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Got home today to find that my tenant had been using the drag on the driveway. Fabulous results BUT now it stays in low range. Looks like the control shaft that goes into the gearbox has sheared off, letting the linkage fall free. Cannot find any pictures to cover this in the shop manual......

Had a tenant who dumped a load of mixed cattle, pig and chicken manure behind the garage. Tenant is now GONE, so is most of the manure. What is left has a coating of sand but the stench remains, especially when it rains. Does anyone have a suggestion of something (ag lime, etc) that I can...

I have a set of oxy/acet torches out in the garage and I also have a little plumbers "B" tank that I use for smaller heating jobs and soldering. Been using the same bottle of gas for five years but I ran out last night. I know how the price of the bigger bottles have jumped and I am wondering if...

Building a couple of sidearm heat exchangers for my outdoor furnace domestic water heater system. A piece of 3/4" copper running in a piece of 2" steel exhaust pipe. The steel pipe is exposed to treated water while the copper pipe only has domestic water in it. A 3/4" hub welded to the side of...

Not sure if this is a hydraulic problem or mechanical. Owned the tractor since new, about 6000 hrs on it. Today I had the splitter on the 3pth with the splitter down on the ground. Easy splitting wood. At one point things seemed to momentary "lock up" and when I went to lift the splitter to...

I know that stainless is the "best" to use for an evaporator, and I used to have a 30" x 48" pan that fit into a steel holder. Then last week the pan took a walk, leaving me with the steel stove but no pan... I normally tap about 80-100 trees but the past two years I have had to step back due to...

While clearing snow today I lost my steering and found that one hose was dangling and squirting.....Might have caught it on the tire chains but I can't see how. ... Once I was able to crawl under I found that the hoses disappear up between the frame and oil pan. Somewhere they then change to...

A buddy with an older International 245 with loader complains that his 3pth is intermittant. Sounds to me like a control adjustment similar to the drop speed under the seat of my JD. Any suggestions of something similar on a International? (I haven't seen the tractor)

I have been using an old tandem with 7000lb axles. Had it for twenty years now but my maximum load has been reduced to a 5000 lb JD Compact. The trailer weighs about 1000lb and has always had a 2 5/16 ball. Finally broke/wore out the hitch and need to replace it but would like to use a 2" ball...

Over the years I have been given, collected, salvaged , OK so I never throw anything out, some assorted cylinders, log splitters that work off the tractor hydraulics, some electric motors up to two hp, and a shelf full of power steering pumps, not to mention some 12v pumps and motors for plow...

I have 4300 HST with slightly over 5000 hours on it. A few months ago I realized that when my foot is off the "go pedal', the tractor still wants to creep ahead. I first thought that it might be a bent rod or something caught in the linkage. I have crawled under it a few times now that the...

While heading out to build a deer stand I happened to flip up a short log that went under the tractor. A hundred yards later I noticed my power steering getting weak and the drive got noisy. Looked under and found a pair of frost plugs in the front of the transmission/differential/rear drive...

Two years ago I finally slashed one of the worn out fronts on my JD4300. They were ten years old so I bought two new at $140 each(Carlisle). One of them has had a slow leak since last fall so I took it to the tire shop today to get her done BEFORE it failed in the maple syrup bush (should start...

While poking around in an old fallen down shop today we found what looks like either a starter or motor or generator. It has a cast housing that is rectangular instead of cylindrical with four brushes on one end and an angle cut square toothed gear (3" diameter) on the other. Measures about...

About five years ago I dug out a few patches of this stuff with the backhoe. Then I would take the shovel and cut off any shoots as soon as they formed leaves for the next three years. Last year I tried regular Round-UP which is 7% (?) I would spray any leaves, let sit for a few days, then dig...

After about 4000hrs of playing with our native rock the bucket on my JD4300 has started to show problems. The bottom has been forced up in the center, where it is a single layer and has started to crack at the old crease. I have used a anvil under it and a big body hammer to reshape it and now...

After 8 years my Pioneer radio quit and the dealer tells me to replace instead of trying to repair. With that in mind I have a replacement radio I removed from an old Dodge/Plymouth van (before it went to the scrap yard) I thought I had the wires tagged but what seemed logical three years ago...

I recently noticed a fair bit of play in my left tie rod end so looked up the pt # on the web and called the dealer. He confirmed the pt # and got it on order. When I went to install it I found that the threaded portion was slightly undersized. Further checking showed that it should be a 1"...

Pulled into the woodshed for a bucket of firewood and while I was loading up, the left front tire started leaking grease, or so it looked. Turned out that the grease is coming from the axle seal between the outer drive cover and the hub shaft. Normally when I've had a seal go, it is over a...

A few days back I was visitin' with an old guy out in his barn. He went on about always loosing money, poor crops, bad weather, crummy govment, etc. Nothing new. I then noticed a piece of chain hanging from a beam in an open area of his barn. When he saw me looking he explained that no, he...

Five or six years ago the lights went strange. Turn signals and hazard lights both quit flashing. After many hours with the dash torn apart I tracked the problem down and replaced the faulty unit that caused the grief. I remember that it was NOT the part I had expected... Now it has happened...

The other day a couple of younger (40ish)neighbours who owed me a favor came over to cut, split and pile a bunch of firewood for me. I wasn't home at the time and they couldn't get my old woodsplitter hooked into the hydraulics. Been a couple of years since I've used this particular splitter...

Relocating the axle on an old trailer that I acquired. It came with one broken leaf spring and a bent tonque. The axle was too far back for my liking so I am moving it forward 6" and putting on a longer tonque. Its been 25 years since I have built a trailer with leaf springs and I've always...

A buddy of mine just got his new tractor yesterday so I had to try it out. a nice shiney new red 30 something horse Massey. He had planned to get hydro like mine, but there were none available so he got a "shuttle-shift". He has always operated big equipment so needing to use both arms and legs...

I have an old hydraulic motor from a salt spinner off a dump truck that I'd like to find a use for. It seems to work fine and has 1/2" NPT fitting holes but no visible markings. Anyone have any ideas what size/power/displacement it might be? Or what I could use it for besides a snowblower chute...

Not for my tractor but rather my trailers....I'm gradually switching my trailers from the normal lights with bulbs to the round sealed units that mount in rubber gromets. I've found that they last a lot longer than bulbs and I don't have corrosion problems. There is however a very fine line...

Over the past few years I have collected almost everything I need to mount a blade on my FEL. While I don't need (or have) a wide blade I do need to wing the snow back beyond the driveway edge and over the edge (a drop-off). I wondered about reversing the A frame so that the plow actually...

I run a JD4300 with about 4000hrs on it. My 100 gallon diesel tank is about 1/2 full and I've got 45 gallons of second hand kero that had been purchased for kero heaters. Diesel (dyed) sells for about $3.80/gallon delivered around here (and new kero would be twice that) so I'm wondering if I...

I've just been given a garbage can full of masonry lime, probably type S. We live in an area of acid soil and water, a lot of things such as timothy hay just won't grow, (including deer feed). Is the lime any good for sweetening the soil?

My little red horse has a Kohler engine that normally runs great but over the past few years I have had to use a bit of choke to keep it running sometimes. The carb has two adjustment screws (plus the idle adjustment) but I don't know which is the hi speed and which is the low..... One is close...

About three years back I bent my cylinder rod. Straightened it and the next time I was at a dealer I asked about parts to rebuild it. No dice, must buy a whole unit ($500). Three days ago it finally broke. Well, the rod came unscrewed from the piston, nothing actually broke. When I phoned my...

I've had numerous sets of BFG's in the past, but always 6 ply 15" on Cherokees, Scouts etc. My 1/2 ton Dodge is due for a new set of 17" skins and my tire dealer has quoted a REALLY good price for BFG's, but they only come in 10ply. Has anyone had any experience with these? The 6 ply always gave...

I got a call from a buddy wanting to know if there were any secrets to removing the dead starter from his 8n (crab distributer). I told him I would ask...I'm asking (haven't looked at his problem but he now has a good spark after we fixed his coil) Thanks

Looked at a buddy's 8N Ford tonight. Ran fine last week when he parked it. No spark now. This fellow bought the tractor last summer but is the original shade tree mechanic. No meters, lotsa crescent wrenches and pliers, yet he is able to get any small engine running. The tractor has been...

Long time ago in a past life it was explained to me why I shouldn't use copper water pipe for air lines. My memory's good, but short. Does anyone else know why? Got lotsa 1/2 copper but iron pipe is a pain to thread. Its just for my own garage and basement....Plan on having about 125lb pressure.

I keep reading about tractors that can't be started because of sudden cold snaps, faulty or no block heaters, burnt out glow plugs, etc. People have towed them to heated barns or rented salamanders just to get them fired up. We used to just put a charger on the battery, then cover everything...

I'm tired of trying to crank my sno-blower chute back and forth to compensate for wind and terrain so I originally took a power seat motor and worm, wired it up with a reversing switch where my hand rests and everything seemed good. Until things turned cold and sticky. Not enough power. I then...

Well, the creep down problem with my curl has returned (been loading heavy logs which bounced a bit). I read pclausen's post (09/30/08) and have switched the lines so I am confident that its the cylinders and not the valve. (the C-clip style) My problem is that my dealer is over an hours drive...

My BIL has a 2140 that looks to be in good shape. I'm a retired electrician. As a result when something that might be electrical goes wrong I get called. Of course he has no manual or wiring diagram. This time his clutch for the deck won't engage. The clutch seems to have a constant 12V feed...

My little hoe is the handiest attachment that I have for my 4300, at least until something goes wrong.... Today I finally got back to a trail job out behind my barn that I had started about three years ago. A rocky sidehill project. I suppose I don't really need to do it but it will mean I can...

I think that I've just cooked the fuel solenoid on Johnny while plowing snow. Judging by where the white smoke billowed out and the fact that I can't see anything melted, plus the tractor will not fire up anymore. Towed it back to the garage but have to spend next coupla days doing family...

I finally got fed up with repairing/replacing the lights on my little ATV trailer and am switching to the sealed units that they use in the bigger 18wheeler trailers. These fit into a rubber grommet that goes into a round hole. But how big is the round hole? My BIL had used them on a custom...

My lack of power suddenly returned yesterday but worst than before. The new filter had about 1/4 tank of fuel thru it. Very little was being pumped to the injector pump though. I started pulling things apart, working my way back thru the filter and diaphram pump then found that there was no fuel...

Went out back today to check the pond and generally look around. Snow is almost gone but it is still just below freezing. Tried to take the other way home but when I got almost to the top of a rather steep hill I lost traction then while trying to find a better path up the hill "John" started to...

I was just wondering if they make adjustable rims that fit my R4 tires. Would sure like to move them out another coupla inches especially when running chains with the hoe on.....

I just had my lift arms straightened again( my helper got too enthused while pushing a frozen snow pile out of the way with the back blade reversed) This time the man on the press took the middle "kick" right out of them. This has made the lift arms just a little too close to the tire chains and...

I am normally in the green and yellow forum but a young friend of mine has inherited a blue and white 1710 CUT with a 770B loader on it. He is parking it in my yard(out of sight) during the week so he can use it at his new woodlot/cottage down the road on the weekends.I told him that I would try...

I also have a posi on a 4300JD Hydro that won't engage most of the time. I found that my helpers had been trying to engage it while one wheel was spinning, letting it rachet until it locked. Sometimes the snow buildup under the pedal would also stop it from going all the way into lock. Is there...

I went to install my chains yesterday and figured that since I had my new (to me)hoe on board that it would be a lot simpler job this year since I could just lift the tire with the landing gear and save all that backing and forwarding. Now this is a set of twist chains that I have been adapting...