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Fortunately for me my Country Clipper has the stand-up design and I clean under the deck after every mow, wet or "dry". Even in the hot, dry summer the grass will stick and it's worse to scrape off than when wet, more like a tar. I can stand the deck up manually in about 2 minutes and I use a...

My Country Clipper has non-greasable, iron, rebuildable spindles. Don't know if the bearings are fully sealed or non-sealed and factory packed w/grease but at 578 hrs. of cutting they are still smooth as a baby's arse with the deck belt off. Any bearings that come sealed I usually carefully...

Water heaters will make similar noises if you have sediment build-up getting close to the lower element and/or an anode rod gone.

Should have bought a joystick model, like my Country Clipper ! Operating arm on an armrest and using 2 fingers to mow. I can bend way over and operate around my fruit trees with those 2 fingers and not ever even need to weedeat there later. This my 11th season with it and wouldn't use anything...

On my very old Howse 6', the bolts also have a "pinched-up" key made into the tapered shoulder of the bolt to keep the bolt from turning which could be adding difficulty removing them. It's possible the bolt was/has spun and that key is wedging the bolt in even tighter. My personal opinion is a...

The govt. pot farm has been at Univ of Miss. in Oxford at least since the early 1970s, possibly before that.

Yes, being a retired auto mechanic I have a coffee can full of all kinds of plastic caps from stuff over the years and put a couple of snug caps over the fittings while disconnected. I doubt they would have drained much fluid, it comes from the valve on the steering column, but I did it mainly...

When the leakage on my steering cylinder finally got too bad I took it off and went to my small town hydraulic shop and had it re-sealed for $88, parts & labor about 7 or 8 years ago. They didn't even need to know what it came off of, just measured for the parts and did the work. 2001 Mahindra...

2 things come to mind that could cause your clutch problem. #1 problem I did myself first time around was installing the pilot bearing in the end of the crankshaft - I'm a retired auto mechanic and I automatically did this and it was WRONG! The pilot bearing mounts in the FLYWHEEL. With it...

Our one & only snowmobile we had in my childhood back in CT in the '60s was a 1964 Larson my father bought/traded for. It had an 18 hp 2 stroke. It was tough to get it going good with me and my friend Jim on back if the snow was deep. I used to pull him around the pastures on his snow skis until...

Tong Yang Moolsan (TYM) built tractor, just like my 2001 4110. Daedong engine - mine is an A200, 41 hp. Mine has well over 3200 hours on it and doesn't ever fail to start year 'round and doesn't use/leak a drop of oil.

Maruyama here. On my 2nd one now for 8 years, the first one lasted 19 years. 23cc - NEVER a starting issue on either one. I use it HOURS at a time, .095 Oregon square string on speed feed head(s) - I go thru heads every 2 or 3 years. Light weight (10 lb) and less vibration than Husq and others...

My 4110 Mahindra is open station with a very bent-up/repaired steel canopy on the ROPS. Built in 2001, I purchased new in Feb 2002 with 3.6 hrs on the clock. It now has 3224 hrs. Still gets used year 'round but far fewer hrs. per year and much lighter duty work.

7 psi is the old standard max on a needle & seat in most all carbs, 3-5 psi is plenty to fuel V8 auto engines with either 5/16 or 3/8 fuel line.

Has been quite awhile since I had to address this problem but I think it was AG Parts Ltd. or something similar to that name, was a large outfit. I was surprised at the time that the clutch parts fit a couple of Massey tractors too, I do remember that much. Maybe a model 1534 or 1535, something...

Or with a joystick !! (Country Clipper)

My 4110 Mahindra is TYM built so I wonder if my past clutch problems are the same as yours. My pressure plate has 3 specially made hard bolts that hold the actual plate assembly together and are used to make the "finger" adjustments for the release bearing. Occasionally one of these bolts will...

Country Clipper has had the joystick operated ZT mower for YEARS. This is the 10th mowing season on mine and haven't had a single problem with the system in the 540 hrs. on the machine. Not even any adjustments to the mechanical linkages (doesn't use cables like some tractors). I've used a...

You can take a piece of fine sandpaper and buff the top of the shifter knobs and see the patterns again under that plastic layer, whatever it is. A little vinyl trim restorer will keep it clear for awhile. Be extremely careful moving the 4x4 shifter in & out of gear - you WILL bend the shift...

This will be my 10th season with my CC Edge XLT. I mow 5 ac. of hilly, bumpy pasture-like yard with quite a few trees, shrubs & fencing. Mine has a 60" deck and the Kaw 24 hp and the joystick. I've been singing the praises of the joystick ever since I bought it, pretty much a no-brainer...

My biggest problem here in TN for growing fruit trees is the RUST. There are WAY too many cedar trees and I haven't been able to spray enough to keep it off my fruit trees for 16 years now. For years early on I was diligent about spraying but it's almost impossible to keep rust from hitting your...

I mostly drive my 1985 F150 Lariat - it has the 300 6 cyl. and only 72k miles. Has delay wipers, tilt, a/c that works well, cruise that works well. I got rid of the computerized ignition & carb system and installed one of the GM-style HEI distributors and made a standard carb out of the 1 bbl...

I can't remember where I got the instructions but you CAN turn off auto updates in Win 10. This PC I'm currently using has been fine for 4 years now with no updates from MS at all. All I remember is it's in the Local Group Policy Editor, configure auto updates - disable. Been surfing the web...

I never gave up our flip phones - we just need a phone for emergencies when away from home, not a mini computer. Had to upgrade our flip with Verizon 2 years ago when they dropped 3g - they sold us a TCL for $30 and it has worked VERY well as a phone and yes, it does have a camera in it that...

I believe your MF shares some parts with my Mahindra 4110 (clutch disc & pressure plate) so it MAY be similar to mine in the driveshaft too. That splined shaft has a splined connector at each end that will slide back and let the shaft drop out. The shaft has a ring groove near each coupler and...

My memory is getting bad too - it will help soften the rtv if you spray some carb/choke cleaner along the seam while you work at it - good luck !!

When I did my rear split in 2007 I used a razor blade and very small hammer to start a spot to get the next larger wedge started - one of my carbon scrapers and kept working at it. You have to go slow & carefully - you don't want to damage the surfaces any more than you can clean up later before...

If the solenoid works by jumping wires it's not the solenoid that's bad. You've got the push button switch on the steering column, dash mode switch and safety switches all in control of the electric that turns the solenoid on. I'd start following the trail with either a vom or 12v test light.

That IS a spool of hi tensile steel wire, not aluminum wire.

Here are some pics. I dug the thing out this morning. I used hairpins instead of 1/4" bolts as I had described earlier, getting old is tough - memory not as sharp as it used to be. The uprights are screwed to the plywood with 3" deck screws from underneath. The 4 holes in the plywood are for...

When I saw the thread title I was thinking about the aftermarket dust shields you put between the wheel and hub to help keep brake dust off your wheels - I used to use them on a couple of new vehicles I bought years ago. It seems the OP is referring to the factory shields behind the rotors. They...

I'll try to get a couple today (Tue). I have to use my camera and then put on the computer, no smart phones here.

I just took down 10 strands, 900 ft perimeter late summer around my mini-orchard/garden area that was mounted with electric fence insulators on wooden and t-posts. I built a wooden frame that I could stake to the ground with tent stakes and used some 3/4" cpvc as spindles to wind it up into...

Yes, that bracing is there if a loader is installed. My early 4110 (#0043) came with a factory installed loader new but did not have those braces - Mahindra gave me a set to install myself after I repaired the near-catastrophy as shown by the OP. The braces may or may not have kept the bolts...

If the 4 pin relay "clicks", the timer is activating it. Did you meter the circuit the 4 pin controls? On my 4110 there is a fusible link for the power to the glow plugs and it is located nearby the 4 pin relay.

That vertical piece of thick plate is the plate between the engine and trans - it is bolted to the back of the engine, with several of the bolts behind the flywheel, then the bellhousing is bolted to the plate with a different bolt pattern. That horizontal gray plate is the tractor frame rail...

Those are the wrong pins, they are supposed to be square shank pins but bent just the same as those. They aren't supposed to fit very tight either. Those are called scarifiers, not scrapers. Don't know about the welded lynch pins.

22 years ago when I bought my tractor new I had my local Co-op fill mine with 50/50 methanol - I had to buy a 55 gal drum to do my rear tires - 55 gal mix in each comes up to just over the top of the rim and the 50/50 mix gives me -10 F protection. I can't see paying for windshield washer fluid...

I was fortunate to have most of the implements I would ever need/own 20 years ago when I did my hyd.toplink and the most important to me then and ever since was my boxblade. It requires the most constant adjustment when in use. I put it on the ground nice & level while hooked to the lower arms...

Had 225k miles on my '99 7.3 Ford before needing glowplugs, 2 crapped out about the same time. My 2001 Mahindra 4110 still has the originals at 3196 hrs.

You are more than welcome. I've been extremely fortunate that I was able to do all the repairs to my tractor over the years myself having been a professional auto mechanic - very used to diagnostics of all types and experienced enough to dive in and fake my way thru major repairs. As you said...

If you are referring to Country Clipper, yes I have owned one since 2015. I have the Edge XLT with the joystick, 60" deck, pivoting front axle and the Kawasaki 24 hp. It has right at 510 hrs. on the clock. I changed rear tires to ATV type tires after the first season (Sedona Bazooka) and I...

Had to have my power steering cylinder resealed a few years ago on my 4110, couldn't find anything on seals/parts for it but my local hydraulic shop had the right size stuff in stock and it only cost me $60 parts & labor.

You have to be very gentle trying to move that 4x4 shifter - it WILL bend the shift fork inside the trans. I replaced a couple of them on mine over the years. You just have to be patient and move slightly back & forth from forward to reverse with LIGHT pressure on the shifter. Turning the...

I don't youtube but it looks like I need to pop the valve covers and take another look... I definitely like to keep the valves adjusted on anything that can be. I've got right at 490 hrs. on this engine.

My Kawasaki FR730V on my Country Clipper has hydraulic lifters and no valve adjustment - no provision for adjustment at all. I found this out AFTER removing the valve covers. The Kawasaki manual that came with the mower gave a valve lash spec but failed to tell that it was non-adjustable. I had...

I had to replace my fuel sending unit years ago in my 4110, I'm reasonably sure your 3510 would be the same. No, tank removal is MUCH more complicated than just removing the ROPS and that top piece of the framing. I went by the service manual and it has you remove the seat and the FLOOR instead...

No, but with approx. 3500 psi hydraulic pressure on the other end of that pintle I really wouldn't want to take the chance of disassembling the solenoid in any fashion while running. Was an auto mechanic for over 45 years and worked around dangerous stuff at least every week, if not every day...

Taking anything apart on that solenoid while engine is running is EXTREMELY dangerous - that solenoid directs HIGH pressure hydraulic fluid to a passage in to the internal pto clutch. If you feel lucky you could crawl under and tap on that solenoid while everything is on/engaged but I won't get...

I've been using grade 2, 7/16" bolts and double-nutted for my old Howse cutter for over 24 years. Probably 9 out of 10 times the busted bolt (both halves) land on the deck of the cutter and I'm able to salvage the 2 nuts for another bolt. The PTO shaft has never come off the gearbox, if anything...

Chiggers don't care how tall or short the grass is or if there is any at all and yes, they are extremely small and most people can't see them with the naked eye. They have always loved me, they didn't bother my wife at all up until a couple years ago. It's just a fact of life around here in...

I've tried to reply but the website is screwed-up. I'll try again later. Keeps logging me out at odd times.

No, I didn't put a shut-off valve in. When I change filters I just clamp the line(s) off with my little clamps made just for that purpose, otherwise there's no need for a valve.

Several threads about the radiators in the 2810, 3510 and 4110 Mahindras. I did the battery box drop in mine and it helped considerably but the main issue is the chaff building in the radiator fins. Initially using water to clean just makes mud in there, if you use a pressure washer you'll just...

On my 2001 model 4110 those fuel fittings are NOT threaded into the upper housing, they are tapered and pressed in and they loosen and leak all the time !! I used to HATE changing that filter - the pot metal the housing is made out of rots and the threads go to s..t - had to buy a new nut that...

If you're using a ground-engaging implement such as boxblade, various plows etc., minor changes in the toplink angle/length will have great effect on how the equipment performs. Very minor changes in the toplink when boxblading make huge differences - once you find the sweet spot you want to...

No one has mentioned using wood and painting it with good old barn paint. I built a nice box out of scrap 2xs and pieces of scrap plywood and mounted on a 4x4 post to hold my fence charger, large deep-cycle battery, solar charge controller and mount the solar panel on top. I cut 4 holes in it...

I've got an attachment for my Husq. hand-held leaf blower that cleans my gutters just fine - cost me $28. I could clean gutters as high up as 12' no problem with this plastic tube assembly. Only drawback is if there's water in the gutters/leaves it will give you a little shower if you don't...

When mine did that years ago it was the bolts that hold the ring gear to the carrier had loosened and got damaged. You must remove the differential from the axle housing to repair/replace. I had to buy a complete differential - the metal from the damage ruined the bearings etc. I paid just shy...

9 years later ...

Really, the Motorcraft glow plugs (made by Behr) for my 7.3 Powerstroke were less than $10 each a couple of years ago.

Since the intake valve/seal is the one that will cause the oil burning for the most part, the most fouling will usually be on 1/2 the spark plug - the side towards the intake valve when screwed into the cylinder. IF your plugs have this type of fouling it is a sure symptom of valve seal/guide...

Those are the rear remote control levers to operate whatever implement you have attached to the hydraulic connectors above the 3 pt hitch. My 4110 came with only one set and uses the lever closest to the seat. I tried for YEARS to get the components from Mahindra for the second set and they...

Sounds like a stuck or broken ring.

Mine is a ROPS tractor w/canopy and has lived every single day of its' 20 year life outside. Of course plastic parts are getting VERY weathered but everything still functions. I agree that some components of a cab would be more vunerable.

The solenoid is mounted on the side of the trans case on the right side. Yes, you have to crawl under the tractor and look up to see it. I've read here over the years of owners having to mess with the solenoid to get it working at times but in 3164 hrs. I've never had a problem with mine other...

The 4110 has a tubular screen in the very lowest point of the case held in by 1 bolt and has a captured O-ring - that is the 1st filter in the hydraulic system and will catch metal shavings etc. It is on the left side towards the rear axle area of the case. It WILL drain all 8 gallons of...

My 4110 Mahindra came with a 31 series battery and I have used an Interstate 31MHP since the original died. I'm only on my second one in 20 years now, 3159 hrs. My tractor has lived outside it's whole life and has never had a battery charger hooked to it ever. I don't operate any electrical...

My experience with running the 1 hp well pump I have is that I'm not sure your size generator will handle it. I've run mine on a 7500/9000 watt and it really works it to start the pump. I only use it to refill all of our water containers every several days during an extended outage - not run the...

I simply built a little shed with 2x4 construction and R11 insulation in the walls and roof and bolted it down to the slab around my well. I added a single flood light with a 100w bulb with a switch for when it gets below 15 F for any length of time. If it stays above 15 F, just the use of the...

Front of canopy mounted on ROPS is 99". With ROPS folded down - almost 2" TALLER !! This is the reason I built my attached garage with a 10' ceiling, to be able to get the tractor in there under the door(s) header.

I just re-covered my slightly sinking field lines in my front yard after 16 years - my lines are the 10" pipe type so were fairly large ditches. They had sunken just a few inches over the years as they settled but made it more work to cut the grass to match the rest of the yard. I had to make a...

If you go with scaffolding, getting the first tier safely set and levelled is the key. I was always sure to have 4 of the levelling jacks and do what needed to be done to get each leg on a SOLID piece of 2x10 or 2x12 on the ground. The next flights up will go well after that. The ones I've used...

Have been using the joystick on my Country Clipper for 7 years now. I can't understand why anyone would rather use the 2 sticks to operate a mower - would be totally uncomfortable after a couple hours in the seat.

Might see if you can get a larger pulley for your current alternator.

Have seen it many times from lesser quality machine shops in automotive - they don't grind the valve stems down after grinding the valves & seats and/or improperly installed seats.

If you don't have a battery in the trailer and the trailer breaks away from the truck you will not have break-away brakes unless those 2 ga. wires are still attached and dragging the trailer along still ...

Wonderwood for a good, basic heater that will take up to a 24" stick and has a rudimentary thermostat. I installed a standard 4" dryer vent in the wall down low behind my woodstove for air intake. Just removed the flap inside and installed some galvanized screen to keep critters out.

I have no facts to back me up but I think that the oaks are notorius for drawing minerals from the ground and having it throughout the wood. I have heard a few loggers and sawyers around here mention trees that had a lot of mineral in them and the sawmills sometimes won't even take them. I have...

I've been using a deep cycle Interstate battery on my fence for over 5 years now with a 10 watt panel with charge regulator I bought off Amazon. It's on for about 8 months out of the year and has worked very well, even thru many days of cloud cover in between. I bring it inside the shed for the...

In automotive repair I had several different capacity circuit breakers made up with pigtails with the spade terminals that are the same size as the spades on the fuse and used them to keep from wasting so many fuses in diagnosis. By the sounds of it though you'd better be careful if you let some...

Seems logical a piece of something (maybe a stick?) got to your fan blade so maybe it also caught on the brake linkage momentarily for that same drive and bound it up then got dislodged on it's own.

If you have good traction on your drive tires and know how to operate your mower the majority of hills aren't a problem with a ZT.

Surplus Center has hydraulic oil tanks and accessories.

Been using 5' high 2x4 welded fence on T-posts for the past 15 years. I have a post about every 5 ft. Got a 20' section this year but have had several at a time in years past. I leave them in the garden for several years at a time before moving it (them) around some. I leave the bottom of the...

My early '99 7.3 in an extra cab short bed 4x4 has always gotten right at 17 mpg average. It's the automatic with 3.73 rear. Pulling a fully loaded 14k gooseneck it got right at 15 mpg.

I just had my old Craftsman pole saw out yesterday, have had it approx. 35 years and still on the original rope and knife blade. I have changed the saw blade once about 10 years ago. I keep the knife sharp with a sharpening stone by hand. You can adjust the tension of the blade against the jaw...

Why disturb that base that is starting to get packed? Just add a layer of gravel on top and box it out and it shouldn't sink as quickly as the layer you want to "bring up".

Can't see the ends of the spring but it looks very similar to advance springs in an automotive distributor. They come in all different sizes and tensions.

Once had a neighbor with an 8' chain link fence around a small pond where he kept exotic water birds - the fence to keep foxes & coyotes out. I have actually seen, more than once, a deer standing next to the fence do a flat-footed jump right over that fence. Not a running jump, standing just a...

The many, many times I've bent my rod/tube indicator I've just removed it from the loader, leave the rod inside the tube and lay it on my "anvil" of railroad rail and beat it straight with a hammer. Straightens it, takes kinks out and allows it to work like new until the next time ...

I'm using Sedona Bazooka 4 ply ATV tires in size 20x11-10 on my Country Clipper. 2 years in and I think they are great for my place.

I always put a little "dent" where I want the hole with my hand operated hole diggers so the auger doesn't walk as bad starting the hole. I always have the hand diggers to do the final cleaning of the hole with me anyway. Since it's usually at least several years since my previous use of the...

Sometimes, as on my Mahindra, the power to the glow plugs is protected by a fusible link, not a fuse. A fuse protects the RELAY control side but not the power wire to the glow plugs.

Anybody even aware of the dates of these posts ?

When my tractor was new 20 years ago I covered all hydraulic hoses with split poly looming for wiring harness' and just used cable ties at each end to keep them from getting peeled off. My tractor has lived every single day outside since and I've only replaced 2 hoses in that 20 year period. The...

Probably not getting all the air out on refill - extremely common problem in automotive applications.

I keep many cans of original Brakleen in stock for so many different uses - most of the non-chlorinated ones are flammable, Brakleen is not. Also Brakleen can be used on a lot of plastics without melting/dissolving it. Any time I need to silicone two surfaces together I use it to clean the...

I used one of the rippers from TSC to get the ground started, then just used my plain 6' bucket to dig many projects over the years. This was for my storm shelter build about 10 years ago. Ours is a lot of red clay and layers of chert rock - with a few really big rocks peppered thru. Only had to...

TracSeats.com Located in Alabama. Adjustable low profile seat suspension I paid $159.94 delivered 2 years ago and made my ZT MUCH more rideable and at better speed on my rough yard. Couldn't afford thousands & thousands more to buy a different mower with LOTS more wearable parts to replace on...

When seconds count, police are just minutes away ...

I've always been told by my bank(s) that a cashier's check has to clear just like a personal or business check and that a stop payment can be issued on it as well. That's why when I sold a lot on Gunbroker I accepted USPS money orders only. I've also done quite a few large cash transactions at...

A hydraulic toplink is the ideal mate to a boxblade. Minute adjustments to the angle of the blade(s) on the fly according to ground conditions is what you need to learn how to use a boxblade VERY effectively.

Just filled a 20# grill cylinder 2 weeks ago at our Co-op and it was $2.09 per gallon.

I was working at an Alfa Romeo dealer back in the mid-70s and we had a customer bring in his 1965 GTA production race car (street legal) and it was all aluminum bodied. The reason he brought it in was to get it ready for sale and the major concern was that he had left it in his driveway a day or...

Eh, they've been doing it for DECADES and nobody has keeled over yet. I'm sure the EPA woulda stepped in many years ago had methanol been THAT dangerous and it wouldn't be stockpiled all over the country in every large or small town in it's various uses like windshield washer fluid.

Both water and methanol will evaporate quite quickly, the methanol faster than the water. Sure, there will be a short time of a poisonous liquid on the ground but it will be gone soon and no residue to worry about. The Co-op has dozens of 55 gal drums of PURE methanol for tractor use and I've...

Methanol and water mix 50/50, 55gal in each tire for a 75% fill.

I run my methanol filled rears at 10 psi for the best ground contact - been like that for 20 years, not a single problem. 17.5 - 24 R4 Titans. My front 12 ply 16.5 R4s I run at 38 psi as I keep the FEL on all the time. When my right front one leaks down after a month or so you can't even tell...

Try looking for a sheave instead of a pulley. I always call them pulleys too but ....

Back in the early '60s in CT we used a cardboard box from a refrig or washing machine and opened the two ends and made a track-like item to roll down the hills with. Not as fast as a round item but still fun - especially when we had 2 or 3 kids in it at a time !! It's amazing we didn't have more...

The 24 hp Kawasaki on my 60" Country Clipper is no dog - for the first few years I cut over 5 acres as lawn with it and the last 2 years still cutting over 2 acres and I try to wait 2 weeks between cuttings so my grass gets a little taller than alot of people let it go for a lawn. Have over 300...

You can get Delco one-wire alternators cheap from many sources and they started at 63 amp if I remember correctly, which is more than enough for tractor use. The alternator on my 40 hp tractor is only 20 amp.

You can buy a whole new adjustable suspension kit for $160 that is a scissor type with springs just like yours. I bought one to put under my ZT mower seat 2 years ago and it works great. tracseats.com in Alabama.

Might be the same as my 4110. There is a sliding coupler that connects the splined stub axle coming out of the trans to the splined end of the long axle. The long axle has a circlip on it in a groove to keep that coupler from sliding away from the stub axle. Same set up on the differential end...

Our Mighty Mule is about 250' down our gravel driveway from the house. I buried the coil right in the edge of the gravel maybe 6" - 8" deep approx. 12-13 years ago. Still works just dandy with maybe 3 or 4 false alarms a year (sunspots ?) Maybe 1 missed detection a year. The 2 AA batteries get...

In post #32 you mentioned the one thing that is going to help you the most for using a boxblade to grade - the hydraulic top link. The next best thing to help will be practice !! I too have the opinion that breaking up a well-packed driveway except in severe cases is foolish, if needed you...

Especially in instances of corrosion an ohm meter may not detect the problem - you need to test using voltage to see if the wire/circuit is capable of the load. In my decades of auto diagnosing I used a headlight bulb rigged with wires to test integrity of 12vdc circuits. Alot of times it's not...

My wife, African grey and I spent the night in our storm room last night and luckily we didn't have any apparent damages in our little hollow. Lots of damage just north AND south AND west of us but we are OK here thank goodness.

I'm not sure about your set up but MOST FELs I've come across were plumbed straight to the hydraulic supply of the tractor and then a power beyond port fed any other hydraulics such as rear remotes. That's the way my Mahindra came for sure.

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We too, here in TN are getting a few back as well that had been totally missing for a couple of months. Cardinals, wrens, chickadees, finches all coming back in smaller numbers. Mourning doves and blue jays are the only ones that hadn't gone missing the past couple of months.

My 4110 came with a plastic tee and valve in the small coolant hose from the factory - never got to use it as a stick popped up years ago and broke it - did a "premature" radiator flush and new coolant !! The hose is 8mm - same as 5/16". I didn't even price the new tee/valve from Mahindra, just...

I bought a 125B hand-held Husky blower 11 years ago and when I got it out for the 3rd season it wouldn't start. Came to find the piston ring had gotten carboned-up and stuck the ring in the land. It had a little compression but not enough. I bought a new piston & jug assembly and installed and...

Really, I've pushed with my boxblade about as much as I've pulled with it over the 25+ years I've had it on two different tractors. What has ALWAYS "given" on mine are the drawpins on the boxblade - they bend before anything else. I always keep a couple spares in the toolbox. They also bend...

I know nothing much about your NH but my Mahindra has an emergency manual fuel shut-off at the bottom of the steering column - works like a parking brake release, cable operated to mechanically override the electric solenoid. Sometimes when it's been worked hard in hot weather I have to use it...

A much cheaper alternative to stop terminal/cable corrosion is to use the old red & green felt washers around your battery posts and SOAK them good with the corrosion inhibitor that comes in spray cans. The impregnated felts usually don't have much inhibitor on them as they come and will only...

I don't know about other states but TN has SHIPP - a govt. organization you can find out all about Medicare in YOUR state. The representatives work for the state and cannot give you advice directly about what plans to go with but will explain ALL the plans to you and answer questions etc. My...

My Mahindra (KMW loader) has the tube-in-tube and the outer tube end is cut on an angle so it makes a wide point. When the tractor was new I got it sitting on good, level hard surface and sat the bucket down nice & flat and then hand-filed a groove around the inner rod at that tip level. The...

I start in early April and end in Nov usually. Got 1 more quick cutting to do now and that's only to get the wild garlic (some call them onions) to keep them from snagging leaves in the yard & ditches and letting them build up (I blow leaves into a huge pile to compost). During the season I try...

OP - It's been the same here in middle TN, my wife & I have been discussing it just the past few days. I've been feeding the birds here exactly the same for 15 years now and it's a ghost town the past few weeks. I have 1 large feeder that holds about 15 lbs. and 2 smaller open-type feeders and I...

The second time I had a problem with my front diff it wasn't feasible to repair it part by part. I ended-up getting the whole new diff complete for approx. $700 (+/-). Couldn't round up all the parts I needed individually. This was probably 8 - 10 years ago. The first time I had trouble with...

I didn't try the link to see what you guys are talking about but just from what you posted so far you are headed in the wrong direction. The electro-mechanical clutch is for the PTO only, this tractor has a typical single disc dry clutch for the transmission. Early models such as mine didn't...

I've been using 2 different 10w panels to keep batteries charged - one I bought off of Amazon and one I scavenged from an old solar electric fence charger I had for years. I had to purchase 2 charge controllers from Amazon to use these panels and so far all has worked well for several years now...

Like I said, "I'm not sure …" but mine built in 2001 is a new sheet metal model, not the old style. Mine is serial #43. I remember a discussion here way back in '04 or '05 where another member had a 4110 that was a 2004 model and it had the TYM engine like mine but had a Mitsu front axle...

I don't think that is quite correct - the new sheet metal models were already out before Mahindra changed from TYM built to Mitsubishi built. Mine was built in 2001 by TYM but is the new sheet metal model. I'm not sure but I think the Mitsubishi builds started in 2004. Different front axle...

Teflon tape won't cause any problems if the person applies it PROPERLY. I've used it in automotive in many applications for about 50 years now and have never had a problem whereas I've seen guys apply it IMPROPERLY and cause the mentioned problems.

My Generac is a portable unit and I use it exclusively with extension cords only - the ground lug wired to the house's ground rod is the only ground the whole system has - I do not have any interface with the house wiring at all.

My Generac generator bought new in 2019 has the grounding lug on the frame - I use a #6 copper wire from it to my ground rod in the ground below my electric meter - just use a pair of vise-grips to attach the wire to the top of the rod.

My Mahindra 4110 with a single clutch has 3 adjustable fingers on the pressure plate that the release bearing rides on. You must adjust the distance from the face of the flywheel to the surface of each finger once the pressure plate is installed and torqued-down properly. I had to make a custom...

I would tend to agree that the white oak would be better, red oak rots more easily and bugs go for it more too. If I were going to do this project I would use a couple of coats of oil based stain or preservative and let it dry well. Then I would use spar varnish on the top surfaces with some...

In years past I've seen tire guys use grease to lube the bead area to seat a bead when inflating instead of specific bead lube/sealer and am wondering if maybe the tire is spinning a little under heavy torque - this could also tear a tube/stem. I also have had terrible luck with small tubes...

My tubeless rear R4s have been filled with 50/50 mix of methanol for just about 20 years now, 3063 hours of HEAVY duty use and never a leak. If one did leak, the alcohol would be evaporated away in just a little while ... When my new tractor was delivered to me I drove it the 3 miles to our...

When I built our place here in 2006 we went with concrete slab construction which wasn't very popular here in TN but our time in FL taught us some benefits of it and we went with it and glad we did. There isn't a single step in our house except the 4" tall threshold to our LARGE (42x82) shower...

The turkeys like our flower beds too (hens) so I started putting a bunch of short pieces of rebar standing up in them until they get full-up with flowers. They are just taking a dust bath, used to get into the garden a lot too but the electric fence taught them very quickly.

I put some Sedona Bazooka ATV tires on mine and has worked-out very well for a couple of years now. My machine is only 800 lbs. plus my 220 lbs. makes it less than others so the extra traction really helped on my hilly ground. Only took a little while to re-learn turns and now I tear up less...

We've had a pretty typical year for the hummers, just starting to slow down this week a little. We have 2, 7 station feeders that hold 40 oz. each (2 1/2 qts. total) and they go thru those in less than 24 hrs. At the "peak" a week or two ago they were going thru them in approx. 12 hrs but have...

Everyone wants to tear-up gravel that has been settled and packed - why? So you can deal with doing it all over again later ? Add some material, smooth it out with whatever you use, drive on it !! I haven't used the scarifiers in my boxblade in 20 years !!

There are the 2 grease zerks shown in the diagram that I have been greasing for 20 years now - the front and rear pivots of the axle housing are not internally lubed. I have had my axle housing completely out of the tractor twice in 20 years so I know this as fact. Possibly the OP's is a...

No "pins". Look at this exploded view.

My 2001 built 4110 has 2 grease zerks on the front axle pivot. On the pivot in front of the axle the zerk is on the right side sticking out parallel to the ground and on the rear portion of the pivot behind the axle the zerk is on the left side, parallel to the ground. You use the large bolt...

Boxblading is definitely a learned skill and the short wheelbase of a tractor makes it more difficult. You have to learn how to adjust your toplink and feather your 3 pt up & down. A hydraulic toplink is essential to me to get the job done, you'd have to get on/off the tractor many times to...

My 4110 is an independent PTO so no dual clutch but when my tractor had the same symptoms 3 times over the years it was 1 of the pressure plate thru bolts snapped - not the bolts that hold the plate to the flywheel, one of 3 bolts that hold the face plate against the springs between the cover...

My 4110 is a 2001 model that I bought new in Feb. 2002 - the red was already starting to turn pink on the plastic cowl. My fender flares also cracked very early on but are still there all these years later. My tractor has lived it's whole life outdoors with no cover whatsoever and I have used...

Those have been in use in automotive for decades. I prefer a copper or aluminum gasket.

Possibly some 5/16 or 3/8 fuel hose ? Some newer versions for fuel injected engines are quite stout but of course very flexible. Cable ties (good ones) or clamps to attach. Would take years to degrade enough to require replacement.

Really - we have to plan our day-long shopping trips ahead of time - usually end up driving over 100 miles round trip just to get all the groceries/supplies we need weekly, sometimes much further for uncommon items. Nearest loaf of bread or can of soda is right at 10 miles away. And this isn't...

We always called the tool a "pickle fork" in the automotive trade. There are a couple different sizes - width between the forks and angle of the wedge but all work the same with a good drilling hammer.

Eastern red cedar dries pretty quickly, especially in smaller pieces. Give it a little time and then use polyurethane - will stay in color from then on. Even the so-called clear liquid preservatives will change the color permanently.

Yea, the wood wasn't cheap but I DID save myself a couple hundred by checking around - Lowe's was going to be over $700 for their crap lumber. I got #1 ground contact closer to home for $500. Luckily able to re-use the old bolts so the lumber was the only expense.

I just re-decked my 2014 Load Trail 24' gooseneck and put it on Craigslist in Clarksville one night before bed. Had a response next morning and he came and paid me close to $2k more than it cost me new 7 years ago.

I've told this before … When I was a kid I helped an old German guy winterize houses on our big lake in CT in the fall and he had a trick for the woodchucks that would burrow down beside house foundations/basements and hibernate. We would go around to some local bars and get the empty booze...

Sounds like maybe one of the several pulleys might have had some drag for some reason. Possibly a defective pulley/bearing but more than likely an assembly error. Sometimes it's just putting that 1 flat washer on top of instead of under a bracket upon assembly causing a slight drag on a bearing...

The one obvious benefit is operator visibility - but it looks like capacity might suffer some although getting a good, full struck bucket isn't always easy anyway. When I upgraded to a SSQD 6' bucket and carrier years ago I made bolt-on forks for my old 5' bucket and welded a SSQD plate. It is a...

I just bought the 2x8s to re-deck my trailer the other day. I had looked/priced Lowe's before I checked with my local hardware store and was amazed that the local store had #1 ground contact for $10 a board cheaper than that crap Lowe's sells. I bought 11 16' and 11 8' and it was just at $500...

I'm not up & up on it but when I was looking to buy and researching back in 2014 I found that the channel is rated at lbs. per foot - i.e. 16 lbs/ft, 19 lbs/ft etc. That would make a huge difference right there and might be the difference you're seeing. Then again it could be all a big mistake...

My 24' Load Trail weighs 4210 lbs. Has 8" channel frame w/10" frame gooseneck. 16" OC crossmembers plus a couple extras for bolting deck boards. Mine doesn't have the toolbox and the jacks are inboard with a little expanded metal tray for chains, binders etc.. That toolbox probably adds a couple...

What I've always called yellow jackets are the in-ground nesting ones that resemble a small wasp and yes, they usually don't come out around here until it's been steadily hot for awhile, July or August. Well, it's been fairly warm here for awhile now and I hit a hole/nest weedeating last week -...

Down in FL on the postage stamp sized residential lots of sand a boxblade and hydraulic top & tilt are king for the pros. That's what I've used for all my building sites at my place here over the years (I don't have hyd tilt, just toplink). Have used my bucket back-dragging some but not very...

Do ya think it could possibly be one of the wires inside the connector making/breaking contact ? Spades/pins aren't the only electrical connection necessary. Open that baby up and have a look at the condition inside. Or possibly a butt connector or scotch-loc that shouldn't be used anyway in the...

I'll try to get out to the shed later today and take a pic or two of the tires ...

Just my opinion but I think I'd like my joystick over a steering wheel - seems no one else but me has a mower with the joystick. My right arm rests on the armrest and I can control the mower perfectly with TWO fingers if I want. Got the left hand free to move any limbs out of my way, have a...

I remember when I got my new tractor delivered back in 2002, a Mahindra 4110 w/FEL. I drove it the 3 or so miles to our Co-op to get the rear tires filled with methanol mix with no implement on the 3 pt. The ride was terrible to say the least and the tractor had bad see-saw effect at road...

When I did our indoor shower floor tile several years ago I bought a simple PVC showerhead from Lowes to use as a shower on our back porch for the duration of the job. Extremely simple, cheap and you can easily drill the water inlet orfice out to any size you want for good flow. I made up a...

My Country Clipper manual also said to engage the blades at full throttle, right from the git-go. Automotive a/c clutches engage/disengage constantly at speed as the temp control system controls the compressor while you're driving. When you turn your a/c on it's not "on and done" until you turn...

I would work at them with whatever different penetrants etc to free them up, including a torch if you can safely use it in the area. If they are totally useless you might get a PRO welder to cut off the old swivel eyes and weld new ones on - the weldable ends aren't very expensive just be sure...

When I built mine 15 years ago I used 1/2" anchor studs in the slab so I could remove the nuts & washers and lift the "house" up & off with my FEL on my tractor. DON'T use one leg of your 240v off your pump for running any 120v items like a heat light etc. I ran a separate 120v wire from my...

My Country Clipper came with a standard seat and the 4 coil springs for it to bounce on for a "suspension". The first 2 years weren't too bad with the proper air pressure in the tires but those springs lost their bounce and it was getting miserable - I weigh around 225 lbs. I found a suspension...

I've been running that same engine on my Country Clipper for 375 hrs. now - this is my 6th season and I have used the Kawasaki 30w oil exclusively. Pretty hot here in TN - mostly 90s during the summer. I change the oil once a season (at the beginning). Never have to add oil inbetween. The...

In the pictures it looks like there is NO ditching along either side of that road so that makes the ROAD the ditch !! I could never understand all you guys that use these land planes and the rippers on your boxblades to tear up a road that you've been trying to pack for years. When my driveway...

I had the same problem many years ago when I was looking for a cylinder for my toplink except that I needed a slightly shorter one in my case. I bought a cylinder from Surplus Center and cut the rod to the length I wanted by hand with a hacksaw and welded a swivel eye on and it has worked on...

TDOT has been going downhill for YEARS, I don't think they have anyone that knows how to mate a roadway to a bridge anymore. They just finished a "patch" on HWY 149 going to Clarksville and it's WORSE than the fault was. They do not know how to taper the asphalt of the repair into the roadbed -...

Does your tractor have draft control ? If so, maybe that lever is set wrong.

My 12" auger will wallow-out a good-sized hole but I never used it in planting the 18 fruit trees I have. I used my Craftsman rear tine tiller and man-handled it to make a larger diameter "hole" maybe 18" deep max. Worked well for me.

Looks exactly like the 4x4 shift fork on my Mahindra 4110 I've replaced a couple of times over the years. That's why you GENTLY shift in & out of 4wd and go between forward & reverse to shift it. The tip of that fork rests in a groove on a gear that slides on a splined shaft to engage/disengage...

You can easily sand cedar back down to the original red color, the gray layer isn't usually very deep and it will look like new again. Be careful about breathing much cedar dust in as you sand. True marine spar varnish is pricey but is what you need. It still won't be permanent but a good...

We're finally having what I consider a "normal" spring after 3 or 4 years of what the …? Our redbuds and dogwoods are absolutely fantastic this year. We seem to be having the proper amounts of rainfall at the proper intervals and temps are only ever so slightly higher than the old normal. This...

I would imagine an Isuzu 1/2 ton would NOT have the harness for a 7 pin system, only a 4 wire for lights at the most. It would take a professional to properly install a brake controller and appropriate wiring for a trailer brake. A 7 pin has the aux pin for backup lights etc as well as a pin for...

Looks like a Marvel-Schebler carb, very easy to disassemble and clean. Most were cast iron and rust would cause problems all the time if not cared for, later models were aluminum/pot metal. Having to choke it to run is a classic symptom of a fouled carb (or possibly a vacuum leak). Carb kits...

Probably no fuse for glow plugs, only for the relay and/or timer. They usually use fusible links for the power thru the relay to the plugs. You need to get information on your particular model to see how it operates instead of everyone guessing what could be wrong.

My Mi-T-M gas washer is 4.6 gpm with an 11 hp Briggs, belt drive pump. It has a pressure adjustment on the bypass valve but I've never tried running the engine at a lower rpm to see what happens, would have to fool with the governor adjustment to do so. My well can keep up with the washer but it...

When I was a kid in CT I worked with this old German guy winterizing the lake houses in early fall. The woodchucks would always burrow down beside the basement walls. The old man would go around to bars and get empty liquor bottles and we would throw a couple bottles in the hole and smash it up...

I don't have a problem just using my boxblade angled back a little bit with the hydraulic toplink if there is much or larger stones. The small stuff disappears pretty quickly when the grass starts to grow again. I do the same with adding dirt to low spots in my yard during grass season -...

Yea, when I bought my mower I didn't try lifting it until later at home. To me it feels like mine has the pivot point of the weight too far back to pick up by hand. I CAN do it but very risky about pulling my back ... I'm 66 years old but I can still sling 80# bags of concrete up chest high and...

You have to have at least a very basic knowledge of a 12 vdc system in order to TROUBLESHOOT a problem - "research" on youtube or advice from one of these parts store mechanics and firing the parts cannon at it probably won't do anything but flush your wallet. In rare cases you might hit across...

This will be season 6 for my CC Edge XLT w/60" deck, Kaw. engine and joystick. My approx. 6 acres I cut is pretty rough and some hilly and I've had very little scalping problems. My front axle pivots which allows the deck to follow the ground better plus I don't cut my grass as short as pool...

I used some in the concrete slab for my shed out back years ago - don't know if it made a difference or not but got rid of some of it.

I'm about 15 miles from a TVA coal-fired steam plant and when they restart after a shutdown they obviously do something with some sort of pop-off valves or something with the steam system and it sounds like artillery. When we first moved here 15 years ago we thought it WAS artillery from Ft...

Bought my 4110 new in Feb. 2002 (it's a 2001 model) with 3.2 hours on the clock and it now has 2230 hours. Have had some problems over the years but it still runs strong, uses no oil whatsoever and it starts readily year 'round whenever I need it. It has been a real workhorse overall and still...

Getting a break today from my latest digging project with my tractor, raining but we need it here. Almost done with it anyway, I'm digging out to build a fair-sized storm room/root cellar in the hillside. Over the years I've read here from some that say a FEL is not for digging, I have to...