Your latest "fixed" thing.

[repete]

Seems there is always something needing to be fixed. How many others get up in the morning and think to themselves "I wonder what will break today"?
Yep, alternator not charging on a tractor. Yep, battery toast on another. I do not even want to go to the barn today.
Who else has these days and what is your latest "perfect, just what I needed today" moments?

 

[dodge man]

A friends Stihl leaf blower and weed eater. The leaf blower had a plugged spark arrestor and the weed eater a dirty air filter.

 

[arrow]

My suction sectioning hose below the tractor. 2” long and a pain in the butt to replace.
Found this leak by accident and had l not, would have lunched the whole tractor.

 

[grsthegreat]

Youve got to be kidding me…. I walk around with my eyes closed.

Just yesterday i wad brushing my teeth and lo and behold….water is dripping from the hot water valve body. Time to replace the faucet cartridge. Have you ever seen the wall of cartridges at home depot. It takes forever to match it up. And no wheres on the faucet is a brand name.

 

[arrow]

A friends Stihl leaf blower and weed eater. The leaf blower had a plugged spark arrestor.

Very common for these.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Afternoon,

e. Have you ever seen the wall of cartridges at home depot. It

I’m totally with you on that statement ! 25 or 30 years ago there was Moen and maybe a couple others, matching the cartridge was pretty easy, not so anymore unfortunately!

 

[scootr]

When I moved in here 25 yrs ago I was young and energetic. I fixed and improved everything...
Now 25 yrs later everything is wore out or broke down and needs fixing and upgrading again but now I'm old and tired.

 

[alexpops]

3 days ago ... zero turn ... bad bendix in new(ish) starter (18 months) 1/2 way through mowing lawn. ordered 2 new starters from Amazon, installed one/finished mowing/have spare/will rebuild the one with bad bendix when I have time, so 2 spares (that I will probably never need). Next job on that is deck refurbishment ... new wheels/scalp rollers, hydraulic height adjustment repair, pto "throw" adjustment so my pocket knife isn't needed to keep blades engaged and new blades --- general lube point attention as well.

 

[Gordon Gould]

A couple days ago I was sitting having my morning coffee. When it got light I could see something hanging down from the bottom of my 2009 Tacoma. Checked it out after breakfast - one of the two straps that support the gas tank was so rusty it broke. No choice but to fix it right there.

gg

 

[fruitcakesa]

A couple days ago I was sitting having my morning coffee. When it got light I could see something hanging down from the bottom of my 2009 Tacoma. Checked it out after breakfast - one of the two straps that support the gas tank was so rusty it broke. No choice but to fix it right there.

gg

Vermont rust strikes again.

 

[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.