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  1. smokinmad

    JD 2520, start issue

    Loaded a 2012 2520 I bought, on a trailer and drove 175 miles...got home, tractor would start but as soon as I put it in a range it would die....finally got it off trailer and let it sit 30 min......tried again and it started and acted normal...have put 5 hrs on it and no issues.... Totally lost...
  2. smokinmad

    Need Some Tiller Advice

    Wishing you the best of Luck....that was my thought also...keep tilling and you will kill all the weed seeds....that started 30yrs ago....and im still tilling like a mad man
  3. smokinmad

    3pt stopped working

    Thank You for your help....
  4. smokinmad

    3pt stopped working

    I bought Hoyes hydraulic adapters...1st is screwed to pressure on pump with a T....the T feeds the loader. The out line comes back to feed 3pt...and pb is the hard pipe into top of tranny.... So...I need to run the Out to the tranny and the PB to 3pt hard line.... So the Pressure flows in by the...
  5. smokinmad

    Need Some Tiller Advice

    Get the 3pt tiller....you will find, as soon as people find out you got it....Hey, do you till gardens....30 $40 not a bad gig....I'm not greedy... I till, then take my hoe and draw a row and plant...then till another row....very few foot prints
  6. smokinmad

    3pt stopped working

    I unhooked the pressure hose to the 3pt, it leaked out oil...then I ran a hard line behind it up the transmission for a return for the loader valve. I think the problem is the oil that leaked out..... The loader works fine... it's just the 3pt wont do anything...finger is what i removed...pipe...
  7. smokinmad

    3pt stopped working

    Added a loader to my 276D...loader works as it should.....when hooking the plumbing up for loader, I unhooked the line to the 3pt and it spit out oil...did my plumbing job then hooked up the 3pt line....now it wont lift...my thought...not getting oil...thinking there is air in line....but...
  8. smokinmad

    Plumbing a loader on a Yanmar 276D

    Looking for some pics of how your 276's loader is plumbed. I got my J.D. model 75 loader mounted on my Yanmar 276. Looking for advise on doing the hydraulic plumbing.... Thanks :fiery:Smokinmad
  9. smokinmad

    Ford 1210 Hydrostatic Trans problem

    Ok...Know this is an Old Post, but then I read it. So I am going to add in here another problem with 1210 hydrostats. To start with....you have to split tractor to SEE #5 lever, so you can't check #6, to see if nut#7 has worked off the bolt. Sometimes the pin #13 in that diagram falls out of...
  10. smokinmad

    Need a Ford mechanic

    Yea, I know that thread VERY WELL. I'm same name on that site also. I did that Surgery on my 1210, I'm no mechanic, but I Did It.... So why is my tractor moving.....I think I might have an idea why. That is the Drive Rod for the hydrostat drive pedal. What happens is one end strips out, so you...
  11. smokinmad

    Ford 1210 tear down and repair

    ASYMAIR.....Fantastic Post....Great Job..... Glad I caught you before you "Split" her apart....Need to tell you about your hydrostat drive rod... Was mowing with my 1210, hit a log with deck and it lifted the deck up. Backed up and Did it again....lol.....Any ways, when I tried to go forwards...
  12. smokinmad

    Need a Ford mechanic

    Ok...had to split a Ford 1210, to put the tie rod end, back on the hydrostat drive rod. I amazed myself, you see it was my DAD that was the mechanic, Not Me. ANYWAYS, got it all put back together (no spare parts),started it up and it worked. Well atleast it did after, I beat the steering wheel...
  13. smokinmad

    Power steering conversion on my kubota B8200

    Never thought about "Fluffing Up" the snow, before Blowing it, with a Finish Mower...LOL....Wonder if you could Win-Row that Crap.... I loved the JD green paint on the p/s unit on a orange kubota..... I was putting a model 75 loader on a JD 850, but no loader valve...went to my JD...
  14. smokinmad

    Add on hydraulic/power steering

    Found this while looking at a Pug.....The pug has hydraulic steering, so why wouldn't this work to run a cylinder to have power steering on a tractor? Yes, HOYE TRACTOR has a add-on unit, well when they can get them. No, I have not priced PUGS parts yet. Was wondering what you Tractor Guru's...
  15. smokinmad

    Anybody ever build a sod cutter?

    You mean kinda like this thing? No...don't remember where I saved it from. Think I would put it on a Dual bar frame, that cutter on the back bar and put 3 disk cutting blades on front bar to make your rolls This was on TBN. you might PM Madmikesmech about HIS sod cutter
  16. smokinmad

    My shop build

    Should have bought a bigger one of these... So how long did it take to dig all that? Looking good tho... Kids live in ATASCOSA TX.
  17. smokinmad

    Yet another ballast box question

    Ya know...If you bought or found a heavy duty Carryall, like on the left. Make your concrete form with the outside bottom edge raised, so you could "pick-up" your concrete "Weight". Maybe run an old chain thru the concrete so you can "Chain" the weight to the Carryall. You could buy "pockets" to...
  18. smokinmad

    Chicken door Thoughts

    Ok Gals and Guys....... Found this by mikeandlauren.com, an he actually got it to work, with a radio antennae. I like the door fastened to the Drawer Slides, looks very secure. I am going to buy an actuator and try one that way. This is his wiring diagram, the 1st box from battery is to House...
  19. smokinmad

    12v connection for 3pt sprayer

    Old post, but for late readers, who want to know. I hooked a 110 volt drop cord (ends cut off) to the Battery. Ran it to a 110 volt, covered light switch, mounted under the Dash. And continued down the frame to my back fender and ended it in a 110 volt house outlet. Put a 110 plug, on my 12v...
  20. smokinmad

    Three point 12v sprayer

    I wired a 110 volt covered light switch, to my battery, then ran it to my back fender and hooked to a 110 volt outlet. I put a 110 plug in on my 12v wires and just plug into the Outlet Box. I can turn sprayer on and off in my tractor seat. I built a sprayer boom to spray the whole yard. With a...
  21. smokinmad

    WIRING FOR 12V SPRAYER

    Know this is an OLD thread but, this is how I hooked up MY 12v sprayer. As for the Fuse, why not put one on both ends. I understand about those wires actually BURNING, a long wire and there goes your tractor. I don't spend $8. for a 12v switch, I use 110 volt house switch and outlets and my...
  22. smokinmad

    Chicken door Thoughts

    Have seen plans for Automatic door openers using a retracting car radio antennae. I'm thinking a Coon or Opossum could pry under the door and bend that antennae My thot is using a 12v electric window track. What I need is someone GOOD with Electronics/Electricals......we know the window...
  23. smokinmad

    Building a 12V Herbacide Sprayer

    Here is My Spray Rig, they are 25 gal, 12v pump, mounted on a plastic pallet. It is attached to a cheap carryall that I had, so just hook and spray. The blue barrel is Soapy Rinse Water. Dandelions are Yellow, so I put my "good Bye Juice" in the Yellow sprayer and use the white tank for "Bug Off...
  24. smokinmad

    Howdy, Ya'll

    New to your forum....My wife calls me a tractor collector, I have a Yanmar 276D w/fel, Ford 2-n, Ford 1210, a offset I.H. Cub Lowboy, and an old Olly 77 rowcrop sittin out back....I don't know what she is talking about...... :fiery:Smokin':firefighter:
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