Recent content by dfkrug

My wife was born at that hospital, back in 1953. It was the first Kaiser hospital, and their only hospital for several years. Her medical record number has numerous leading zeros. Still on Kaiser. I am on Kaiser's Senior advantage, which costs a lot per month, but covers everything but small...

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. Note that many tractor manuals specify hyd oil OR gear oil for the front axle. Interesting about air expansion bladders for final drives. Many (most?)...

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: https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/threads/john-deere-4300-complete-rebuild.146974/page-12 I was re-reading this old thread, and it has brought back memories...

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 it years ago? You have to make this special tool to get the nut out, and have a good set of snapring pliers. It is just a piece of pipe with a couple of weld...

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 "cabins", since they are usually 3bed/2bath conventional houses with often more square feet of area than houses they own here. Many owners would rather not rent...

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. Small minis with 2-speed wheel motors often stall when trying to make a turn in high range. If RV setting was not verified, he may be starting with only 1500psi.

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 mini? My current guess is that your machine is not generating the force necessary to make the turn. Since you were able to turn earlier, your RV is prob not...

All good advice above. The factory loader valve is better in the obvious ways (joystick vs. 2-stick, already has PB), but the diagram shows it has float and probably regen as well. Easy choice. I have used both 2-stick and joystick controls for an FEL. One of them stinks.

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 factory behavior.

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 for the mystery snap ring, it may make sense to pull the three point cylinder cover and look at the trans gears and shafts. A lot of work, I know, but you can't...

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 employees use it, so it got trashed. When it stopped working, I tried to buy it back. No luck. I think the CK20 has a single-plate, dry, mechanically-operated...

Yeah, and CalFire can bulldoze all sorts of firebreaks to stop the progression of an existing fire. No permits, no policing, no ****.

It is truly a bureaucratic disaster. I have rehashed my story on TBN before, but I did apply for a fire hazard exemption back in the 90s in prep to build my house. The CDF forester at the time denied it. I was forced to get another kind of exemption to the usual THP rules, after appealing my...

That is one of the biggest problems, for sure. I found a way to legally use small burn piles in my county, but I have to pay over $200 to the air district as a tax for the "privilege". Tho cutting up to 10% of large trees (12DBH) is a right on 10+ acre parcels here, you can't sell them...