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Is it ok to rebuild my mower deck? It is rusted out where a pulley is, I would cut the weld out and put in a new plate and re weld the pulley on. Is this safe, would you guys do this. Lickity Split

I have a grounds master 72 with a 72 inch cutting deck, I bought the machine last fall used, and have been fixing it up. It has a R-8 continental 4 cylinder liquid cooled motor. The problem that I am having is it likes to run hot 225 degrees. The guy before me must have removed the thermostat...

I have a older ( 10 years old) John Deere 828 snow blower, with a 8hp Tecumseh engine on it. It is 110 volt electric start (no battery) and it has a head light that comes on when the engine is started. Can I get a set of hand warmers like on a snowmobile, and wire them into the head light? I...

Here is mine I call her (Lickity Split). got the idea to make it after finding this site. Thanks for all the great ideas and more projects to come:D:D:D:D

I just bought a Toro Groundsmaster 72 with 72" mower deck.( New winter project) The mower is in great shape, the deck needs some welding, but nothing major. I would like to use this mower to cut my field, field is 4 acres of dry marsh hay about 3 feet tall. I know that it will take a long time...

I have a old MF 65 and the 3pt lift don't work. it will work for 10 min and then lower down. I changed the oil it was milky. It still dose it with new oil in it. The only way I can get to raise up is to turn off the tractor and let it sit for 5 min start it back up, and it will work for 10 min...

I have a older Massey Ferguson 65 that has a 3pt lift. The problem that I have with it, I have a box scrapper attached to it, after 10 minutes with it in the up position it will start to slowly lower down and will not come back up. I changed the oil, it was all milky water in it. put new oil in...

I was listening to the radio and they were talking about running your car, truck, tractor etc on water with a small kit. I looked it up on the web water4gas.com and was thinking about it. Is it possible, could I use it to heat my house(oil burner furnace). If it works this guy is going to make a...

This is my problem. I have a workshop that has little to no power in it.(lights only 110) The cost of running 240 volts is like 2000:mad:. I was thinking of getting a generator and a small stick welder. How big of generator do I get? Does any one else have this set up? Please let me know what...

I would first like to say that I love this sight,:cool: you guys have inspired me to build my own log splitter. I will post pictures when I get it done. Now back to Sketchup, I downloaded it tonight and how do I get started, I have no cad experience and it just seams a little much,:confused: I...