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    Cold start for 1972 Ford 4000 (the Smurf)

    How about a pic or two?
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    How many pony hp to spin 30hp?

    I've got an early 70's 2cyl 30hp diesel (no glow plugs), that can really work the 12v starter hard during cold NE winter starts, even using a heating pad on the air intake pipe & oil pan, plus a battery charger on a timer, to keep it up to snuff. An older neighbor (in his late 70's), has a...
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    Snow Attachments Not throwing snow very far.

    I'd hate to say it again, but a "zero-clearance kit" on a Ford 715a snowblower, will not work! I tried this fall, to remove the 1/4" to 5/16" gap nearest to the chute exit. I used mud flap material with an aluminum plate backer, bolted to the 3 impeller blades. On the Ford, the impeller blades...
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    Soft cab

    I modified a walk-behind soft cab on my Pasquali 993, cost about $50 bucks. It's held in place with a few SS hose clamps. Keeps the snow off 90% of my body, especially when using my 60" snowblower. Shadow
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    Snow Attachments Not throwing snow very far.

    What kinda snow? Heavy-wet snow is the worst, especially if there is not enough of it (under 2-3"). Drier snow is the best to throw, but it also needs to be more than 3" deep. I find that if the snow is wet & under 3" deep, I use the blower to gather the snow, then engage PTO, at the end of a...
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    Additional weight for 6' rear blade

    I mounted an old concrete wheel weight in between the arch of the main frame of my 6.5 ft GB. Had it temporarily attached with a ratchet strap, till I found it was just what I needed to make it work. Then thru-bolted it to the frame after. Shadow
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    Paint recommendations for snowblower?

    I'm getting ready to re-paint the impeller, housing & chute of my Ford 60" 2-stage snowblower. I've hammered out the dents, sanded away the surface rust, & primed it all. I saw some "new" paint by Rust-oleum called Never-wet. Supposed to be a super slick surface that water doesn't stick too. Has...
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    Where does your tractor sleep?

    Shoe-horned in garage! Pull in nose-first in winter, rest FEL on un-needed WB, so it's easier to clear path down driveway. Back-in during summer, being sure not to bump into snowblower attachment parked on back wall, (already pushed wall out slighly, oops!) Garage was built in 1890 of what ever...
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    Pasquali 993

    NICE!:thumbsup: I'm a proud 993 owner myself, use my Pasquali for all sorts of work where a conventional tractor can't fit. Use it for skidding logs, general bucket-work (although a full-float on the loader arms would be nice, still original 1971 Italian hydraulics with twin-sticks, no-float)...
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    Pasquali Hydraulic Capacity

    I'm planning on adding a 3rd function valve to the FEL on my Pasquali 993 & adding a set of remote's out by the 3pt hitch. I've seen Pasquali's with both the FEL & Backhoe mounted to same machine. My question is did all those hydraulic functions feed off the standard tiny hydraulic tank, or did...
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    Raised Bed Maker

    We build this outta a machine crate, and some assorted scrap we found. Only purchased items were the disk harrows from TSC. Worked OK, needed to use heavier gauge plastic to cover the hill,stuff we had was like saran-wrap. The irrigation tubing needed to be pinned in place before starting each...
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    Thought I saw "SPARKS" !!

    I was snowblowing the other night with my Pasquali 993, running 2300 rpm, & I thought I saw sparks coming outta the exhaust! :eek: Could this just be carbon burning off, or should I be concerned with something else? The motor runs smoothly at that rpm, has plenty of power to throw the snow...
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    Snow Equipment Owning/Operating Makeshift cab

    Your cab looks great! Any protection while using a snowblower is a must. The one thing I found while using a plastic unheated cab, is that the snow tends to stick to the outside of the cab, which obstructs the view, especially since you need to look behind to use blower. At least your cab seems...
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    air filter warning light?

    I HAVE to use a foam pre-filter on my Pasquali 993 to keep the dry snow from getting sucked into the air-filter neck & freezing into a lump. I just cut a piece of air filter foam (happened to be pink, not my personal choice), into a donut shape & slipped it over the neck covering the intake...
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    Snowblower Woods Snowblowers

    My snowblower is a 60" that I use to do several un-even & heaved asphalt driveways & a hard-packed driveway out to a horse/goat pen. As some of the other's said, you need a minimum of 4" to keep blower happy. When I run into area's that are less than required 4", I dis-engage PTO & use it like a...
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    993 Winter Warrior

    Ok, how's this for upgrades? Added (2) 3800 lumens flood lights front & rear, anybody looking at machine may suffer from "flash-burn!" Found a better arrangement for starting engine in very cold temps, than the old method of heating up oil & jamming girlfriend's hairdryer into air filter...
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    993 Winter Warrior

    Hey Guys, Got another attachment for my 993, Mother Nature won't be an issue this winter! Was using a grader-blade last year to remove snow & FEL to pile it up, it worked as long as snow wasn't deeper than 6", then more snow would go over GB then get pushed by it. Picked up a used Ford 715 60"...
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    Ruggerini oil filter:Discontinued?

    Yeah, that's my next plan of attack to remove it with out damaging it further. Got the remote-adapter drawn up, 2" 7075-T6 Aluminum stock, now just need to machine it up. Idea so far is a 2 piece unit, base plate with kidney slots & sealed center passage (designed 2 base plates, 1st has...
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    Ruggerini oil filter:Discontinued?

    Been searching high & low for a replacement oil filter for my Pasquali 993 with a 30hp Ruggerini diesel. Found a Lombardini number on the filter, but not a cross-over number matching another brand. I'm at the point now of making a by-pass adapter to fit the housing, so I can run a remote-filter...
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    Anyone built a raised bed shaper with a plastic mulch layer?

    Yup, built one last year! Mine would have worked better with a heavier MIL spec of plastic, but used what I had, lightweight UV resistant saran-wrap. The frame for the unit was the lower section of a machine skid, 10" discs stole from another project, water-irragation tube feeds thru broken...
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    What would happen if......?

    Yeah, I would turn my "rate adjustment knob" on the flow-control valve of my tractor for the 3pt, if I had such a valve. My Pasquali 993 has no such flow-rate adjustment. I have thought of changing over alot of the hydraulic system in the future, due to the heavy use of metric-banjo fittings on...
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    What would happen if......?

    I had a simular problem this winter using the grader-blade, the blade assembly was less than 120lbs & would take forever to drop in float. I added a 150lb wheel weight inside the frame of the grader blade & bolted it in, works great now. Shadow
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    Pasquali 993 charging issue

    I will keep you in mind when spring comes around. I HAD to add auxillary lights, cause with the stock headlights & FEL, all you do is light-up the back of the bucket. So I mounted some 35w fog lights up high on my "cozy-cab" so I could see what's going on up front & a small backup light off the...
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    articulate

    That's a John Deere weight-box with 2" receiver hitch welded thru the middle, (before being filled with concrete) on the 3pt & stock Pasquali FEL on front. Shadow
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    articulate

    Don't have the Antonio Carrera, but do have a Pasquali that is an articulating machine. Works good in tight-spaces, can be a challange with something long hanging off the 3pt, and having an FEL attached. Shadow
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    Turf tires - weight box helpful?

    This is what I used this morning. I "HAD" to mount a 150 lb concrete ballast to my GB, just to get the 3pt to drop when in float. Without it it took forever unless I idled-down, and it still wasn't enough ballast out back. Pushed a pile of large stone across a muddy-surface this fall with no...
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    Turf tires - weight box helpful?

    This is what I used this morning. I "HAD" to mount a 150 lb concrete ballast to my GB, just to get the 3pt to drop when in float. Without it it took forever unless I idled-down, and it still wasn't enough ballast out back. Pushed a pile of large stone across a muddy-surface this fall with no...
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    Snow Challange: Rear GB on Articulating machine

    Had our 1st real snowfall here in Western Mass, 10" of heavy-wet snow. And my 1st attempt at plowing with my Pasquali 993 w/FEL & rear grader blade. 1st pass was out the garage & down the driveway, with the blade set reverse & windrowing. Result: packed the heck out of the snow, GB would pull...
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    Pasquali 993 charging issue

    I've got a Pasquali 993 with the 30hp Ruggerini 2cyl, it uses old-school alternator with separate voltage regulator. Noticed after installing some aux. lights, that it was not charging the battery. Put load-meter on it, & at 2500rpm had 13.3vdc & 4.3 amp-output, at max rpm of 3000 had only...
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    Charging Issue

    I've got a Pasquali 993 with the 30hp Ruggerini 2cyl, it uses old-school alternator with separate voltage regulator. Noticed after installing some aux. lights, that it was not charging the battery. Put load-meter on it, & at 2500rpm had 13.3vdc & 4.3 amp-output, at max rpm of 3000 had only...
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    Operating loader without rear ballast

    I tried using my machine, a Pasquali 993 w/FEL with out the ballast box just for a tractor parade, this past summer. Almost had to go home & change my shorts while pulling off the trailer! FEL acted like a wheelie-bar, rear-end came up, quick, fast & in a hurry. Articulating machines don't...
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    Cheap, Lightweight Cab

    I got one of those snowblower cabs for $10 at a tag sale several years ago, it never got mounted on to my 1964 Gilson Snowblower. But I did find a creative use for it on 2 of my compact tractor's. First the frame's overall height was shortened using S.S. hose clamps I had on-hand, (so I could...
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