e13*97/68 sn 4g2*2002/88*0019*00 eng fam 4fjxs 7202ga ea 63.64.65 stock # of the unit is 500433 I also have...

need some info on the decal placement onthe c when i got this one she just had the 2 C decals onthe lower front of the hood and the side hood decals. my set appears to be 11 pieces, so that leaves 7 more decals.. I havn't looked at all of them. I assume some will be self evident.. but will...

anyone got the locations of the fill and drain and check plugs. I hear it's a common sump / 19 qts. mine has a pto.. used to have a belt pulley, but has been blanked off. any fill or check for the pto? thanks soundguy

well, now that most of my friends found out i have an OBDII scanner, they all 'visit' me at lunch so I can scan their car and see why their check engine lights are on. Buddy came by yesterday ( at lunch.. ho-hum.. didn't even bring me any either! :) ) and had a EGR sensor range high error...

was running an errand and drove by a lot with trailers on it for sale. didn't catch the manufacturers name.. but were new units and painted black. saw a couple 'gooseneck landscape trailers' these looked like a regular goose neck, but instead had the thin / small 2" angle iron frame and...

around here the guys that bale pine straw use these small stationary bailers and pitchfork feed straw into the hopper and then tie off when right size. I've never been able to see iny lit or sale info on these. looks like might be need to make yard clipping bales.. ?? soundguy

was running downt he I with a 16' traler and medium tractor ( light load ).. had a lil less than 1/4 of go juice. tried to fill up last night.. but pumps were running real slow.. took 5 minutes for 2 gallons.. and I gave up.. figured I'd get diesel when i got off the interstate. midway, truck...

as I found her. no bat.. / bad starter. hung a lawnmower bat on her and hand cranked her to load.

I got a 98 dodge ram that has sat unused for a couple months now, and previous to that only started a couple times to move it out of the way of something. I have it setting for sale beside the road..e tc. as luck would have it, and my fault.. battery flattened out.. It wanted to start, but...

Was cleaning our mobile office portable shed and came across a couple of the above referenced manual paper towell dispensors. apparrently at one time when this offic portable was on a job back in 06 it had a couple dispensors installed.. just trying to find out where we can get towels for it...

was looking at the local paper and see HF has the small gas engines on sale for like 99$ again. always makes me think about getting a small gas engine and coupling with a spare hyd pump like from a tractor cranksahft setup.. that and an oil drum or similar as a sump.. some hosing and a couple...

neighbor has begged me into helping him change the blades on his newish ( 2-3 ys old? ) JD rider mower. guess he's tired of paying the 200$ pickup and change charge for a 40$ set of blades. He has no tools.. even borrows my grease gun once a year to grease the zerk on his gate. anywho. we are...

was thinking about oilthe other day making some posts.. then started wondering who is bottling the ford 15w40 PS motorcraft oil ? havn't seen a msds for it.. just wondering if anyone knew before i went of searching.. soundguy

I do alot of work outside / in the field and then need to hit meetings.. rarely having sufficient time to freshen up.. picked up a lil travel pack that has those lil trial size things like toothpaste, comb, and deoderant and aftershave. this one had some green musk / brut stuff. had to use it...

Ok, finaly have some preliminary data on mpg on that 99 7.3 PSD F350 DRW I have. 4.1 rears, etc. 13.5 MPG city is what it's turning so far. havn't been able to do a highway test long enough to do a miles/gallons used calc. keep trying to take it on the trips to the coast witht he wife, but...

Want opinions on some oils I've listed, and their application and suitability. here's the deal: doin my 4th quarter maintenance budget... At work we have several diesel pickup trucks in the 250/2500 ( 3/4 ton ) range. A mix of ford 6.0 PSD's and some duramax's all around 04-06 so thus out...

Scammed on tractor transport - Yesterday's Tractor Co. the link goes to another forum.. at the bottom of that message is also a link to further info. in short.. people seeking a hauler are being asked to wire a deposit ( dreen dot money card, walmart monet card, money thru a dollar general...

Her's the deal. about 1x per year I need to move my NH 7610s ( ~ 95hp ) and my jd 1715 batwing together. I have a gooseneck trailer, but it is too short for both of them together. I did not want to get one long enough to load them, as I'd be stuk ALWAYS pulling the extra 8' of trailer for...

ok.. every morning at work I open up my windows mail and some explorer tabs. I have my mail set to poll about every 10 minutes. computer has been setup this way at work since I got it. I'm browsing in a window when i get a pop up from windows mail. it can't login to my mail box.. wants my...

here's an odd one. Ok.. I'm getting rid of my dodge 1500, I pulled the drawtight activator II out of it and just installed it into my f350 replacement truck I bought. the dodge setup used one of those pigtails that plugs in under the dash, and you plug that into the controller. truck was...

I'm posting this here as good headlamps are a good part of towing.. I had slight yellowing or frosting of the plastic lamp covers on . well.. most of our vehicles. I decided to try the 18$ system 3m sells.. grabbed the kit at walmart.. a guy on the isle saw me pick it up.. said he used it...

I want to pick up a glovebox spare cps for my 7.3psd, and searched and found that the ford number for a 99 ( post mid 97+ ) should be F7TZ-12K073-B however napa online crossref can't cross it. ( -A suffix for pre 97.5.. something about connector material.. ) I've seen mention on a diesel web...

Anyone know what it is? I'm trying to calculate fuel economy / useage #'s as a guideline. thanks soundguy

So the wife walked into my shop the other day and asked why it always smells like gas or diesel, and I, without even looking up waved my arm toward the wall and said that I had one of those automatic spritzing a air freshners, and for shops you could get gas or diesel scent. I think I had her...

ok.. got a question. I remember seeing the warning about giving children aspirin if they have the flu but apparrently it's ok for adults? just wondering.. what's the distinction.. some chemical metabolized differently with the aspirin in kids vs adults.. or? soundguy

so I'm coming home from lunch yesterday and a dually with short bed passes me.. white in color, has fender flair that are not molded inbut add on style. is the extended cab, not crew cab. looked to be a 99-2006 model.. i was behind him and saw the f250 logo on the tailgate. mind told me...

wanting to go look at a 2003 ( april 03 on door jamb ) f350.. but the sales guy is telling me it has a 6.7 diesel??? I'm not familiar with this engine?? don't want to drive 2.5 hours to see something that's based on wrong / bad info.. I thought that would be a 7.3 in early 03, and the late 03...

i'm going to look at a 4x4 99 F350 later today.. anyone got an axle code chart i can print so i know what rear end ratio is? IE.. my 04 F250 is a 'C1' whish is limited slip 3.73.. etc... thanks soundguy

for a work project I need to find some low cost led lighting that is battery operated. the lamps need to be roughly rectangular and about 1" or so thick , and maybee 2" wide, and 4-6" long. these will be placed up on a rail near a ceiling to provide indirect lighting for some items placed...

anyone got a template I can print graph pape ron my laser printer? I'm stuck here at work and am needing some graph paper but don't feel like making a 1.5 *** round trip to the office supply store while I could be doing ther things. anyone know of one? I can download? thanks soundguy

I think it's either 94.5 or 93.5 somebody know? prior to that was a NA 7.3 right... early 90's? and then a short run of a turbo 7.3, then the totally different engine the 7.3 psd.. down the road a guy is suposedly selling a 94 f350 with 61K original miles on it. no rust and clean interior...

Anyone got this game yet and played it or know about it/ i got mine tonight.. it's basically a rewrite and cousin of battleship.. yet played in space,, IE.. a fleet battle in space. I liked it anyone know if any expansions are due out? soundguy

I have occasional use for 0# and 00# greases. usually 3-4 tubes a year at most.. sometimes only 2 a year. i had been getting cornhead grease ( polyurea based ep 0# ) from my local greensouth dealer. they stopped selling it on the shelf, adn i can get it but have to order somethig like a 30...

beater 2000 gasser 4 cyl. has had the trans swapped to a 4spd from a 5spd at some point.. steering box shot.. got it all apart now. did a lil 3pt work on her.. need to do brakes. has some parts mismatched from other machines.. fenders.. air breather, rims are 24" and welde dup / cut down...

just replaced the fan clutch on my 99 f450 with 7.3 psd.. ford part was like 400$!! napa was cheaper but even the counter person reccomended i use the ford one... yikes.. soundguy

just because I don't have enought to do.. plus one popped up in a local add for less than 2k$.. suposed to start and run good. I believe it is one of the economy models.. like 20hp, 2wd, 2 cyl.. like we saw early on at the homier shows back for 2900$ any one got any info I need to keep inmind...

manager at work asked me if I knew amything about plumbing.. :) .. then asked me a funny one that I though I had an answer for.. but it had a twist. she can hear a squeal in the bathroom wall when the house outside is running.. Ok.. we've all seen that. here's the odd part .. if she flushes...

I see tsc has a lil flux welder on sale for 99$ or fathers day. anyone got one of these? 99$ is darn cheap. I have a lil 70a stick i do sheet metal with and a big crackerbox for the thick stuff. had always though of toying around with a lil wire feed welder for prettier sheet metal work...

at work we are clearing out some older pc's one is a dell optiplex G series.. can't remember the actual number but it is a pentium 4, 256m ram, and winxp I can get it for free.. which would be nice as I only have a netbook computer since my other cpu took a dump a while back.. and this lil...

Northern Industrial Arc 200 230 Volt, 200 Amp Arc Welder, Model AC4180 | Arc Welders | Northern Tool + Equipment anyone have or use one of these? was just browsing the northern catalog and man o man.. that is cheap amps. with normal entry level welders being the lincoln and hobart ac only...

anyone remember this one? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Gun_(video_game) in 1992 they came out with a pc version of it. anybody actually still have the pc version or know where a copy is.. man that brings back memories.. would love to play it again. soundguy

went to install office 2010 on the wifes computer ( xp box.. had sp2 ).. office wanted sp3... installed sp3 using windows update. went fine.. no issues popped up.. it said it needed to reboot. agter reboot, it bluescreens and restarts wight after the splash screen now. I CAN get it to come up...

I see we have come full circle. I can just barely remember seeing recycled oil sold at service stations when i was younger. I see it's becoming popular again.. just without the associated money savings.. :) soundguy

I remember i while back I needed to pick up 5# of 6011 to replenish my stash.. tsc wanted nearly 21$ for the 5# box of hobart. I ended up getting them at a local tool store for 14$. ok.. so with this backhoe subframe I built I burned thru another 5# of 1/8 and near that much of 3/32.. so...

just picked up a woods BH6500 groundbreaker 3pt hoe.. it has a data tag with some number on it.. I presume a sn.. etc.. but I see a space for 'year' or 'date ' ( CRS? ).. and it was blank. can anyone tell me how to date this thing? it may actually be the newest implement I own.. :)...

I see now that premium gas is 8 cents more than diesel in central florida, and mid grade gas is 2 cents less than diesel. I suspect my diesel pickup is going to be driven more than my gasser here in a week or so... soundguy

anyone know of any free software to convert dfw files ( autodesk? ) to pdf format? thanks soundguy

at a local estate auction coming up is a little? tow behind backhoe.. lookslike something the size that if it was a tractor hoe, might bemounted on a 20 or 30hp machine. is a self contained trailer unit with a gass 'lawnmower engine'.. self contained hyds.. etc. looks like it might be...

anyone use them.. either jig style or the self contained motor units. I have accumulated a box of old hss bits over the years that are too dull to use.. though might be saved and at least use them on wood or cast iron ?? soundguy

happy easter to all! soundguy

while I'm waiting to get my ps on my 4600 fixed I'm going to address a light front end problem. from previous load / unloading I can tell the front end gets light with that heavy 6' mower lifted, and while loading onto my deckover gooseneck... had the front end come up while laoding 2 times...

our loquat tree is pumping this yer. i bet I have a good 10# of ripe fruit hanging right now if not more. what can I do ( if anything? ) to preserve this some way? I havn't seenmuch for loquat fruit. any ideas? soundguy

on some weekends when i hang out with the guys we have been trying to eat healthier. no more potator chips cookies donuts and sode, now vegi and fruit trays and nut and unsweetened ( if possible ) dried fruit and cerial mixes for munchies. always have a bit of the dry cerial and nut and fruit...

What ya know about it ? thanks soundguy

I have seen one.. it's the full face flip down visor like a clear grinding face shieldd, only safety green tint for gas torching. oxy/acet.. etc... would be way more convienient for me than goggles since I wear coke-bottle sized eye glasses. ( ants fear me and hope I don't look down ) soundguy

any ideas where i can get one.. even a photocopy or pdf.. etc. it's an older 6' hog. I've checked rhino site and nothing near that old is listed. any ideas? thanks soundguy

had to trailer the 850 with loader/hay spear over to my other farm property to feed out some hay.. on the way home, turing into the neighborhood I live, 2 lil girls ( 5-8ys old? )were riding their bikes down the center of the road!! ditch on one side, and fences and cluster mail boxes on the...

I occasionally like a gyro ( beef flavor ) pita.. we have a local greek place that sells them .. cheese pita and the sliced meat off the skewer, plus the cucumber sauce. I would like to eat them for dinner sometimes whn working and the stores not open late.. I can find pita and cheese and even...

just checking in. I tend to watch subjects like this and see what's going on every 6 months. To be clear, what i'm asking about is for those of you that are non CDL, have a truck and a trailer, and are non comercial and private, hauling your own stuff, not for hire.. etc, under 26k# any of...

I just depleted my 6011 1/8 rod stockpile and went to get a 5# box to finish a project. 24$ yikes? Admittedly I havn't bought rod since last year.. but I don't recall it being 5$/# ??? soundguy

have been told to look for a 1/4 plug on the right side by running board.. only one I see is on the trans housing.. which I ?assume? is for the trans.. yet my trans has a dipstick in the top. don't see a plug on the center housing.. do see the cover for the hyd pump.. is the plug there? any...

now that i have an anvil and a torch set and some mauls.. ets.. I'm going to play aqound with making a few knives from some things i hve seen others use. so far I have a piece of leaf spring ( straight section, no bow ), a file with a broken tip. a worn out circuliar saw blade, and a railroad...

anyone got the number? thanks soundguy

this topic comes up with my wife now and then. we will be driving along and see a tractor or implement pulled up in a yard and displayed as for sale.. or with a sign.. sometimes it's parked so far from the fence that you can't read the contact info.. or the sign has fallen down.. etc. my...

anyone got the scoop on the 303 oil ( accell maybee? ) TSC sells. it's about 25$ fro a 5g pail, with the regular traveler utf at 35$ for a 5g pail, and aw32/47 at about 42$ per 5g pail. i read the 303 and it says it is a utf type oil, meeting most old tractor specs ( curiously lists none of...

ok.. so got off work early today.. wasn't busy.. decided to go beat on the old tractor. pulled the trailer around and backed it up so the trailer was right in front of the bay door. i like to do my initial servicing of my new tractors while still on the trailer so i can move them around and...

anyone know if a scope mount made for a weaver base will fit a picatiny base? I know the slot grooves are different. but for a scope base that merely clamps the sides.. will they fit? soundguy

think I just bought an 850 with some sort of 2 post loader at auction today. will know monday for sure who got it. has usuale warts and problems.. looks like it will make a nice hay loading tractor to take the stress off my overworked 1-arm loader. now I gotta find a rops :) soundguy

anyone got any info on a 99 dodge ram turbo diesel 3500? one just popped up for sale locally.. regular cab, etc.. interior ok except for a tear int he seat that a seat cover will hide. :) While I love my fords.. I do like my dodge ram 1500.. like the layout, etc. unit is an auto, has gn...

preface: this is for those of you that have / had non comercial , private hauling rigs to carry your own tangible personal property. IE.. haul your tractor to your property.. or to the repair place.. or to wherever/from wherever. I'm going to list what I carry, and ask those of you setup...

I'm in the market for another kukri knife. My old one is about 20ys old now.. and i've used most of the good out of it. it was/is a packistan model.. wood handle brass fittings. ( yeah.. a cheap one ). I carry it on the farm. it's hefty so a good knife. cuts good, swings like a machetti...

I've checked my towing mpg based on laod and speed on my 99 f450 with 7.3psd, and 4.88 rear anbut have just now gotten around to check my around town milage... surprised me kinda... 13.4mpg I was actually expecting less. when towing loaded averaginging 12K I can get 8-9 mpg if I stay...

went to my farm property today to find the fence run down. luckily it was into a paddock I was storing hay rounds and no animals had access to it. jerk left some plastic to the front of his car.. his beer bottles and burned off on down the street.. left my fence onthe ground. could have at...

anyone know if any of the chain retailers are selling ( stocking) a syn grease. I'm looking for a few tubes and don't feel like driving to napa, tsc, car quest, and 5 other stores just to look, if someonemay already know of a place selling it. I'd call.. but most of the counter people are...

anyone got one of these and looking to sell it.. or konw of one for sale? I'm looking to get one. thanks soundguy

Want to wish everybody a safe and happy upcoming new year. by my clock, new years eve starts in about 51 minutes.. at least for those of us in the eastern time zone :) soundguy

I'm not a big graphic novel reader.. but just recently read the walking dead.. cuz.. well.. I like zombies :) Any way.. happened to see the Y series.. looks to be a situation where all men have been killed off by a disease or something. was interested to see if there were any readers or past...

info.. my 04 f250 w/ 6.0 PSD never had any engine problems with her ( i know the early 6.0 had head issues ) mine is at 102000 riht now. oil change every 5k ( or 3k if I tow alot or am in dusty conditions alot ). I use the motorcraft 15w40 power stroke oil, napa oil and fuel filters, and I...

anyone know of a site you can go to and input a vehicles year and find what it sold for? thanks soundguy

at work we have a cmi rs 400 reclaimer. the stub shaft for the right side gearbox sheared off smooth with the disc.. we are trying to locate a reman, or salvage part .. part number from the manual for the shaft is 526000429000 anyone got any leads.. or know anyone parting out one? thanks...

I've played 40k, warhammer, epic.. etc.. fro a while. justgot into a new board game.. Last night on earth. it's a zombie survival game. just started painting my mini's. here's a couple hero's and some zeds.. soundguy