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That’s actually what I’m doing and adding some leverage as well. Are they both normal threads or is one actually left hand?

I’ve spent the last hour on this and it’s driving me crazy. I can’t get either of the sides of the steering cylinder to come free from where the rubber boot end meets the silver cylinder. I’ve tried putting two large wrenches on the notches and moving opposite directions. I’ve tried whacking...

That’s what I was afraid of. I just don’t know which.

Does anyone know if these are all righty-tighty, lefty-loosey where the steering cylinder meets the rubber grease boot? I’m having a heck of a time trying to separate and was wondering if the right side is reverse thread. Can’t tell from the WSM pics.

I thought it was one piece but apparently it did separate when I whacked it a bit harder with a mallet. Thanks. I may be back shortly with more on this …

The WSM said I would need a special tool to change the leaking seals. This tool is unavailable so I thought I’d take it to my local hydraulics shop where they’ve done some work for me in the past. I’ll try banging a little harder on the flange.

Time to reopen this. I basically had other issues that kept me from finishing this. Like a jackstand collapse and me saying the hell with it. Now after a couple months I find it necessary to work on it again which I have been this evening. But I’m stuck. Same picture as above, but how the heck...

I confess I’m scared to touch it as it has been there over 25 years.

Thanks, folks. I wasn't sure if there was anything tanked behind those lines. You would happen to know the thread size for caps and plugs, would you?

Including a picture here. In addition to the axle seals leaking I also have a leak on both sides of the shaft to the tie rods. Do I have to drain my hydraulic fluid to take this apart? It appears to be the lowest point where two hydraulic lines go in, a design changed in later years because...

So I need to buy caps of some sort and a separate hose that I can connect between those two disconnects at the bottom?

I am really glad you said that. I saw nothing in the Woods manual about the control screw. Thank you. Now I just have to find out where to buy caps.

I have a Woods 1009 loader on my 1996 Kubota L2650. Since new (27 years) I have never removed the loader but now have to for additional clearance to work on several front end leaks. One of the three hoses is not a quick disconnect on either end. I'm thinking it was intentional since there is...

Well, in that case, how would you remove the rust from the fitting?

Well, both worked. I'm not sure which one. I tapped it with a ball peen hammer and then heated it up for no more than 15 seconds and I was able to get it off. Unlike the seven others, it turns out this has rust on it which explains a lot. I couldn't afford to break that aluminum tubing so...

Going out to try both ideas now ...

I have to rebuild my bucket curl cylinders due to leaks. Of the eight connections I have to remove to also change four hoses, one is stuck. The 7/8" wrench pictured is just there to keep me from twisting the tubing while trying to figure out how to loosen the fitting. I've tried a soaking...

Leyland Cypress are basically Christmas trees. They are very fast growing and are often used to create a wall between neighbors. Not really a danger if dead or falls on you. It is soft, easily drug, and none more than 20 feet high even after 25 years. The stump rarely goes down more than 1-2’...

Actually, after reading this I will probably just avoid bolt-on or welded hooks altogether, yank these first with the drawbar, then remount the box blade for pushing. This may also help me make it to my next birthday...

The reason I asked the question is a I see a lot small tractors with grab hooks on the FEL, either bolt-on or welded. Is it just good marketing spin from the seller or is it really a legit way of pulling? I know shoving into it isn't the way as I just popped the seals on my FEL boom cylinders...

Due to the Louisiana drought this year (still happening), I’ve lost maybe 50 Leyland Cypress trees about 25 years old. I also lost a couple magnolias we planted at the same time which are clearly not coming back. I’ve pulled the cypress before because after a year of being dead their roots are...

That answers my question so that’s where I start. I’ll be bringing them to a local hydraulics shop that has rebuilt some of my others in the past. Thanks for the quick replies!

25 year old Kubota L2650 with Woods 1009 loader. Left side has a leak in the boom cylinder but I’ve been told it is best to get them both done at the same time. Do I remove the FEL from the tractor before removing the boom cylinders? Or is that best left with the FEL attached and just remove...

I found my solution, folks. My wife’s cousin owns a body shop. He has a tank there and will let me pour my fluids. Thanks for the suggestions!

They have a daily limit? I’ll have 7.5 gallons when I’m done.

I like that idea but it would have to be a service center. Lots of discount retailers here besides auto parts stores sell fluids. I also bought my last UDT2 online 400 hours ago and UPS delivered it. I haven’t started pricing it yet. I’m kind of scared to find out.

Could be New York vs Louisiana disposal rules, especially post-Katrina when much changed after 300,000 cars were totaled. As the most toxic state in the country (we flip a coin with New Jersey) I just want to make sure I do my part in keeping the soil and water as clean as it will get. I’m...

Don't know why I didn't think of them. I just called. Used motor oil only.

Autozone and Advanced will take my used motor oil without question but when i asked them about hydraulic oil they said they couldn't take that. Where do you get rid of it?

“Mrs. Robinson, you’re trying to seduce me. Aren’t you?”

Physicians bury mistakes.

“I do not love my children equally. I love them adequately.” Rev Jesse Jackson

I often see tractors being pulled backwards on a dual-axle utility trailer, sometimes with attachments, some without. I’ve often wondered which is truly the best way. I have a Kubota with an FEL and a box blade (sometimes a rotary cutter which sticks off the back end of the 18’ trailer about...

Is that a Corvair with a mid engine?

I ended up at Advanced Auto (we don’t have an Interstate or Batteries Plus here and the Walmart didn’t have any in stock with the Positive post on the upper right). Good thing I brought my tape measure as the steel brackets at the base of the battery box was only 10 1/4 inches and most of the...

I figured as much but wanted additional thoughts so thank you all. I’ll head to Advanced tomorrow since they’ll also take my oil from my last few changes that I’ve had stored. Thanks for the idea of the padding under it. I hadn’t thought of that but it makes perfect sense I do that at the same...

That was pretty much my thinking, just like I buy auto batteries. But the OEM sure did last a long time in the Louisiana heat and annual freeze. I just wondered if there was something about a tractor battery that was different.

I have a 10 year old Kubota L3200 and the battery barely cranks in cold weather. I’m fact, it usually doesn’t start without a jump or fast charge. After 10 years, well, that seems like excellent life for a battery. I’ve been reading that I should not use an automotive battery as a replacement...

Oh!!! You guys are talking about cats! I thought you were talking about the two-legged cougars. Nevermind then.

Glad to hear all is well. I started a fire without knowing it a couple years go when birds built a nest under the cowling. I was on gravel and the test fell as it got smaller. Luckily it didn’t burn any wires. Birds and wasps nest have been by nemesis. Mice have not been an issue in my shed (yet).

Actually, Louisiana SB 388 passed and signed by the governor prohibits receiving those medications from out of state.

I’ve hit more than a few. I’ve jumped from a tractor after turning off the key while still in gear. I’ve hit the high gear and hauled ass on a tractor because I’m getting too old to run. And I’ve been stung by no less than five each time I’ve hit a nest, once through my thick army jacket. There...

I always heard it as “A bird in the bush hopefully has a friend in there with her.”

Regenerative braking. Never heard the term but, yeah, that is kind of where I was going with it. Thanks!

So if the very first automobiles were actually electric, how did they charge the battery back then? I was reading yesterday that 37% of U.S. vehicles are parked on the street overnight because many don’t have garages or driveways in the cities. How will they recharge their electric vehicle? I...

There is no success without initiative.

I remember paying about $3.00 a carton for cigarettes about then at the base exchange which were $10-12 off base at the time.

Since I’ve been working from home all FedEx business deliveries come 2-3 times per week. Because they come so much the driver just sees the street name and assumes it is me. So when the driver dropped a few packages off one day last year I received one for my neighbor as well. This was...

I used to think that as well but after checking Wiki they say Des Plaines was number nine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldest_McDonald%27s_restaurant

This post was about brainstorming for options when the people you would normally hire don’t want the work. It was never about money though I don’t want to pay an exorbitant amount like the current dealer markup on a new truck. You’ve given me some ideas. Thank you for that.

That is pretty much where I’m at right now. Most of the original alleged 4” is really 2” so it should be really each to break and make a run off area until the Spring where I can hopefully find some pro help. Thanks.

Sorry I wasn’t real clear on that. If we overlaid it now like it is, the new height would trap water on the left side of the road between the house and the blacktop. That was assuming I could find someone to do the work. The last person who came out told me it was $3500 just to bring the...

I’m actually using bags of the stuff for potholes down the driveway. It doesn’t work so good on sloping depressions which is one reason I’m looking for a new plan here for this. This area actually does slope away from the house into the woods. Just not this depression (and a few others not...

Probably just continue to nag me about it. I tell her all the time she made a pretty good choice for my first wife.

Ideally some kind of liquid fill that would harden in 24 hours would be great as I could pour it in and let it self level. But I’m not sure that would last. Drains are still likely in the future though I have many depressions now along a 1700’ driveway. This one pictured is the only one I care...

The first two is not an option. 1) My wife. 2) None of the paving companies want the work. The difficulty with pea gravel is I don't have a good edge as these are large flowing depressions. Those things become bullets with the lawn mower and I have a lot of glass on the front of the house...

I'm resurrecting an old thread because my wife said I needed to get this done. I don't think cutting alone will work anymore because there is at least four different low spots in my driveway lake. This is the part of the circular driveway in front of my house. Where UPS, FedEx, USPS, etc. all...

I used to order from them as well. All kinds of cool stuff. You can see some of the stuff now at www.scientificsdirect.com but it is not the same. It is run by the people that bought out Edmunds. There was a place in Chicago on Milwaukee Ave that sold similar product but can’t remember the...

Enzo did the same thing to Henry Ford 2. If they hadn’t traded insults, we might never have seen a great selection of cool race cars.

My average is between -101 and -115db. I test all the time, the lower number during the winter months when the oaks have shed their leaves.

Can you still purchase striptease highball glasses or stripper pens?

I tried that last winter but it was before they upgraded the antennas on the tower. The 4GLTE antennas don’t actually have 360 degree coverage, more like 320, and I’m in the open spot between radiuses.

I didn’t know Lamborghini made tractors.

I have a 300’ tower less than 1/2 mile from me. It is nothing but woods between me and the tower. I’m positive I’m on that tower, but I only get 1-2 bars at best. So I don’t know if my issue is woods or if I’m just too close to the tower and the cell signal is broadcast out above me. I miss the...

I don’t recall the Chrysler kits but I do remember considering buying one of the hundred of kits that fit on a VW chassis. I also recall finding it impossible to find a chassis without rust back then. Undercoating, like A/C, was strictly optional and usually aftermarket.

In the seventies in Louisiana you could bring your guns, knives and bows to school where they had classes in weapon safety and proper handling.

I remember around 1980 or 1981 when I was stationed in Albuquerque, there was a mayoral election and one woman running had plans to install seat belts on motorcycles. She lost.

We have several short ones in my area but that is because they are close to airports.

The Friday before Katrina hit, some cell tower folks brought me a contract for a tower on my land. I was to look it over and they would get back to me. Then Katrina took out over 200 towers so they never came back. But I read the contract. Removal was not included. If we did not agree at...

That I could probably have afforded.

I remember weed in high school was $40 an ounce for Acapulco Gold or Maui Wowie. I couldn’t afford it so I didn’t partake. I would have no hesitation to do edibles now, if only I lived in a state where recreational was legal and available. Smoke would be too harsh, but a chocolate bar or gummie...

And in the late sixties or early seventies I was earning 7-8% on that passbook account.

Cubs game. $1.00 for the grandstands, $2.00 for the bleachers. And I disliked mustard and relish on the hotdogs.

Now that you say that, it makes total sense. Thank you!

Interesting about the CDs. The best I’ve seen so far is a 2.1% rate on a 2-year and a 2.6% return on a five-year with Capital One. If inflation climbs, will CDs returns go up?

My current employer Fidelity 401k account was doing good last year with mostly stocks. Around January I got a wild hair that the market was going to change so I changed to 50% bonds, 50% stocks. Apparently that wasn’t a big enough move. I’ve lost 34% YTD. If I move everything now into a stable...

Louisiana just passed a law to collect $115 per year from electric vehicle owners and $60 per year from hybrid owners to make up for the lost gas taxes. Are they doing anything else where you live?

I confess I’ve used the handicapped bathroom stall when that was the best option. If anyone came nearby, my steps always went into limp mode.

No frickin’ clue how it works. I used Google Lens on your picture and it found it right away. But it made me at least look smart for a minute, right? :)

More specifically, Curtis #14 Clipper.

Key cutter

I was in Korea in the early 80s. The right of way always went to whoever had their bumper ahead of the other driver. Many accidents occurred where two people rushed to get ahead of each other.

So I bought these from Messicks and they arrived today. They fit fine on both my L2650 and my L3200. I’ll need a way to seal them somehow as when I put my large funnel in it it wants to fall over. But they’ll be good for when I drive them down the road to get diesel at the gas station to strain...

One of the sites listed L2350 (might have been Coleman’s) that listed an L2350. One of mine is an L2650 so it should match. Not sure about my L3200. Funnel strainer works fine but a secondary method might be even better though it will slow the flow a bit. I think I paid $12.xx each for two and...

I just ordered two so thanks for the info!

I have a couple of L-series, one old and one three years old. Either had a strainer or screen on the tank. How deep do they sit in the tank opening? I have a large metal funnel with a screen I use now and I’m wondering if it would interfere with a tank mounted screen.

I just applied for the HD military discount about a month ago. I filled out the form online. They asked for proof and i uploaded my DD214. Five minutes later I received an email. Ten minutes later I went to HD and bought two garage door openers saving me about $50 I would have gone with my...

Last time I did this, most of the decking screws broke off or I could not get good purchase on the head. The wood was pretty rotted so I cut the across the middle and yanked up and beat the pieces off. Some of the screws stayed in so I cut them with my sawzall. I could have used decking screws...

When I bought my truck from Enterprise a couple years ago, they had a limit of $5000 that I could buy on a credit card. When I bought my son a car four years ago, the Ford dealer also limited me to $5000 on a credit card, the rest had to be cash (if not financed). I’m guessing many dealers of...

Not my picture. It making the rounds on Reddit today. But, yeah, I’d be a whole lot farther back or getting ahead of this guy. One bump and there is a big mess.

Three

Same for Louisiana. I don’t HAVE to post, but I still keep a few signs out at strategic locations. A bow hunter asked me last week if he could hunt here. I said no. Because he is adjacent me he asked if he could come in if his game ran on to my land. That I said yes to.

https://www.kalb.com/app/2021/11/15/deer-captured-inside-olol-hospital/ Deer gets hit by car, walks into hospital and takes the escalator.

I did notice I was missing the wingnut with built-in bolt on the position control lever. But I think that is just a stopper. I haven’t figured out where the tension stopper is to keep the lever from rolling forward. It stays in place when there is no implement in the back so I feel it is the...

I bought a 2019 Ram 1500 Big Horn for $25k during the big Enterprise COVID sell-off. First thing I did was shine up my old tool box from my F-150 and mounted it. Next thing was a Trifecta 2.0 folding cover that could be used with my toolbox. It was a really good decision and cost effective. I...

The raise and lower speed appears to be normal. And the nut on the other side of the round bar that goes across the back is rusted tight. I’m going to put some penetrating oil on for a short period and see if I can loosen it and then retighten the nut. I’ll post back if that works.

Boxblade drops to ground unless I strap the position control lever towards the back with a bungee cord nor hold it in my hand. No problem with raising or lowering, as long as my hand is on the lever, so it may not be a hydraulics issue. It just won't stay in place when I let go of the position...

Well she got her daddy's car And she cruised through the hamburger stand now Seems she forgot all about the library Like she told her old man now And with the radio blasting Goes cruising just as fast as she can now And she'll have fun fun fun 'Til her daddy takes the T-bird away (Fun fun fun...

Well, I was close anyway. It has been a few years since I heard it.

All the people ‘round Brownsville think she’s crazy.

Forgive me, but I thought asphalt was all the same. What are the mixes you speak of?

I live in the woods within 3 miles of a rural state national guard base. When I first got my P4 and the rules were lax, I flew that sucker everywhere, out of line of sight, using the Litchi app after plotting a course using Google maps, sending it off on 20 minute missions and praying it came...

My litmus test if the load is secured properly is to drive down my crappy driveway. If it doesn’t come loose when I check it at the end, I’m good for the speed test on a real road. If it then doesn’t flutter in the wind, I figure I’m good. In all seriousness, I overstrap the heck out of...

I’ve had my L2650 for 26 years and have about 2100 hours on it. I’ve replaced two hoses but only because they were damaged by me. But I did have to rebuild my first bucket cylinder two months because it developed a leak. I’ve changed the hydraulic fluid once. So, I agree with the others - wait...

Thanks for the ideas. I will look into a rental later this week. I actually already have two drains and a hose but wasn’t sure the what was the best way to seal it after cutting it. I appreciate it!

I have a large area in front of my home that was black-topped maybe 20 years ago. In the center of the largest area (where everyone drives and parks) there is now a 40’ long depression that collects water that becomes a pond until it evaporates. An overlay is not an option (without a complete...

I never heard the term hydropole before. To my anything with hydra or hydro implies water. These look like electric poles. Is it another name for a fire hydrant? Just curious.

Google says 43.0 L or 45.44 quarts

I was thinking the same thing, especially since I have a Ram 1500 and like to haul stuff…

I owned a 4-speed VW pickup in the mid 80s I bought in Denver. I was in the military and got to ship it to Belgium for a short tour. The needle on the speedometer had a peg sticking up at 87 mph. Let me tell you that when I drove the Autobahn in Germany that needle stayed stuck in the peg. It...

Lowe’s here in central Louisiana today is $3.98 for yellow pine 2x4x8 and $4.37 for treated.

I’m guessing on the first one.. Sundance Kid? MASH Roadhouse

I bought the riding mower from hell when I bought my Husky YTH2042 in 2005. The very first thing was the engine seized within an hour of my first use. The dealer replaced the engine, not the whole machine, under warranty. And anything that could go wrong since has - replaced multiple decks...

Thank you for that. I just didn’t think slightly crimped lines would make it roll slow but in following it I do notice indentations. I might temp in a hose and see if it makes a difference. Thanks for the idea!

Would QDC issues also result in a real slow curl? Bucket raise and lower is normal but curl is quite slow.

I have an Ansung QB-2545 on my L3200. I was told it was the same as the Kubota. Ansung was $2k cheaper than the Kubota 545. Installed it was $3900 two years ago. No issues, but … I wanted to put some of Ken’s Bolt-on Hooks and found I could not because the top of the loader has almost a...

In a Tax class at Louisiana College in the 80s. I was in the USAF and taking some classes before hoping to finish up 8 years and move back home to Chicago. She was studying accounting and I was studying girls. Went on a date. She cost me exactly $1 that evening for a Coke. Things were looking...

I still raise my bucket all the way up in my barn, then lean a ladder against it and climb up to change bulbs.

Asphalt would have been the preference, of course, but availability is another story. Just one vendor around me. I thought of cold patch from Lowe’s but too many holes make it cost prohibitive. The rock is a workaround for now, but thought there may be something I could pour on it to reduce...

I have a 1500’ blacktop driveway. After years of hurricanes and now every rain, the ground has settled and created potholes. In fact, I now have a pool in front of my door my dogs love to play in after every rain and the mosquitos are horrible when this happens. The local blacktop guys want a...

I was actually looking for one today at Lowe’s but they were out of stock. Thanks for the tip.

I once wrote my dad a check a million dollars. On the back I wrote, “This check is void 30 seconds after reading this.” I sign Disney character names on all those credit card machines at the stores. I’ve never been questioned.

So if this dish points nearly straight up instead of at an angle to the horizon like Directv, does this mean every time it rains the dish becomes a bowl for rain?

It definitely gives me a direction on how the metal tab goes back in so thank you! If I can figure how to turn it out of the cylinder this might work. That guy sure did have some nice tools in that shop.

Seal is leaking out the cylinder where the rod goes in. I can buy a seal kit for $65 from Messicks, or I can replace the whole thing ($600+). My choice should be easy, but after watching a bunch of videos mine seems to be different, though it came from the manufacturer. It has a welded cap...

Got my second Pfizer about 15 hours ago. Just a sore shoulder still but a little sleepy. Hopefully that’s all I will feel.

I was box blading my driveway for the first time in 30 years with this freeze. After about an hour I heard noise from the engine and saw a puff of smoke out the left side and an eerie belt noise. I shut it down right away and inspected it. I could turn the radiator fan manually so it isn’t...

It was after dark when I wrote the post. I’ll get pictures later. The culverts are laid side by side. They were available cheap. A single 36” might have been better. Easements were already in the plan. I have to remove it because any more erosion will cause a collapse and the line between...

I have a center ditch between my two properties that runs from one property to the other boundary. It was a natural drainage path that takes the water from a wide highway frontage, passes it through my land, and on to a pond 1/2 mile away. The state said that if I blocked it they would sue me...

You did say steel building and not metal. The reason I mention that is that many steel buildings are the Quonset hut or arch-type steel buildings while metal buildings are generally squared but with gable or sloping roofs and smooth sides. If you are thinking about a steel building like you...

Fuel gauge works, but tach and temp do not. Checked the 10A panel fuse and it looks good. All other electrical on the tractor works fine. I just need to figure out why these two stopped working yesterday. Any thoughts? Thanks!

Just got my new Ansung 2545C-QB loader home today on my Kubota L3200DT, installed by the Kubota dealer who is also an Ansung dealer. This loader and bucket is supposed to be the same as the Kubota LA525 except for the decals -- not sure about that but okay. I knew I shouldn't have bought a...

I purchased a used 2013 Kubota L3200DT without a loader (I know) and am now considering adding one from the aftermarket. I have a 1995 Kubota L2650 with an aftermarket Woods 1009 loader. Can I swap it to the new one? If not, any recommendations for an aftermarket loader? Thanks!

I have a 1995 Kubota L2650 where the PTO will no longer turn. Well, most times anyway. It may turn for a few moments before the PTO disengages itself. And every time when I engage the PTO lever it clacks loudly and disengages itself within a few moments. I'm thinking one of the shear bolts...

The lever to raise and lower my bushhog or box blade keeps drooping down/forward instead of staying in one position, thereby causing the implement to go lower than I want it to because of whatever weight is attached to the three point hitch. How do I adjust the lever so I don't literally have...

When my Kubota L2650 came out of the shop for a new clutch, I found the water temperature gauge needle was inoperative. Instead of being between HOT and COLD, the needle was out of the range of motion, pointing downward. The last thing I want to do is bring it back to these guys who redid my...

My L2650 tractor was just split and a PTO gear changed. To save some expense of the ag tech doing it, I removed my front end loader and left it at the house. I have it physically back on but it won't go up, though I can stop the arms from lowering and the bucket from turning face down. I know...

My tractor clutch froze up after sitting up for a while. I tried bumping a tree and it freed it up. Still, there is loud noise now whenever I depress the clutch and the PTO handle jumps out of gear when turning a load (like a bushhog) but spins fine when no attachment is attached. The...

I just changed the hydraulic fluid on my L2650. I refilled it through the filler hole in front of the seat. I brought the level up to the middle of the sight-glass by the clutch pedal, halfway between the H and L symbols. What is the difference with filling it up at the hole in front of the...

I looked under my tractor yesterday for possible damage and noticed the adjustable brake rod/link was perfectly straight except the ends were slightly dog-legged. It sort of looks like: \______|_/ instead of like ________|_ though the up-angle is not as steep as my drawing, maybe 5 degrees...

If I hook up my bushhog and engage it, it takes very little load for the handle/lever under the steering wheel to disengage itself on its own. If I have no implements hooked up to the PTO and just move the lever to 840 RPM (low), it will spin properly. It is only under a load it pops out of...

I've damaged several pieces on the front of my 12-year-old Kubota L2650 and need replacement grill, headlights, and misc pieces. Can anyone recommend an aftermarket or low cost source for such parts?

Parked up my 12-year-old Kubota L2650 4WD two months ago. Today I went to fire it up and noticed nothing happened when I pressed the clutch. To get it in gear, I had to force the lever Forward on the gear shift and Slow (turtle) on the speed shifter. To stop, I had to kill the engine because...

I'm new here and searched through this forum and got some ideas, but I haven't quite figured out the "why" to this. My Kubota L2650 has three hydraulic lines coming off the loader to the control handle. For some reason, everytime I put too much of a load (though most times it's not even a big...