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I am with Hay Dude. I replace them when they have issues. But if one curl hose goes bad I replace both. Same for lift and dump hoses, I replace in pairs. I have not replaced the hoses that come from the manifold to the loader but have replaced the curl and lift hoses. My tractor has been sitting...

Cable company has not marked their buried cable a few times on my property. I have not hit the main line but I dug into the neighbors feeder, or I pounded a fence post into the last 100 foot run. As others have said, local knowledge goes away when folks retire.

Adam Booth gives some great lessons in hydraulic cylinder operation, inspection and resealing. Here is just one video of many he has done.

When I drive to the quarry for gravel and I ask for 3,000 pounds, the drive on scale on the way out agrees with what the operator read on his scale. As someone else mentioned, maybe get two bales weighed on a drive on scale and now you have a set of calibration bales for the day. Fresh in the...

I have black rubber hoses from Sears and Home Depot that work fine or over 2o years. In the barn the rats love chewing on them so crummy vinyl hoses out there.

Did you get a 17 and 19 kit? When I fixed my curl cylinders for a different model loader it had all the seals, o-rings, backers, and wear guides in the kit.

You are tearing off the existing trusses when the weather gets better? Visit the good lumber yard or truss company for ideas. Hips an valleys are opportunities for expense and leaks. On our house I have a 30x36 footprint with the rafters spanning the 30 foot. 36 is east to west. The 22x22 too...

I ran my 2511T the other day to remove some small 4-7" pines. It is a nifty little saw. Next saw up in my collection of 3 is my Stihl MS210. 2511T is much lighter. 2511T is super easy to start. I had not run that saw in a year and it was just a few easy pulls. MS210 is easy to start but not as...

Letting an engine idle for 30 minutes is a bad practice. Get it started, let it idle for a minute or two if you must and get to work. I run Shell Rotella T6 synthetic in my diesel tractor and diesel truck. Delvac 1 synthetic in the diesel car. I start up and go in all my diesels. Well the car...

Where are you located? Does it have the subframe?

I have an Echo CS2511T that seems to work ok. I thought about a Stihl but they did not really have a warranty. Not that I have used this Echo that much to get close to a warranty issue. Starts pretty easy.

We have 9 acres with horses. Over a mile of weed wacking the way the pasture is chopped up. Weed wacker gets fired up a few times a year. Lawn mower sometimes to mow close to wire fence. That product looks interesting but mowing/weed wacking once in a while and a bit of chemical mowing works...

Last time I had one apart that much I hit the surfaces with sandpaper until it looked kind of like a brake rotor. Kind of hard for the braking material to slip if the steel sliding surfaces look like mountains. Not sure my little metal lathe could chuck the sliding surfaces. That said I am sure...

I ordered seals from JD. I had what I needed and could put things back together quickly. Spanner to take off gland nut. A big socket or wrench to take of the nut on the rod. I did both sides. If one failed, the other probably is close to failing. Take pictures as you take it apart. Just 3-5...

It has been a few decades ago. I had brake shoes relined. Not sure if I could find a shop that does that now.

My 1996 JD 870 is a classic if you use Nationwide Insurance's definition of a classic car, aged 20-40 years. Starts every time and works if I have a good battery and good battery cables. As others have mentioned you need to define your goals with owning a classic tractor. If you want a tractor...

https://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/cto/d/experiment-1986-ford-bronco-ii-xlt-4wd/7677965900.html https://hickory.craigslist.org/cto/d/hickory-1985-bronco/7680036996.html https://asheville.craigslist.org/cto/d/weaverville-1990-bronco-ii/7674795185.html Living in Georgia, cars that have lived...

My 870 has a little over 1,200 hours on it. Last I check the truck had 5,600 hours on it and I added another 17,000 mile since then to get it to 200,000 miles. Car has 700,000 miles but no hour meter. Under 2,000 hours with proper oil changes is nothing. 870 is the next generation newer than...

Here is an article about crosshatch. 40 years ago kids would rebuild or re-ring an engine. Use a ridge cutter, run a hone up and down a bit and throw it back together maybe with some new rings. What a bunch of smoking engines. You cannot really fix worn bores with a lick and promise. A mill and...

A horse that is having problems keeping on weight might not be that heavy depending on breed. We got an old Morgan stallion bag of bones 5 years ago. That horse costs us more to feed than the rest of the horses. 3 or more foals from that now 33 year old stallion that is missing a bunch of teeth...

I thought I had read somewhere that you may have a 600 hp diesel engine but it will not take off from a standing start at 600 hp. No recall of how derated it is at the start. I do haul 6 round of rye or fescue hay with my 2004 Dodge 2500 Cummins HO. For my use, a 4 cylinder Cummins would have...

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Foam tires are just to eliminate flats. On 4 wheel tractors, foamed front tires meant you lost the suspension of a tire. Very bumpy driving the neighbors JD with foam filled front tires. They were also aircraft landing tires mounted on front tractor rims so maybe the 24 ply tires were going to...

The water and big crud separator at the tank was replaced and the fuel filter by the injection pump? You then used the hand pump on injection pump? I could swear my 870 has a little pump. If everything in working it is supposed to be self purging. I think the repair manual has you crank the...

Industrial tire repair shop up the road will grind out the bad and vulcanize a patch in the tire. They do it all the time on $10,000 tires and on cheaper tires. Quarries and dirt movers have expensive tires that a few hundred to a thousand dollar patch is cheaper than a new tire. If you do not...

Was this a day after you were brush cutting for 4 hours in a field with 3 foot tall grass? I tease with that question because my tractor transmission gets quite hot so I am assuming the fluid gets quite hot when I work it hard mowing in the heat of summer. Heat will/should help evaporate off...

Are you saying you go out to brush cut with your 5 foot 600 pound brush cutter, raise the deck for some reason and it will not go back down?

My 870 has about 1,200 hours on it. Never had that issue with the 3 point hitch. Of course I have a few hundred pounds of mower to 800 pounds of implements. That knob does indeed control the drop speed. When you say the fluid is good, was that determined by oil analysis, or the level looks...

That picture suggests maybe a defect in the casting. If the casting was removed a good welder might be able to fix that big pinhole.

What is your tractor? I move 4x6 round bales of Bermuda or rye or fescue with a JD 870 2wd. I have a hay spear for the back. A hay spear for the front loader. An 870 is not a huge tractor. It prefers moving hay that has been curing a few months versus fresh cut. The rear spear of course does not...

Befco C50RD is a nice mower. I need to either patch my Befco or replace it. Cost of new is good bit. Auction prices are about 1/5 to 1/6 of new.

I have been around horse manure piles since 1984. You have to stick your nose up to a horse's butt when farting to get a stink. Hard to say how many loads of horse manure and shavings compost I have sold over the years. I move the manure pile 250 feet to the compost pile. Even fresh hot manure...

Weight does work, assuming same size tires and 4wd, I can shift gears. I wish i had a heavier tractor for round bale handling but my little tractor is easy to load and go do trail work.

I have a JD 870 2 wd with manual transmission. 25 PTO horsepower. About 2,500 pounds before the loader was added. Your old tractor was 400 or more pounds heavier. the 870 can run a 5 foot mower, assuming horses keep things eaten down a bit. That said I mowed the neighbor's property which has not...

By the way I have owned a Stihl 210 for 14 years. I know it is not old but it starts like new which is 2 or three pulls with full choke for it to pull fuel into the carb then it will pop and another pull or two after going to half choke to start. No primer bulb so it takes a bit more to start...

Old is not an reason to not start harder than it did when new. The gaskets/diaphragm and parts in the carburetor can get stiff and not work properly. A good saw mechanic would replace the gaskets/diaphragm to see if that helps. There are a few hoses to inspect and replace. Many saws have an...

Did they send a report back with the pump and injectors? Are all fuel filters new?

Contrarian that I am I never drain the fuel out of my 2 cycle equipment. The three saws can sit on the shelf for 6 months. Starts up just fine. Saws work a hard day or two, or a light day depending on what has fallen on the trails. I used to just use premium gas for my mix. Now I just use...

If your tank has the proper air charge you should not have hammering. We have lived on this well for 25 years on the same pump. 6-10 horses getting watered. Never have we had any hammering. Toilets and faucets are all low flow. Spigots are just spigots used to water the horses, wash the cars...

I have twice dug horse graves with my 2WD JD870. Smooth 5 foot bucket. Just takes time. It has been a while but I recall more than an hour, less than two. I did buy a toothbar but have not had to dig a grave since I got the toothbar.

There are people around that have classes. Some classes customized to what you need. Welding Classes

I have a Handler 130 that I kept popping the 20 amp breaker. Breaker may be worn out. I bought an Everlast 230I dual input voltage. I installed patches on a Scag mower deck. Worked great. I think that metal was 11 gauge. Welding seems better with the 240 volt machine than the 120 Handler. Could...

I have removed bearings off of shafts that looked as crummy as that. Also repaired journals as messed up as that. Any good machine shop could fix that for a lot less than the $650 plus bearings you were talking about. I would guess a few hours to fix. As others mentioned you can either turn...

I have watched videos of people straightening shafts with heat and water. If you can get it straightened then just weld it back on. Cut the broken part off the base. Cut the spear where it is broken and an easy weld.

Buy a big bottle of argon and it could last years if you really do not weld much. I do not tig much but I think I have swapped out the argon tank once. I have a bottle about 4 foot tall which last a while for as little as I weld. Same size bottle for my tig and mig welders. Swapped out the mig...

Not necessarily an answer to the question. I move 4x round bales with my JD 870 tractor. Not sure if they are bigger than 5 foot. We generally buy rye grass hay which will be light round bales. Fescue or bermuda is a bit heavier than the rye hay. When handling heavy fescue or bermuda squares I...

I got a bunch of crud in my 870 tank. I had problems with tractor running. Taking out tank I think involves removing roll cage. A few filter changes of the water separator and maybe some blowing out fixed that problem. My tank was all metal by the way. I did make a new fuel cap gasket from some...

I used lots of 1/2" and 3/4" to wire my barn. Well technically not lots as the barn is only 35x72. Just wired receptacles and lighting fixtures. For me running thin wall rigid conduit would be more attractive then running flex conduit. Of course behind the walls no one sees. On the other hand...

Remove alternator and have it checked at parts store. Disconnecting battery cable when engine is running is not a good way to test an alternator. I bought a tractor battery a few months ago and it was $150. Last car battery was $200. Could be a bad voltage regulator. Could be bad wiring...

Where I live the wrong tools will pull up rocks. The smooth pasture turns rough, horrible sounds when cutting rocks, unless someone picks up the rocks, holes in dirt from rocks removed.

I have a a small spray can I fill with mineral spirits. Works for me. The add water to dilute cleaners work ok. Krud Cutter, Purple Stuff and the like are harder on my hands. https://www.dutton-lainson.com/proddetail.php?prod=56162

I have the same chipper. I engage the pto at low idle and take it right up to PTO speed 540 marked on the tachometer. I have not done a lot of fresh pine but I did some fresh cut test longer leaf pine branches no issue. Another person mentioned the same thing, run proper PTO RPM. My high...

Have you done the weight distribution measuring? I assume and could be wrong that my tractor with loader and the 5 foot brush cutter attached to the 3 point hitch with the cutter the last thing on the trailer has the weight more tongue heavy which is preferred to butt heavy. My ideal trailer...

Creep on a tractor sometime has pictures for folks. Turtle for slow or creep, rabbit for fast. Or look on your right fender 1-1 has a real slow ground speed. 3-3 has a fast ground speed. 3-3 which might also be referred to as 9th gear does allow that break the clutch free with high torque at the...

You also cleaned the water separator? My baby Deere tractor has a separator near the fuel tank that gets clogged up. Another fuel filter closer to the fuel pump. That does not explain liking cooler weather. I replaced my air filter after blowing out a few times. I could see a good bit of bright...

People forget that as someone mentioned severe duty. Driving the car 5 miles in Atlanta to work is not as hard on oil as driving 5 miles to work in Cleveland Ohio. Not sure how many miles are on my car. I have a good idea though. The odometer stopped counting at 1 million kilometers. That is...

Change condensor until you find a good one. Maybe something else.

This does not make sense. You cannot use a wood chipper if you have to sit in the cab because of seat switch. Doesn't it list the 3039R as a tractor a chipper would work on?

I saw some hot shot was using an F150 with Ecoboost. I thought I saw pictures of him hauling equipment. After that engine died at well over 200,000 miles of hauling use he put in another one. Maybe that guys was a used tools and equipment dealer, or maybe he was a welding and fabrication guy. I...

My old JD870 with a seat switch lets me run my PTO branch chipper without me sitting in the seat. Owners manual has instructions on the seat switch.

My mower which I think is a maybe 10 year old Titan has arms that pivot. That whole A frame is supposed to pivot to allow the mower to follow hills and valleys. You can torque those bolts a bit. Like 435 lb/ft of torque. My Titan manual shows those bolts with a bushing for the A arm so the...

Some of these websites have some good info on your tractor. Case 580C Backhoe Cylinders & Seal Kits Case 580C, 580D, 580E, 580 Super E Hydraulic Cylinder Seal Kits

I do not know if the Kawasaki water cooled is quieter than the air cooled. I fixed a no start Scag with a few switches, removed jumper wires and replaced missing fuse holder. Then I moved on to new deck spindles, straightening bent deck, cutting out a bigger than 1 foot square section of broken...

We have friends in Colorado with a few thousand acres. GPS sends people through their land on a long since abandoned wagon trail road. Wagons haven't been used in over a hundred years. They have signs suggesting private property, gps is wrong and such. Wagon trail is sort of there, cattle...

One of my cars like 20w50 oil. Oil light would come on with thinner oils. Note that it is a pressure switch, not an oil level switch. I had an oil light come on in my Toyota. Turned off engine and got a tow back home. New oil pressure sending unit fixed that problem.

My 1996 870 with manual shift syncromesh transmission and front loader has the same connection dangling. I purchased the tractor new so no one has messed with that connector except for rats and squirells. A month ago I replaced the broken positive cable clamp with a...

The 2004 Dodge Cummins has common rail system. The 2003 or 2002 has that noisy Bosch pump like my 2003 Jetta TDI. VW also went to different system in 2004 that is quieter. I bought a used 2004 Dodge instead of the older noisier pump just to be a little quieter. The last mini-excavator I rented...

I have bought other products from Benchmark Abrasives. I cannot vouch for their belts but disks and such have been fine for me. https://benchmarkabrasives.com/collections/sanding-belts-4-x-24

Useless observations or speculations below. Last summer I rented I think a Deere 27D. It had a Yanmar engine. The 35D also has a Yanmar engine. Even the 17D has a Yanmar engine listed. I did not look around on the rental unit to find the country of origin or assembly tag. I see Hitachi has...

I use Slugger cutting fluid. I have some Evolution steel cutting bits, not the carbide. I have a borrowed Mag42. I do not have the dispenser bottle from Evolution, I just squirt from a 20 ounce pop bottle. I am sure the bottle that came with the drill would be a better setup. The Slugger cutting...

Kind of challenging. I own Deere and only a Deere. I have used some smaller Massey's and Fords. Some folks buy and hold. I am not a vehicle/tractor flipper so all I know is what I have owned for 10 years, 20 years or 30 years. I like my 70 series tractor I bought in 1997. I would buy bigger in...

I sell my horse manure compost to a few people. Some of the hay sources are no so keen on weed control. Other hay sources are super weed free. The manure, bedding and sometimes icky hay goes into a pile. After a month it is get hauled out to the compost pile. 6 months, a year, two years someone...

Back in the summer I noticed brakes not working so swell on my 30 year old trailer. The good axle brakes (I replaced the original no brakes axle 25 years ago after it was bent in a low speed spin out on the highway) started working with some fresh crimps. The bad axle (old mobile home one time...

I believe the past 2 issues, or maybe three issues of Fine Homebuilding will answer the questions you should be asking. One issue talks about leaky houses and controlling air. I am pretty sure one of the issues talks about SEER. In days of old you could go to the library to look at magazines...

A ripper bucket for your backhoe could work as a subsoiler. Backhoe Ripper You just have to reposition the tractor a bunch. My JD870 that weighs about 400 pounds less than your tractor is not very interested in pulling a single shank on the 3 point hitch. I need more weight on or in the rear wheels.

Problems are not necessarily binary. Sometimes there are compound or multiple issues. On my JD tractor made by Yanmar i could have crud in the fuel tank, clogged filter under the fuel tank, cracked lines running from that filter to the filter by the engine and fuel pump, and then issues with...

When I built my barn I stubbed in water supply, roughed in a half bath and a wash rack. It took a few years to get around to hooking up the water which was 3/4" supply from the house. Barn is a bit more than 200 feet from house. The neighbor's son saw me build my barn all summer. Once our house...

When was the last time the cylinders were rebuilt?

I know that traffic is getting to be quite annoying again. The last few months the traffic jams and accidents have returned. Getting around is taking a lot longer. Sure people may say they want to work from home. Some of those people may even actually work from home. Others certainly do not seem...

I see the thread has devolved into the same options repeated often. If your wiring diagram is like the one I posted, have you confirmed the voltages to the glow plug relay? Only thing the ECU should control is the ground that pulls the relay in to close the circuit that supplies 12v and a lot of...

Get done with that battery plant and someone is going to be building a new electric truck plant someplace. Supposedly Georgia and Texas in the mix for that new plant. I guess maybe new battery demands. Kind of wonder what we run out of first, fossil fuels or exotic metals to make batteries...

Cheesy Murray water pump lasted 5 months and less than 4,000 miles. Leaking from weep hole. Warranted and changed but still. I guess I need to get a Cummins water pump to carry with me.

There is a manual for a m130x at Scribd. Pages 458 to 462 explain how it works on a 130. It suggests it might be simple to do a momentary button to supply relay control ground on picture 5 terminal 5. Maybe the 135 works the same.

I have a 2003 VW TDI. My engine computer said bad number 3 glow plug. Indeed the ohm meter reading was high on number three. How did the computer know which glow plug was bad and turn on the warning light? The glow plug harness has 4 wires. I assume one for each glow plug. Note that each wire is...

patti24 How to Get Rid of Stink Bugs | Updated for 2021 I had two blueberry bushes planted a foot apart. Some sort of fungus or mildew killed the one plant and tried to get the other. Blueberry yield significantly down this year. I cut down one cedar too close to the apple tree. Other apple...

I listen for woodpeckers. If I hear them I know that a tree has some sort of bug infection. A few years ago I had the tree guys three doors down cleaning up a yard come over and drop a three trunk pine tree that dropped needles. I cut up what was on the ground. Green wood is the surefire...

Note that the current Farm Boss is a 271, 311 and 391. All with different HP.

I have a Stihl 310. Seems heavy to me. With a skip tooth full chisel it cuts pretty good for my amateur use. The 362 on the comparison chart show 1.34 pounds lighter and .4 more HP. I use the Stihl light bars. When I got that 310 from the pawn shop is had some sort of Stihl heavy solid bar that...

Where I live I can order batteries from Battery Plus. $60-80 to replace batteries in a little $120-150 UPS. Even the single battery units can get a new battery. Old batteries go to the local scrap metal recycle location for cash in my pocket. Even the "big" APC unit that takes 80 12v8 batteries...

I replaced the tilt cylinder seals on my John Deere. Not a big deal to do. Just take pictures when you take one apart so you know the order and direction of all the parts. I did get a seal twister from some seal shop in Florida. There is a seal on the cap that is a bit of a bear to install...

https://www.tractorhouse.com/listings/farm-equipment/for-sale/list/category/1109/tractors-100-hp-to-174-hp/manufacturer/john-deere/model-group/4020 gives you an idea of pricing.

I have a bit less than 9 acres in horse pasture. With the brush cutter/slasher it goes as low as possible which might be 6 inches. Old slasher went lower. If i pull the mower it gets cut to about 3 inches. 7 horses do not keep things eaten down enough unless we get no rain. Still have to mow the...

Abom79 on Youtube just made a tractor cylinder rebuild video the past month. He has a few cylinder repair videos. This install kit can help you get those impossible seals installed. I guess they are called wiper seals that can be challenging. https://herculesus.com/product.php?productcode=IT...

Air in your tires is suspension. The one tractor I drove that had foam was not smooth anymore. I had driven it before the foam and after. Foam was not good for me. The owner was tired of flats. I get tired of flats too but am getting sort of fast patching tubes when Slime does not fix. Kind of...

My 2004.5 Cummins takes 3 gallons for an oil change. I looked in a few places and it seems they take 12 quarts in 1993 and 1994. My aftermarket water pump failed with less than 30,000 miles. Probably a Gates water pump. Cheesy Murray pump installed with a lifetime warranty. If it crums out...

Another thing is if you are buying quality well fertilized hay for the horses then the manure will do some nice greening. Horse manure is not very high in nitrogen (2% according to one article) as a general rule so there is no burn risk. Our stall manure goes into the compost heap and is ready...

I do not know your tractor but my tractor has a filter by the tank and one by the fuel pump on the engine. The tank itself can have a layer of crud that sloshes to clog the downtube but that does not seem to be the problem for you. For me my filters would turn nasty after a few hours. I doubt...

A youngster at 51. Video of some of her racing and her relaxing in her John Deere. She was in a number of Youtube videos doing Nurburgring laps in a variety of vehicles. Some of the Youtube videos she is speaking in English. Her driving the van for two hot laps is fun.

Microsoft and Apple showed up to join the fight. Yes it is farm tractor related. Tractor Hacking: The Farmers Breaking Big Tech's Repair Monopoly - YouTube

I thought I had a current price sheet. Maybe not but here is an interesting price sheet with weights.

I got a JD 513 brush cutter years ago that has rusted out, been patched, and rusted out again. I was not wanting to spend the time making a new deck so I picked up a Titan 60" cutter. The JD has a gearbox oil filled. The Titan box is grease filled. The Titan box is louder than the JD box. Is...

That asci did not work.

I don't know if anyone else had posted this. My wife saw me watching and said something about anew gadget. Not at the price that the cleaner costs. Best Rust Remover - Hand-Held Laser Blasts Away Rust

A friend at work said their water bill has been out of the norm for more than a few months. Her husband is not inclined to fix or do anything around the house. The water department guy came over and listened for leaks but could not hear anything. Pipe touching faucets and toilets to hear leaks...

A Quick Illustration Of Why You Should Never Backload A Truck Trailer - Digg I did that video in real life. I bent an axle proving the video correct 20 years ago. Spinout at low speed on the interstate covering all three lanes plus the left and right emergency lanes. Not fun. I did add brakes...

Here is a site that has some old truck technology. Pretty fun pics. No AC, heck no roof on some of the trucks. BangShift.com Truckology a look at truck history

My Dad was born in 1924. He would tell about hay production when he was kid. Collecting hay on a wagon, stomping hay in the wagon so they could get more on. lifting it into the loft. Here are some pictures from about that time but not where he was working. That Time of Year « Beekman1802.com He...

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You can get felt washers soaked with anticorrosion that go on the battery before the cable plus small spray cans for the cables at your favorite auto parts store or megabig retail store. Walmart is our local megabig store.

On the diagram I have, the big connection on the starter goes to the battery+, feeds a fusible link with a white wire, and gets fed with a white /red from the voltage regulator of the alternator. The starter in my diagram has white wire that would go on a small terminal on the starter solenoid...

Did this attachment make it? A basic wiring diagram for probably a slightly newer tractor.

I did not know I was listening to reruns. ‘Car Talk’ Co-Host Tom Magliozzi Dies At 77 | Radio Boston 5 Hilarious Audio Clips From ‘Car Talk’s’ Tom | WBUR

The truss in the middle is supposed to be 6,000 pounds of load. The truss that is sitting on top of either end of the beam is supposed to have 6,000 pounds of load. Unless of course you are going to install extra posts just to hold the beam. It was my miss-understanding that you were going to 8'...

We could try this another way. A male plug on a cord to plug into a 120v 15 amp receptacle has one configuration. A male plug to plug a cord into a 120v receptacle 20 amp receptacle has another configuration. A male plug to plug into a240v 40 amp receptacle has another configuration. A male plug...

These are pictures from my 870. It appears that the engine or maybe the transmission/clutch housing have mounting points built in. It looks like what you really need is to have your tractor set up with longer thick square tubing rotated the 20 degrees or so to work properly as a quick attach. I...

Tractor Data says it is a 2 stage clutch. Press clutch pedal all the way down and the driven disk for the PTO could stop getting squeezed by the pressure plate. Of course this does not guarantee that the driven disk is able to slide on the input shaft splines. Rust or a lack of grease can...

Yours may not have that same pump with lever.

MY JD 870, 970,1070 manual states that the system is autobleeding like Roy said. But there is a fuel pump with a pump lever underneath the injector pump. As near as I can see it is there to suck fuel through the injector pump and pump it back to the fuel tank. Or you could do like I do when...

I was riding my bicycle about and sometimes I make a point to ride by the Kubota dealer to look at attachments. I was studying the design of the backhoe on a BX25D. Some fellow drives up and parks a relatively new (less than 10 year old) Dodge pickup. I mentioned something about the price of the...

My 2004 Dodge 2500 Cummins generally seems to get 18-20 mpg. I don't drive but 5-6,000 miles a year. Trips to the feed store, getting hay in the bed or on a 16" trailer, or going to down to bank or eat. Even on a test economy trip of 426 miles, mostly highway and highway speed 60 mph on flat...

My uncle is semi-retired and is a bit hunched over. On the other hand he is in his late seventies so that is to be expected. The family farm is around Ossian, Indiana which is the eastern edge. Corn and beans country. My cousin and my uncle were working on getting the combine ready. Beans and...

I left 100% biodiesel in my tank one winter. Tractor smelled great when running. 2 years later the tank is a mess. I need to remove my roll over protection to get the tank out so I will limp about cleaning the tank outlet tube once in a while. Tractor seems to run ok with 2 or more gallons left...

I had yet another flat today even with Slime which has helped a bit. No, I am not considering foam filled. I see tires that weigh 12 pounds and others that weigh 14 pounds in that size. Some say 4 ply. Web surfing does not seem to provide much about tire specs. It would be great if there were...

I was raking up a mess of gravel in the lot I keep cleared across the street Tuesday night. Then I went to clean my drainage ditch leading to the pipe under the driveway. I see a piece of black trash about 75 feet away along the ditch on the other side of the driveway. One of the young dogs runs...

Me more than 40 years ago at the Indiana farm - TractorByNet.com Photo GalleryI don't know how to link a picture. One of my brothers forwarded this picture of me driving my Uncle Ralph's shiny JD. I suspect they have much bigger tractors these days.

I was setting up my JD 513 mower to do quick attach and I could not get my pto shaft to stretch out the extra 4 inches. I guess I have not been doing my annual take apart and lube that the manual suggests. Tractor lives outside. Come along attached to the bucket, rope on shaft and it pulled out...

So this has annoyed me the last 13 or so years. Our short 1/2-3/4 mile gravel road always seems to have folks barrelling along kicking up dust. I live a 1/4 from the main highway so I am not in a huge rush. Idle in second allows the turbo to cool down in the vehicles. Anyhow some folks like to...

I broke my left headlight. I do not know where so I cannot find the plastic to glue it back together. JD catalog shows the whole light bar at $155. All I need is the left headlight. Has anyone found a way to trick the JD catalog? The counter guy mentioned that he has seen individual parts, then...