Recent content by franklin2

I saw a guy once buy a aftermarket universal front blade mount for a John Deere 750 compact tractor. He ran a repair shop and was hired to mount this blade. He added a long piece of square tubing to the front mount, ran it all the way under the tractor to the rear where he put a pin in it to...

It easier sometimes to get in your mind that the 12 circuit generator panel is a subpanel. Think of it just like a 12 circuit panel located in a remote garage location. Your spaghetti wiring problem in the main panel is coming from them taking original circuits out of the main panel, and...

Does your front end loader have a float feature? If it does, see how much it would cost just to replace the cylinder with one with two ports. Then you would have up, down pressure and float also. A cylinder may end up costing the same as a valve. If you do not have a float feature on the...

I never pull the cylinders completely off. I have rebuilt 5 or 6 of them already on my 480C. One more is coming up, one of the stabilizers, I have already rebuilt the other one. First thing I do is take the cylinder/rod end loose from the machine. And then extend it all the way out. This...

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I am not a fan of crazy wheels. They have their applications, but they need to be kept perfectly plumb to work correctly. If not they have a tendency to steer the wrong way. And they need to pivot when you change directions from forward to reverse. This always causes some binding and will...

There are advantages to running an official "recovery" bottle. The main one is increased volume of coolant. Coolant expands when it heats up. It needs a place to go. A regular cooling system with no recovery bottle must have a air space in the top of the radiator. If you fill the radiator...

When I built my splitter I also made it out of a beam that was undersized. When I got the splitter completed it would split fine, except if it had a piece that was a little tough to split, when it made it through both halves of the wood would end up about 8 ft on either side of the splitter...

Used the splitter today. Split a couple of loads with it. Wired up a disconnect/knife switch yesterday so I can cut it on and off. Put the amp clamp on the motor. When I first started the motor, the amps were about 20. The oil was thick and cold. But as it ran, and the oil warmed up...

P.S. I do have a amp clamp and can check that. I will probably use it this weekend. I also need to buy or scrounge some sort of switch for it. Right now just for proof of concept I just plug it directly into the plug my welder plugs into. But I can tell from the plug prongs this is hard on...

I am using the larger 11 gpm pump from the surplus center. I figured I had the larger hp engine, might was well get the larger pump. I also bought the Prince log splitter valve from them. But I have always had minor problems with this valve. When the oil is cold, the handle won't stay locked...

Just so happens, I was researching this subject again, and came across this old thread. I just bought a 5 hp 240v electric motor off ebay for $179.00 to convert my log splitter over. I got so frustrated trying to get it started during this cold snap, I said enough, it's going electric. After...

I inherited with a house I bought this manual tire changer. I have never used one before. After a few trials, I have it down, this thing works great. Except putting the tire back on, that is a problem I haven't figured out yet. It came with a bar, and I finally figured out this end is for...

Ok, I started the "Garage design" thread and got a lot of good responses. Still looking for a home to buy, and the latest one we are looking at has two nice cinder block garages. One of them has two garage doors and a smaller one has a single door on the end. I think this smaller garage...

I am moving eventually. Looks like I am going to have to build a new garage/shop. The ceiling needs to be high because I have a auto lift. The garage I have now has only 10ft ceilings, but I make do with a scooter and don't raise the lift all the way up. A 12ft ceiling would give me full...