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My wife was born at that hospital, back in 1953. It was the first Kaiser hospital, and their only hospital for several years. Her...

When my future wife was in college, I drove my motorcycle in the rain to visit her for a weekend. Bike got soaked and I got sick. Had to...

I am a huge fan of using gear oil instead, even the thicker stuff, 85W-140. I use that in my Kioti, but it does take a while to put in...

My first 4300 rebuild thread was 15y ago, and I did not separate the part about the front axle rebuild. It starts at post #115 here...

You are fortunate it has not happened to you yet. As for DIY repair of the front axle, it is not too bad. Remember when I posted about...

Sometimes I think we really need a Thumbs Down button.

Looks like the other one at that auction in FL went for only $4K. I guess they forgot to install the zerks.

Lotsa folks in the Bay Area own vacation houses in the Tahoe area, or other parts of the Sierras. It is laughable that they call them...

Yes, of course, he should do that very easy test to see if they move separately. It takes much more force to turn, vs drive straight...

Which unit did you buy? Does it have a hyd return filter? Did you check and adjust your system relief valve? How many hours on your...

Interesting thread. The trouble is that, like I suspect many here, I only find tranquility and happiness in working hard on projects...

All good advice above. The factory loader valve is better in the obvious ways (joystick vs. 2-stick, already has PB), but the diagram...

Sure looks like the assembler zipped all the bolts on with an impact driver and did not come back to torque them properly. Not usually...

I wonder what caused those 2 lower bolts to back out and hit the flywheel... Do any of the other similar bolts seem under-torqued? As...

Have any pix you can post? I have not been inside a CK20, but I did buy and set up a new one back in 2006 for a friend (RIP). He let...