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2015 Tuff Torque K72 in a Deere X500 that began to leak transmission fluid; drips on cardboard after mowing. Not a lot; 1 ring the size of a silver dollar or so. After a few cleaning/mow/examine cycles it would appear source of leak is the input shaft seal. Don't know for sure, but its coming...

Hope someone can shed some light on this. Previous owner’s builder used ABS under all sinks, transitions to PVC in the walls. Kitchen sink run from P trap to wall is about 3 feet, collects dregs and needs to be cleaned out every few years. Decided to add an ABS pipe union to the end where the...

Some conflicting info out there about Moog 410 u joints being an acceptable substitution for the OE M802832—they aren’t. Key difference is the retaining clip location OE uses clips that attach to cup itself (see groove in second pic below), where the Moog is designed so the retainer is installed...

Deere offers two scraper blades for their 47 inch blower, the M135649 (supersedes M122371) and a “heavy duty, Flat scraper blade (optional)M142881. The optional blade is about twice the price of the basic. Dealer had no idea what the difference in construction/materials is. Besides being flat...

Resurrecting a lawn system that hasn’t been used in 5 years. So far so good, but one question about interchangeability of Rain Bird Solenoids. There’s a bunch of conflicting info out there. Need to replace some solenoids, DV 100 control valves. Original P/N is 20858801, aka RPKSOLENOI on Rain...

After some 17 years I finally bent the bucket leveling rod/indicator. Remember looking at the assembly the day I bought the machine thinking it wouldn’t survive. Guess I wont miss it. Made no practical difference on piles of aggregates till I got to the very bottom and then the ground rarely was...

After 16 years it was time for a new seat and I wanted one with a metal seat base; a lot of the replacements out there aren't. Tried a few combos and this one worked successfully. Manufacture details are in the pics for both the seat and the low profile flip-up brackets. Thought it...

Repairing a lift mechanism on an older Starcraft pop up. Need to replace an ovaled out bushing a shaft rests/rotates in. Passes thru the side of some thin 1/8 to 3/16 sheet. OEM bushing was steel, going to use an oiled bronze replacement. I'd called it a flanged bushing, think they...

Any magic tricks to getting the odor of diesel fuel out of clothing? Been nursing along an old style filler spout that split in the middle of a fill----- work jacket sleeve and sweat shirt cuff soaked. Jacket is too pricy to pitch. I've had no luck in the past with detergents and...

Never got around to welding some mesh to my grill guard and somewhere along the way something must of hit the headlight. Lens is intact, but reflector side is damaged. Issues is the plastic bracket that screws to the back of the reflector. It holds the ball ends of the headlight...

Last batch of wet snow (propelled from the county snow plow) destroyed my mailbox mount.....again...... Wondering if anyone came up with a good home design for a mailbox using the heavier gauge T posts. Searched and saw someone is selling a bracket that slides over a post and can be...

Doing end of season maintenance on the JD blower, it needed a new scraper bar so it was time to de-rust and put down some epoxy paint. Noticed a few things with the blower sitting on its back resting on the tractor forks. -- Appears auger was rubbing against/made contact with the rear wall...

I've been struggling with the quality of cut from a 54in edge deck/ 2015 X500 for over two years. Stopped at Deere residential dealership (vs my ag dealer) to pick up some fluids this winter and got into a discussion with the counter guy. He suggested I try a blowout kit; checked the deck...

Never even considered the seat mounting points would fatigue and break. Guess I should stop before dessert at dinner? Most likely too many side hill adventures in the woods. At any rate, the underside of the seats sheet metal skin is spot welded to 1/8 inch flat bar stock which has 90...

A rather large log slipped thru my forks and hit the hood causing a 5 inch or so crack in the summer of 2014. In the proximity of the hinge assemble and was concerned about it spreading. Used Loctite plastic epoxy formulation along with fiberglass matt for an underside surface patch...

Been meaning to make one of these for way too long. Saw the ad for this on everyone's favorite auction site and ordered one up. Showed up today, thought I'd share some observations. Main construction is 2 in tube, slightly greater than 1/8 wall thickness (.148 or so). Side plates are 1/2...

Unit is 2 years old, sitting at 28hrs. 54 in deck has never cut well. Seems to be a combination of issues but mainly the grass height is grossly uneven across the right (grass chute exit) 50% side of the deck. I致e tried new Deere blades (that I checked on a granite base to insure...

Here's what running a failing battery can do---don't do it.

Has anyone confirmed the JD manual test values of 12.4 and .4 ohm on a new fuel shutoff solenoid? My history with failing windings is that the ohm reading usually go down as the windings short. Mine are almost double that on a machine that is having starting issues. It always cranks, but...

Well, my water pump has started to seep fluid from the weep holes; bad seal. Can see the pump is designed with what appears to be a removable backing plate. Has anyone every rebuilt one of these? If so, where did you find the replacement seal? Also, maintence manual shows an O-ring...

Suddenly (opps!) developed the need to replace the auger shaft on my 47 in snow blower. Looks like the easiest way to go about this is to remove the larger drive gear from the pinion shaft, remove the gear case mounting bracket, remove the two flanged housing auger shaft bearing carriers, then...

About 20 inches on the road. In 2WD, R4s, 400lbs in the ballast box, unloaded tires. Cable on the side of hood is chute angle adjustment (a good option).

Equipment just got its first workout in 6 in or so of semi-wet snow. Interesting how digging & moving a bucket of sand hardly causes the diesel to work, but taking continous full bite of wet snow with the blower will cause RPMs to dip/engine to lug a bit. Found one minor issue. The quick tach...

More than one way to approach winter, at least via John Deere.

Hi I posted a classified ad yesterday, but it hasn't shown up on the board. I got a posting number, so it looks like it went through. Is there a delay built in? Don't want to do a double post....Thanks

Due to "concerns" about quality, a 10 day suspension of Minnesota's new manditory 2% Bio Diesel mix went into effect last week. Various issues, some related to flash point not meeting spec, lead to the suspension. Could be a long winter..

In doing my change over to full syn for the upcoming -40, I noticed that this 4110 came with a different oil filter than called out in the manuals. Instead of a M 806418, it came with a AM 107423, which is about twice as tall as the 806418. (or about the same height as the Purolator L14612.)...

Anyone had the rear axle cover off of a 4110,4115? Mine developed a slow leak; trying to determine if they used a gasket or just sealant. Tech manual says gasket, JD Parts doesn't list one. I didn't see a gasket "lip" extending from the two halves, just sealant that was squished out. Red...

Here's a shot showing an LX4 at work in the woods. I was hesitant about the "light" duty construction before I bought. Logged about 10 hours attacking this kind of stuff with no issues.

Finally got around to these. Here's the finished product. Wound up attaching them to the Speedco. Spent 4 hours skidding trees today. Box location was pretty handy to stage chains. More details with 2nd picture.

Hoggin\' & 4110\'s---good idea? As long as its raining (again/still)….. I’ve got a bit of lake grass and some wood brush (wild berry bushes, small birch/maple brush etc…) to maintain now that I’ve made firebreaks. Not a lot, in the neighborhood of 1-1.5 acres. Looking for some first...

Began using a Woods made Frontier BB to make a fire break. The BB is designed to be quick hitch compatible, so the lift arm attaching set up uses removable hitch pins. When used without a quick hitch, there’s a lot of slop, i.e several inches lateral movement of the ball on the hitch...

Wanted to ask this before all the warm weather makes Jan a pleasant memory…. Any first hand experience with blended Bio D and real cold weather? We saw 45 below air temps on more than a few days this winter. It usually warmed up to 5 below or so before I had to go out and remove snow...