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If/when we build a shop, we'll likely duplicate this set up for heating and cooling. Air to water heat pump, combined with solar should make for cheap heating & cooling. And no need to keep filling a fuel tank.

My dad was a volunteer firefighter for a couple decades. One of his favorite phrases was/is "How could this incident have been prevented..." I've said it to myself quite a few times before doing something that could get me explaining the situation to the person in a white coat with a clipboard :D

This guy collects old CPUs, and writes quite a bit about the history of old processors/systems. Some pretty neat stuff. https://www.cpushack.com/

A trick: put a shop vac in the hydraulic fill hole (not deep enough to touch the fluid 😀 ), and turn it on. When you open a line, it will suck air through and keep the fluid from dripping everywhere.

Yep, head has to come off. There's only one guy in town that does engine machine work. Does good work, but keeps weird hours and never answers his phone. Also subscribes to the phrase "In God we trust. All others pay cash" 😀 Anyone have a preference on kits? Of course not buying anything...

This is the tractor from this thread. Another backhoe model number decode request I checked the compression on it, and it's not good. 150/150/210. So that's why it won't start :rolleyes: His story is that it started to overheat and bubble over, then he drove it to its parking spot, where it...

If you have a central furnace (natural gas/propane), with central AC on top of it, there are now furnaces (or even just the AC side) that can be replaced with a heat pump. That lets you keep the central ducting, and use the heat pump for both heating and cooling, with the gas heat as a backup...

Thanks. Now I just need to get the head off and access the damage :oops: Hopefully it doesn't need an entire in frame rebuild. Has anyone ever used the harbor freight diesel compression tester in the injector holes on this engine?

Good call on the location. There's a tag on the pedestal with the controls. It was painted over with everything else :rolleyes: 😀 It says 19-551, which appears to be a 755. The main boom ram sinks over the course of a day, and the dipper ram looks awfully wet, so I'll probably try to...

Next question: the backhoe attachment has 748P cast in it. I'm only seeing these model numbers for the backhoe: 750, 753, 755. Is there a decoder that points to which one I actually have? I did order a complete set of manuals from ebay.

Awesome. Thanks for that. Follow up question: Apparently the manuals I have are for a different, older, machine. Any idea how relevant they are to this machine? I should probably start looking for a set specific to this model.

Just picked up this Ford backhoe for $1k, and am trying to double check what it is. Top of the transmission behind the starter has: Model: DD211F Production code:8C10B Serial: C567803 Engine: D5NN6015G (I think) This decoder only has a single spot for a letter at the start of the model...

XKCD (y) https://xkcd.com/966/ (Be sure to hover your mouse over the image to get the alt-text, for a continuation of the joke) The other good one is about the moon landings. "We never landed on the moon!" "You believe in the moon???"

If and when we get to the point of building a big shop, I'm going to take a good look at a geothermal heat pump system. Preferably with a ground loop, but even an outside air unit can be used to heat water to go into the slab. Operating cost should be lower than any fossil fuel, and even less...

Nearly all terminals have a spring hook like this one does. It's just a matter of finding something thin enough to slide next to the terminal to depress it. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01M9HGW7Q/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

The best way to jump charge a battery is to take it apart, and test and boost the individual cells. Barring that, jumping voltage across the entire pack will also charge the cell(s) that are lower than the rest, hopefully getting them close enough that the charger can balance them. If the...

I have a few ryobi 40v tools, and have been really considering the 40v chainsaw. But I'd get it from their direct tools site, since it's usually cheaper. (they have a contract with home depot to only sell new tools through them. "Factory Blemished" can be tools that are actually blemished, or...

Like others have mentioned, clamp the head in a vice, and use a digital scale (I have a luggage scale) to see if it's off, or not. If it's off, open it up and add a spacer between the spring and the adjuster, then re-test. I calibrated my 20-120(ish) ft-lb torque wrench this way. something...

#2: Can you post a picture of what yours looks like? #3: On my MT210D, the 4wd lever moves a few inches at least. I've had to lube the detente ball in the lever several times, since it was keeping the lever from moving forward into 4wd. If that isn't it, you may be able to take the lid off...

I put a mini one-wire alt in mine, and I think it was around 35A too. If you check the voltage at the battery while the fan is running, it should stay around 13.5-14.5v. Ideally the voltage would stay the same with the fan on and off. Then you know the alternator is providing enough for it...

Just make sure your alternator can handle the load ;) I would set the turn on temperature a bit over the thermostat temperature, then full speed 10-20°s above that.

There should be ~10 bolts in the plate that the gear shifter goes through on top of the transmission. You can remove this entire plate and look down in the transmission. From there you should be able to see if anything looks off, or if there are spots missing gears. When I got mine the...

It looks like the end will just unthread (it will probably be TIGHT). After that it's just a matter of being detailed, and replacing the o-rings and other things on the end of the piston. I assume a local hydraulic shop could source the parts.

Bump Wisdom of the Ancients I recently got a post hole digger, so I had to have the height control working better. Turns out the feedback rod from the 3pt (#34) to the hydraulics (#28) was locked up, causing it to not work properly. In the image, pin 31 was frozen in lever 28. Rod 33 was...

This is the flow control knob, that doesn't move. Not sure why this one is sideways, but this is the lever to raise or lower the 3 point.

I have a MT210D. Ever since I've had it, the 3 point will only lift at all, then go all the way up, in the last inch or so of the 6" of travel in the lever. Is this supposed to be normal? I can get the lift half way down if I move the lever back down ~half an inch. Any ideas why it would do...

Ok, here's a couple pictures. The hub spun 90° to it's proper orientation The hub pulled out, and spun to the wrong orientation like I found it A tractor split

All the threads I found about dealing with a stuck clutch started with the tractor sitting for a while. I didn't find any where the clutch got stuck during use. So, I was using the tractor, when the threaded rod (:rolleyes:) the PO used to connect the clutch pedal to the clutch lever broke. I...

I just got this tractor running again. Before I took it apart, it would turn off with the key just fine. Now that it's back together, when I turn the key off, I then have to go push the fuel solenoid in to get it to turn off. Any ideas? The old ignition switch had been screwdriver'd, so it's...

Does anyone know of a place to get new/used hydraulic filters for an MT210D tractor? The previous owner cut out the fine mesh part on mine :mad: I don't want to spend $115 on a new one if I can avoid it, at least until I know the rest of the tractor is fine. Thanks.

My dad recently picked up this little mini excavator. We're looking for a manual for it, but we're not sure if it's a VIO20 -1, -2, or -3. It's a year 2000 model, likely grey market. The more pressing issue: The left side drive recently started making some nasty grinding noises. We took the...