Your latest "fixed" thing.

[grsthegreat]

idaho vehicles are rusting that way now also....it all started when they switched from sanding roads for ice to using magnesium chloride.

my 1994 dodge ram lasted 27 years without a spec of rust. after they started liberal use of mag chloride...rust city.

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

Fuel tank vent solenoid on a 2003 Alero. Before that, an O2 sensor on a 2007 Saturn Vue.

Most of my stuff is dead reliable, and I don't spend much time repairing anything.

 

[sd455dan]

Working on this but ran out of mix for the MIG

 

[repete]

idaho vehicles are rusting that way now also....it all started when they switched from sanding roads for ice to using magnesium chloride.

my 1994 dodge ram lasted 27 years without a spec of rust. after they started liberal use of mag chloride...rust city.

Years ago )maybe FD still does) we bought fire apparatus from Pierce in Appleton, WI. In Washington State you see mid 60's vehicles even in the winter. No chance of seeing a 67 Mustang in Wisconsin in January.
When the shop folks or sales people came out they were amazed we would drive them. Very little deicer here. Just wrecks.

 

[grsthegreat]

Working on this but ran out of mix for the MIG

boy, that bucket sure dents easily.. im surprised. the ones ive used on excavators are rusty with worn off rippers, but never dented.

 

[sd455dan]

boy, that bucket sure dents easily.. im surprised. the ones ive used on excavators are rusty with worn off rippers, but never dented.

That is the $200 HF 12" bucket I adapted to my backhoe, I actually did a lot of the dents trying to push it back into shape by using the TLB after ripping it in half after hooking a large Pine tree root. 5lb hammer was not doing it.

https://www.harborfreight.com/9-hp-towable-backhoe-62365.html Not exactly TLB duty bucket.

That said The actual 24" X 36" Ford bucket is probably worse. At one time someone must of used it to drive pilings. They beat on the backhoe so hard they broke the pin holders out. It is a rough old machine.

I may keep trying to find a decent Ford narrow bucket but, it did great until I hit that big root so I may reinforce it while I am at it.

 

[grsthegreat]

ok, that explains it. i was surprised how dented it was.

 

[flyerdan]

Couple days ago I replaced the seals in the Bobcat's lift cylinders; one of them was leaving a steady stream of oil everywhere it went.
Wasn't that difficult, other than a couple times where another set of hands would have been nice.

 

[grsthegreat]

Couple days ago I replaced the seals in the Bobcat's lift cylinders; one of them was leaving a steady stream of oil everywhere it went.
Wasn't that difficult, other than a couple times where another set of hands would have been nice.

if you've ever watched Resident Alien, id love to have those extra 2 arms.

 

[BackRoad]

Hope it's not a jinx to read this thread...it's been a while since something unexpectedly broke.

IIRC, last was the hydraulics on my Kubota stopped working. Found a very small piece of fugative metal casting which lodged open one of the valve ports.

Thankfully, a few here said it was not likely the pump, and I noviced my way through to find it before taking it to the $tealer...errr dealer.