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Black oil in the exhaust is not good, drain a bit of oil out from the sump and check it's colour it shouldn't be too dark on a rebuilt engine run for a few hours if it is really black it could be a cracked ring or two if it's thin and smells funny it could be the injector pump leaking fuel in to...

Some engines have an oil pressure by pass valve built in to the filter housing these are known to have the springs weaken or the valve seats worn or filthy , just check where your after market guage is fitted, it could be on the by pass of this valve giving you a low reading if you are running...

Our place is next to an old aluvial gold field where in the 1850's there were over 20,000 miners living on every square inch of my place, there must have been a sly grog shop on a patch of ground where thousands of broken bottles were dumped , not just ordinarry type bottles, these are dark blue...

Cash has never failed in getting a far better deal, As for bank's I have in the past used my redraw and capital gains on my property to access cash at a lower interest rate than normally avalable to the average borrower on machienary,trucks, cars and properties, You don't need a bag of cash, a...

One way to get even with these hidden costs on a new tractor, truck, or car is to offer to pay cash, then drop the price by the same extra hiden amount with a little more for the unplesantness of their little profit grabbing scams, Never use a dealers finance without knowing the total cost, as...

Leaving the bowl full outside we found critters lining up after the dog has a nibble Magpies First Then stumpy tailed Lizards then one year we had inch ants those ants are aggressive and have a painful bight the odd Possum and these tiny marsuipial mice non invasive interesting to watch comming...

Years ago Toyota had a centrifical oil filter on their 6 cylinder truck engines driven by the cam shaft or the return pressure from the oil pump can't remember which it was but I have seen both types on Jap engines , no paper filters to dispose of just dismantle it wash it out and away you go...

I had the same problem, turned out to be the control valve on the fel seems like there is a restriction or limiting device on the down side, which makes scence as you don't want the bucket free falling to the ground with a load on, I got around this by hooking up to the 4in one rams with a...

How would you guys like paying $2.30 per litre roughly 4L per gallon that's what we pay hear in Australia What you call Gas We call petrol, thats any where between $1.80 to $2.20 per Liter and that's average around town the further out you go the higher the cost of any fuel, I have an old 1952...

I had one in a 4x4 and yes they do work as I found out the hard way when we ended up wheels pointing to the sky after a speeding drunk driver ran a red light and T boned me at a intersection, whilst I was hanging upside down held in by the seat bets I did notice the inclanometer was reading...

When I owned a house in town the new neighour was a Mechanic working from home without proper aprovals not that it was a problem,what he did with his waste oil was, He poured it along the fence line on his side to kill the weeds under the fence, When it rained my concrete drive way had an oil...

Lock tight has it's uses, how ever the whole thing is about nuts and bolts if they are new and up to spec the correct torque is all that's needed, mass production and lack of quality control in manufacture of fasteners along with poor engineering is why lock tight has it's uses in industry, used...

We have some nasty ground dwelling spiders the Sydney funnel webs that rare up and attack with fangs that can penetrate leather boots very aggressive and deadly if you don't get help quickly, also inch ants big nasty ants with a painful bight, then we have the imported European wasps much the...

Before any one says that EV's are less poluting than fossil fueled any thing , just take a look at what's involved in manufacturing raw lithium the main ingreadiant to be made in to batteries, Then there is the thousands of gallons of toxic coolant or anti freese that goes into the batteries to...

We had a serious blackberry problem and even worse were the rabbits that had their burrows amongst the black berries we tried every thing including deep rotary howing after mowing used round up an several other brands with limited sucess, then one day the damage the rabbits did to our blue berry...

I had a problem with the neighbours 5 year old he took the cap off and filled the tank with water, he watched me fill from a drum pump with the same type of hose as the water hose thick black rubber it also had a similar ball valve and short pipe on the end of the hose, lost about 5 gallons of...

Yet again No such thing exists as Common Sense, It's lack of education or training, it's the stupidity of assuming some one knows what not to do. I have had apprentices That have told me other trainers said they had no common sense and they did not ask any one for fear of being degraded by being...

I have used old gas bottles cut in half for lots of variuos needs so long as you de louse them properly first I have used several 100lb bottles with the ends cut off and welded together to form culvert pipes covered with concrete or coarse gravel, there are hundreds of uses for old gas bottles...

Climate change is real, it's been happening since time began, it's been scientifically proven that it can happen virtually over night as in Cyberia and northern Canada and down hear in the land of OZ . EV's are not going to slow or stop climate change and in fact are going to accelerate carbon...

Hi' The reason we have these high fuel costs is not based on a shortage ,supply problems or the usual greed of oil producers it's got to do with human nature, quite simply the fear of the possibility of all out war, the cost is a measure to prevent Hording and there is no better way to stop...

As for the diluted oil, don't guess don't stuff around, take a sample and have it tested, there are lots of oil testing services around like a Cat Dealer Detroit, Cummings, etc, They will tell you exactly where the contamination or dilution stems from, also they can give you a clue as to the...

It's A case of what you are doing, most tyres have a maximum tyre inflation pressure, the tractor has a tyre plaque on it or in the manual for tyre size and max pressure most suited to the machine. often lowering the tyre pressure to it's minimum working pressure or some where in between can...

I am one of the un lucky ones I have a serious allergy to any thing containing ethylene glycol, It is not well known that it's a serious environmental and health hazard, I hope you all use rubber gloves and dispose of your spent coolant at an approved waste disposal facility. I use a soluable...

I had a similar problem with a Leyland injector pump, The problem was the engine had been sitting for a few years and covered in oil, dust and mud, so out comes the pressure cleaner and de greaser , looked like new after the clean, It took a couple of weeks of part time other maintenance issues...

Hi' Being a work shop Manager, now retired, I have had similar problems with shipping packing ,blocks , spacers, and end caps being left in assemblies often causing major down time with serious damage to other components, the problem was the use of un trained labor hire mechanics/fitters, the...

Hi' Yes you have a big job maintaining your hard compacted surfaces, I had a similar problem on a much smaller block, thought about the options of various tractors and the costs in running and maintaining the equipment, forget a farm tractor! go for a earth moving wheeled front end loader back...

Just a note to 4get gto, Common sense dose not exist, there is no such thing, education comes by experience good and bad, as an apprentice trainer some learn faster than others and some you just can't teach usually because they have been corrupted or been put down by that very phrase, common...

Honestly it's a great idea, needs in my opinion wider and larger front wheels, the ones on the front of this machine will do more damage with a loaded bucket on lawn or freshly laid turf if you want top dress after laying other than that the concept is proven, it works.

Never mind it's lifting capacity with any weight on those tiny narrow front castor wheels would leave trenches in all but the driest terrain, great way to spoil a good lawn, might work well with snow chains plowing snow?

Regardless of weather heat is used or a rattle gun to loosen a RUSTED and SIEZED bolt you destroy the integrady of the nut and bolt, forcing rusted fasteners often passes the maximum torque range of the bolt or nut, I am not being **** it's a fact, you might get away with re using these bolts...

Hi' I am an old fitter, and that heating and quenching works, how ever what you neglected to say was that it also stuffs the integrady of the bolt and nut and should not be used again, especially if the fasteners are hi tensile like wheel studs and nuts. A better method these days with the...

The reason you have huge delays is the manufacturing processes used in countries like China ,Korea, and Japan it all started in Japan, they will not manufacture low numbers of any thing, They have adopted the Just in time method of production, this cuts out ware housing inventory storage costs...

I have the same problems with two tractors sitting for weeks or even months at a time un used , had a regulator give up on me but it was old age and a faulty alternator and not jump starting, still I got sick of walking back to get a jumper battery so I mounted a 20 amp solar panel on the top of...

Inclinometers actually work, I can attest to that In a rollover, I was a passenger hanging upside down held firmly by the seat belts , the inclinometer read the position accurately, these things can not be relied on to save tipping over, they are used in aircraft and most useful in poor...

Hi" Glad you finally got it fixed, I very much doubt it was any thing you did to kill the clutch, for a start Riveted clutches have been redundant for many many years, Who would replace a bonded clutch plate with a riveted one these days ? assuming the original one was bonded, only a die hard...

Hi' Repo companies make at least 10 to 15% of the value of the repo then there is the cost the financiers have to send it to auction where there is a sellers premium paid by the sellers another 15% on average to the auction house it all starts to add up and that's before any other legal costs...

I have not to date ever seen a multi cylinder diesel later model engine after 1960 without a thermostat, back then is when diesels first became the engines of choice in every thing from earth moving, trucking, farming and stationary motors Generators and irrigation pumps , mind you I have...

Try this first before any thing else, most important, fit a brand new radiator cap make dead sure it's for that particular engine, Why you might ask? The radiator cap has a pressure rating on it which puts the whole system under pressure resulting in a higher boiling point, above 100c,"if it's...

I have a 2012 twin cab, triton 2.5 diesel pick up auto 4x4, Great unit for towing up to 3000kg Fuel consumption is not good and no where near what the specs say even from brand new, lucky to get 100km to 8lit empty, but it will sit on 100 to 110 kph max free way speed limit loaded all day, with...

I used the 5000 lb winch on my truck with a wireless remote to do the same as you for the same reason only over 50ft and a bit steeper, I also put a heavy duty 10"X4" jockey wheel on the trailer, with a winch you don't need to worry about breaks. Might be a bit cheaper than a tractor.

Hi' If you are going to leave the key in the ignition that's just asking for trouble, I have a Cat backhoe loader where any cat key will start it, so What I did was to put in a hidden kill switch that will turn on the ignition lights but won't engage the starter solonoid , as if the battery was...

Holy cow! Is that mains power? I recently had a new shed connected to single phase 240v at 32 amp the cables were all in orange pvc conduit buried 2ft deep with warning tape laid 6" above that before the trench was filled, also had a separate phone and computer lines in the same trench in 3/4...

Hi' what makes these things popular with most people is that if you have a guard around the PTO shaft, is that its not so easy to put in the locking pin generally a bolt through the hole in the adapter through the PTO shaft, lining up the holes with the guard in place can be frustrating , then...

Hi' Most of these units simply slide on the first inch or so then you turn ,twist, push in a button what ever to push it on all the way home, then just pull it back to make sure it's locked on, to release it twist, turn , push in a button whatever pulling it back off all the way. Just make...

Hi' I have had three different types of quick couplers, the very best was one had a built in over run and twist lock for the PTO shaft lock, was great on a bush hog on steep down hill work, the other one had a couple of spring loaded ears to pull back not bad but could be a bit awkward as it was...

I wasn't blowing my horn, just letting you know I was not talking through my hat, How ever I like your creds , hardly any one these days has that amount of knowledge comes with curiosity, interest and age unfortunately by the time you get there as in my case the body fails, at 74 your man is...

Hi' I too am a retired Maintenance Fitter Machinist, Where I ran a Maintenance work shop hands on, of 15 Trades men including Plant Mechanics for 35years. Experience in sudden failures is more often some type of interlock be they switches linkages or leaks, oil water or air, a catastrophic or...

Hi' I don't know how your shift sequence works, Do you have a button or switch on your FEL lever? On my loader I have a button that when pressed disengages the gearbox so I get full hydraulic power to lift a 5000lb + load if required, Could be a fault in the switch if you have one, some...

Hi' Pto speed is every thing as is travel speed, slight variations of speed occur on different lengths of grass wet or dry, your blade type also if fixed or swinging, up sweep , flat, hooked or a combination, They may need a bit of a touch up with an angle grinder,. Some even have an overload...

Hi' I am a retired Maintenance Fitter/turner, As far as I know you will not get a NEW decent drill press for 1K that will give you the power or low enough speed to drill 1" holes be it a drill bit or hole saw in steel over 1/8" thick, cheaper drill presses will do the job but you will either...

HI' working a property on your own is hard enough when you are young and fit, I thought nothing of it, did what needed doing easily and enjoyed it, then age and old injuries catch up, things start to take much longer, I have all ways looked after my machines, storing them safely under cover out...

If you don't need the wood for domestic heating , only for a fire pit or clean up cut your rounds shorter why spend money on a 3pl log splitter spend the money on a 4 in 1 bucket that way you can grab and hold your logs or branches at a comfortable safe work height and cut shorter lengths for...

Hi' You can do serious damage make no mistake, never try to side sweep a rock with the boom and dipper extended to their limit even more than half way is enough to twist or bend your boom not to mention the massive strain on the swing cylinders and pins I have a cat 428 back hoe one of the...

Hi' there are three most common types of oil plugs/drain plugs, 1 is a tapered thread, self sealing no need for sealant or tape 2 a parallel threaded type with a shoulder gasket/ washer usually softened copper alloy or fiber also no sealant or tape required, replace the gasket/washer or if the...

A much simpler and more useful level indicator if you can see either side of the top the bucket is to is to weld on the top each side a piece of 1/2" x2" x 4" flat bar on edge with a 1" hole to the front, set the bottom of the bucket level on the ground with a spirit level then weld the flat bar...

Whilst composting might seem to resolve the problem of over supply or diseased stock I am wondering where this compost will end up, in bags sold to home gardeners, spread in bulk over pastures or market gardens? This leaves some serious questions that need to be addressed, given these animals...

My place had over 40 stumps on it cut from 6" to 3ft above the ground the smallest diameter stump was around 1ft the biggest nearly 4ft most were Iron bark some yellow box and red gum some were cut over a 100 years ago, They took me over a years worth of free time to get them all out With a 428...

Pricy Compost, Just goes to show you Corporations attitudes towards protecting their monopolies in any industry at any cost, I have seen crops grown under contract ploughed back in to the ground hundreds of acres but this is just Insanity. Today an experiment with Covid I'm assuming healthy...

Yes we also have some dopy bastards in law making hear in Australia, but not quite to that level of stupidity, We have restrictions requiring fire extinguishers to be close at hand if you are using chain saws, Gasoline powered Machines ,tractors including ride on mowers all types no exceptions...

Hi' mcfarmall, Yes that's the better description ,Caddy. Regard's

Hi' a couple of year ago I needed post hole digger for my tractor, Bought a cheap used one that was laying berried in the grass covered in mud all the oil had run out through the breather in short just dumped behind a shed left to rot, The support frame faired better as it was occasionally used...

Hi' Just to remind you all that if a clutch starts to slip heat is generated and generally takes a while for it to fail completely, that heat not only burns the clutch plate but also glazes the surface of both the fly wheel and pressure plate its a really dumb idea just to replace the clutch...

I have a CAT 428b backhoe that I would like to fit a cat 2 hydraulic pto motor on and also drive a hydraulic post hole digger and hydraulic flail mower from the dipper arm Via quick connect couplings. What I would like to know is there any connection points on the main control valve block to...