Recent content by jgmo

X2 for VR failed. Alternator allowed to over charge and cook your batteries. On that truck though, I believe that the regulator is integral to the alternator so you're likely going to be forced to buy both together. 99 was around the year model Ford and others went to "smart charging" and put...

Well, I know from experience that you DO NOT want that much trailer and load STEERING for you if you get the tongue weight too low! That bad boy will toss you around like a puppy shaking a rope if it doesn't have enough on the tongue. One method of countering the high headlights would be old...

This wasn't MY Ray-Go and that's not me....but a very similar scene after I had finished the "restoration"

My boss was a "think outside the box" guy and loved repurposing heavy equipment he would buy at auction. One day I arrived at the jobsite to my new assignment....a Ray-Go mining road grader with a 24 ft. wide blade. "Get it running" So I did.

That's a "little" one. It "only" digs and hauls 31 cubic yards of dirt. My company commonly used 657 B Cat scrapers....almost double the dirt of the 631 !

I believe that the fish wheel has been pretty much put out of business on rivers in Alaska because of overharvesting of salmon and low fish counts. 1st nation folks used the fish for eating and feeding their sled dogs.

A reliable oil pressure gauge illustrates clearly why no engine, diesel or otherwise, should be run at idle for any appreciable amount of time. Idle rpm is where you will see the lowest oil pressure. The pressure can fall off significantly below 1,000 rpm on most engines.

It's very gratifying to hear that people can be realistic about life and let the small chit take care of itself. Good for both of you!

Just make sure you write FOR DIESEL ONLY on it to avoid "mistakes"

Looks to me like joecdeere's got you COVERED! NOW....how to get to him that CASE of his favorite beer!

First thing I would want to know is if there's any fuel finding it's way into the engine oil? Fuel dilution of the oil will cause smoking like this and kill the engine bearings quick. Running a diesel engine in cold weather, with a bad thermostat can also cause smoking. It might never get up...

It's been a minute or decade or two since I was a heavy equipment field mechanic. I worked for a fairly large grading contractor that used a wide range of track hoes, dozers, rock trucks, scrapers, tractors, pumps, graders and so on. Cats, and (ahem...about to date myself) Terex mostly with some...

Yes, agree, but I don't know this engine AND it IS an "older" model tractor. Although, I probably SHOULD have stressed, instead, that TIGHT valves can be MUCH MORE DESTRUCTIVE than "loose" valves. At any rate, they should be adjusted with care.

Yeah, I can just picture it now... ...you saying "and I have shop air right nearby to make it easier"... And their guy, pen in hand, nodding his head and mumbling "oh, yeah?" "good, that's great!"... ... As he puts the finishing touches on someone else's billing invoice. Oh my!

Careful with those valves! IF....you.get it wrong, it could cause damage. Contrary to what I have read here, valves typically don't always get "loose" but, instead, get "tight" when they wear. Meaning that the clearance between rocker arm and valve stem end is less...not more. This is because...