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Sadly, my wife's father passed away yesterday. He had a very weak heart and finally could no longer maintain. He passed just after noon yesterday, with my wife, her mother, and me with him when he passed. The doctor's said they had done all they could do for him. It was a peaceful, but sad...

Well, I put a double choke hold on my software to make it keep working and not crash. It will either work now to show pictures of my siding or I'll find out it has a double choke hold on me.:eek:

So Bird, are you sleeping with a mask on your face these days? How did your tests turn out? Is sleep apnea an issue? For your sake, I hope not. I hate sleeping with an oxygen tube under my nose. I can't imagine that biggrer mask.

Here is the valve body, item #2.

Marv, here are the best images I have of the platform area and the loader post bolts. I hope they help.

My youngest daughter sent me a copy of the document showing my granddaughter is 3 out of 373 in ranking for her 9th grade class. I am super proud of Katie's performance. She is truly a little whiz and excels at everything she does. We are so lucky to be blessed with her. She is something...

I suppose this thread could be considered just braggin', but my LB75B TLB is such a great starting machine that I have to brag on it a bit. It seems that if I let it set for a month or two, it will still crank and start every time. Sometimes it will take a bit longer to start because I think...

I need some expert JD advice. My neighbor just signed a deal on a John Deere 3038e tractor with 305 loader. I asked him if the loader had the Universal Skid-Steer quick-tach adapter and found out it came with the JD quick-tach adapter. I suggested that he contact his dealer and find out what it...

"One morning, I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he ever got into my pajamas, I don't know." -- Groucho Marx Oh, what I'd give to have my pond overflow dripping/squirting/running water. :rolleyes: Like the bridge to nowhere, I have plumbing from nothing to nowhere.:( Lou: Is this the...

Do you have doors in your house that are constantly left open when they should be closed? I have a door that goes down to my heated basement that is constantly left ajar. The heat from the basement just rises right up and makes the basement cold. I found a very inexpensive door closer ($18.80)...

Here's a picture of Lou surfing inside the curl. The guy is AMAZING! :D

I'm not sure this link will work, but here is a link to the newspaper story that prompted me to write a letter to the editor. I just felt insulted that at Christmas time they would give front page coverage and another whole page to this criminal who deserves to be exactly where he is. My letter...

I just took a couple of photos of the worst spots on my driveway. These are both about 3'x3'. I won't be doin' anymore salt here. I can use it on my deck and steps, but not on the concrete.

Would that 6-yr old be this little cutie you have on your shoulders when we were skinning Don's carport?

Oh boy! With the early December ice storm, I used rock salt to melt a walking path down my driveway. Now, the surface is all pocked and chips are coming up. I am shocked to see online info that salt and concrete don't mix if the concrete is not finished with the right compound. Live and learn, I...

Yesterday was Texas Chili making day at my house. I decided to use the recipe I found online because it had lots of stuff made from scratch/fresh instead of using commercially available chili powder. Of course, I got distracted and didn't get every step of the process, but I think I captured...

. . . and I heard him exclaim as he drove out of sight, "Giddup! you ol' mules, before I skin you alive.":laughing:

Power beyond is whatever pipe from the loader valve that hooks to the port marked #7 on the diverter as shown below. This would be be the best place to insert your 3rd function valve. Read the text for a full understanding of the diverter and its operation.

I have a neighbor who spares no expense for his grandkids. One year, he ordered 20 hooded jackets and got a double order of 40.:confused2: He called the seller and they said they had no record of a double shipment and he should just keep the merchandise. His credit card was never charged for the...

If your 3PH works, then the diverter is fine. The diverter just sends full pressure/flow to the loader's joystick valve(s). That fluid exits the loader valve on the PB line and then goes to the 3PH and/or remote hydraulic valves. If the 3PH is working, then fluid must be flowing into and out of...

Well, you know I just had to do a little "now that I'm out of the Navy" style experimentation. This photo was taken a year later with my father and oldest brother. I'm sure there are some sideburns in there somewhere, Steve.:laughing:

Here is a picture of me in 1981, right after I retired from the US Navy. I wore that t-shirt until it had so many holes I was embarrassed to wear it anymore.:)

There are three issues that can have a huge effect on your temperature reading. 1. On early model tractors, there is a block drain hose that goes from the engine block to the radiator. It looks like 3/8" fuel line/heater hose. That hose provides enough bypass so that in cool/cold weather, the...

Here is a photo of my seat jumper. You can see the switch between the seat base springs. I just disconnected the plug and put the spade jumper between plug connections. The switch is normally open and closes with your weight in the seat. I'll discuss the temperature/thermostat issues in the...

We've had lots of people in this country who led civil rights movements and were successful. Martin Luther King is certainly one of the greatest, but Nelson Mandela was in the majority race in South Africa and yet was subject to oppression that sent him to jail for 27 years. While countries and...

Brandi, those old pictures sure show a different time. Here is a few of my family long before I was born, even before my middle brother was born. This is my dad, mom, and older brother standing in front of our house. This is my dad and brother from earlier years. I believe this was my older...

In order to check the safety module, it is under the left side cowling where the relays are. To remove the cowling, you remove the bolts between the two sides under the steering wheel and then there are two bolts on the firewall, visible when you raise the hood. There are actually three bolts...

Dennis: I somehow missed telling you to convey my congratulations to your daughter. It may be a bad time for weather, but there is no such thing as a bad time to achieve your life's goals. Give her our best wishes no matter what avenue she continues to pursue. Dennis, my regular physician is an...

Yes! Especially when washed down with a cold Shiner Bach. Do you think it might make hair grow on my head again?:thumbsup:

Thanks, one of my daughter's favorite things to call people is "turkey butt." So, is there any doubt who bought that outfit for Noah? Look at what is on the seat of his britches. :laughing:

Brandi, your "Pumpkin Doodle" sure has a sweet little smile and a chubby little face with a mop of hair.:) She looks to be 15-17 lb, maybe more. My grandson is a little over 17 lb and sitting up by himself. He's already trying to crawl, just hasn't got all his limbs working together yet.:D Of...

Hmm. . . I'm thinkin' if Lou comes to our Spring-Fling TX TBNer party, we may have a busted beverage budget. So Lou, if you come, we are limiting you to one beer. Sorry buddy, we have to set some limits.:D :laughing:

Did your 3PH stop functioning suddenly? Do you have rear remotes and do they work? If neither your rear remotes or 3PH work, you may have a dislodged Power Beyond plug in your joystick valve. The loader is the only thing that works when this plug is dislodged. The valve under your seat has...

A friend sent me a very interesting link to a video made especially for firefighters by the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturer's Institute. SAAMI video for firefighters I cannot tell you how many stories I've heard told as truth that this video debunks. Well meaning people sometimes...

I think I may know at least part of your problem. All three levers on the left gray plastic side console have a common pivot point tied together with a shaft about 5" long (item 20 below). If you look down between your seat and the gray side panel all the way to the blue platform, you will see...

The first thing you want to do is to crawl under the right side operator's platform with the tractor off. Move and flex the pedals and observe what is happening. You should easily be able to move the forward and reverse pedals and see how everything works. Next. look at the diagram below. It...

I broke a sidelink lower shackle off my hydraulic cylinder because I did a bone head modification. I redrilled it so that the lower arm bottomed out in the tilt cylinder's shackle when the arm went too low. I was pulling a subsoiler trying to grub up tree roots and something went POP!. Oops!

Don, your road isn't truly tested until Harvey comes up and drives up and down it a few times with Lucy and Iris.

Ol' Dez seems to have a talent for making a butt of himself. Even though he may have meant well, he only succeeded in causing his teammates to be angry at him instead of the opponent. On the local news, you can hear him telling Tony Romo that they are the "best" in the NFL.:rolleyes: C'mon Dez...

I searched my archives and came up with these turnip and rutabaga pictures. In the photo of me, I have rutabagas in my left hand and turnips in my right. In the photo of the Mule bed full, the turnips are on the left and the rutabagas on the right. My turnips are just what we call purple-tops...

Brandi, it seems you had a Morton Salt week, "When it rains, it pours." I'm glad your truck is back to normal and hope that scratched eye heals quickly.

Well, it would seem that monetary motivation is at least partially successful. I just have to explain to my grandson that hitting one home run is not the objective. It's winning the "World Series." Unfortunately, my grandson reads at a 4th grade level while he is in the 8th grade. He's...

Sorry to take so long to get back to you. I have company who came in yesterday. Here is a diagram of how I hooked up a hotwire starter switch on my G1800. Also here is a link to the whole thread where I discussed my problem. Your fuses are a big concern to me. You are right to put them back...

Drew, you are. . . ahem. . . stubbornly sticking to your spec without talking about how wide that Smart Car is. I believe it is just over 5' wide. Even if you get it as close as you can to the side in your little trailer. You are gonna find yourself trapped. Please think about how you are gonna...

Holy cow! For a county named Wise, we sure come up with some kooky people. Here's a guy from Bridgeport, Texas who is going to try and jump the Snake River Canyon where Evel Knievel failed. Right now, this fellow weighs in at a svelte 280 lb. Give the guy some credit though. He's successfully...

Livin' in the middle of a bluebonnet patch of my own making.

SS, is the backhoe a New Holland hoe? Can it use a factory remote hydraulic adapter instead of re-routing lines? You can plumb in the backhoe by interrupting the power beyond line going from the FEL to the 3PH. That's actually the standard way of doing a hoe attachment. Two quick connect...

It was 41 F here this morning. The Bowie airport reported 45 F at 7:30, but it seems I'm always a bit cooler than there. I got a frantic call from my new neighbor who built a house on my old property. He said it looking like a big brush fire was burning on the back part of my place. I stepped...

How many unfortunate people got crushed while working under a car with one of these type bumper jacks and nothing else? It wasn't a matter of "if" as much as "when."

Well folks, those of us who got the shower are not that much better off than those who didn't. My gage says 1/10". With the wind, I suspect a lot of it evaporated and moved southeast. They'll probably get a gusher down on the coast.:rolleyes: Bird, since it doesn't make economic sense for me to...

My wife was using the string-trimmer while I was mowing this week. She told me she had seen a tiny-tiny snake much smaller around than a pencil and dark blue-gray with a ring behind it's neck. Of course, she didn't cut anymore in that location so it could get away. That news really excited me...

Below is an illustration of your whole fuel system showing details of the hose routing and the filter installation. What is normally missed on our tractors is that we have a fuel lift pump. It's after the filter. It draws fuel through the filter and its output goes directly to the top of the...

I keep trying to perfect my okra poppers recipe. Every time I make them, I try something new. I had lots of okra earlier this week with several large pods (large pods are best for poppers) and gave it whirl. I didn't get pictures of every step because it's darn hard to handle a camera when your...

I think it's more of an electrodynamometer or wattmeter movement. It's not like any D'Arsonval movement I ever worked on. Did you see this photo of the gage innards? Though not high current, the meter seems to be represented by this diagram. I have another photo from above with the needle...

We went to the garden and picked 2-1/2 lb of okra and a bucket and a half of blackeyed peas. Shelled, the peas weigh 5 lb. My wife took the okra and gave it to neighbors since our freezer is full. My pea vines look like they'll make another picking of peas before giving up. I also have several...

I actually posted bad info. The temperature gage for the TC40DA was the number I posted. The number for the earlier TC40D and similar others is 86540855 and runs around $88 to $90. Also, I think this is a similar schematic to the actual gage based on what it looks like internally. This is from...

Looks like the item shown below #39-#43.

I have a cattle yard about 10 miles from my house in Bowie, TX. It has great 30-50 yard mounds of manure in piles in the pens. Sometimes you see cattle playing king-of-the-mountain on those piles. The facility is on the side of a hill and all it's runoff drains into a large pond about 2 acres in...

Your pedal has an adjustment for centering the pedal to the transmission's neutral swashplate angle. In the diagram below, I believe it is the part shown in "Detail A." I think item #29 is an adjustment nut that allows your pedal to be centered. I'm not completely sure, but it's the only...

My 20.32 cm Crescent Wrench is both metric and SAE while also being a darn good hammer.:D

BTW: This may help. Here is an illustration of all the pedal components.

This is a post for Fleet (rottncop) in response to his PM to me. The whole front final drive drop box assy is shown below. Item #2 is the seal for the hub and Item #12 is the seal for the drive pinion gear assy portion. Item #31 is the drop box fill plug and Item #33 is the drain plug.

Here are the photos I took this morning. This is 2x20'x12" culverts. Please excuse all the grass and weeds. I'm letting them grow because of the wildflowers. . . That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.:)

It's funny that you mentioned purple hulls, Bird. I was looking at all the blooms and small peas on my blackeyes today and found one pod that seemed well fillled-out. It had these 9 big peas in it. We should get another picking soon and maybe as much as 12 to 15 lb additional for the freezer.

I keep Wild Turkey too. Jimmy Russell signed my bottles for me.

My Maximilian sunflowers are in full bloom. When they bloom out, fall is right around the corner.

Robert, the TC34 is mechanized quite differently than our Class III Boomers. I don't believe there are any grease zerks on the mechanism. I think TMB1320 needs to look at the diagram below and consider pulling off the cowling under the steering wheel on the right side. Once under there, he...

We got a little shower of rain yesterday afternoon that wet the deck well and made the grass wet. It was less than a tenth of an inch, but welcome anyhow. It came late enough in the day that it didn't all evaporate immediately. I think we may have had a few drops overnight because my deck is...

Look at the locator diagram # 28/29 and the switch photo with part number. That switch screws into the side of the transmission and senses the transmission in neutral range. It has two wires with push connectors that are easily disconnected. If it is defective or the wires loose/broken, it will...

This Saturday, Sept 14th, my county is having a county-wide garage sale. The local Wise County Messenger newspaper placed a full-page ad about the sale with maps of the city of Decatur, TX where there are lots of sales and also a county map showing locations of other sales in smaller towns. They...

Which do you think hurt more? Getting a bee sting or falling off a bridge?:rolleyes: I've had wasps fly down my shirt and sting me repeatedly while on a motorcycle. You just stay calm and get off the road and stop. This guy obviously over-reacted.:eek: A Paradise man was injured Tuesday...

The block you are talking about is the high pressure distribution and diverter valve. Since it is under pressure, it's not likely you will get air into the system there. Air is normally drawn in around the big filter between the rear wheel and hydraulic reservoir and the big line running off...

Click on images for a sneak preview of the weekend dancing session, no labels required.:D

Darrell, your photo is of the drop-rate knob. The little cover in the middle is supposed to have arrows on it for adjustment. CCW=open (faster), CW=closed (slower). Here is an illustration that shows the adjustment and it's components. The black plastic (item 11) is the knob. As far as your...

I envy your mild summers in the NE. But lordy! I do not evny your early frosts. Check out this first frost map.

It's for mounting a danger sign with dire warnings of doom if you defeat any safety feature.:D

Farmgirl, we all wish we could live as long as Paul did and be remembered as fondly by so many. Check this out!!! We went to garden and picked veggies after the AC guy left. Guess what I'm gonna be doing for the next couple of days?:D

John, I just thought of one more thing (two actually). The two check valves shown in the diagram below (items 17-20) are what hold pressure while the joystick is in neutral. If something got trashed in the spool valve or trash got into the area, one or both of these check valves could have...

Here is a photo of the paving equip: 2 rollers, a chip spreader, a wheel loader, and a chip brush/blade used to smooth out the chips before the tar truck makes a pass. I told the supervisor that they could use my frontage to park equipment because the ROW is too narrow. Chip and tar is probably...

We don't think much about it, but there is also a high instance of breast cancer in men. Several weeks ago, I was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a mastectomy on August 20th. I was discharged from the hospital on August 24th and had my stitches removed yesterday afternoon at my...

John, the first thing you should do is pull the plastic cowling off so you can see in there. You'll be shocked at how many pipes are attached to that dual valve. You can see the bottom, but it is very tight and very cluttered under there. Here are some photos and descriptions of your valve...

The sky is falling! THE SKY IS FALLING! . . . and it's wet. Woohoo!!!:cool2:

I certainly think you have a problem somewhere in your geartrain. The amount of rotational slop is completely unacceptable in my opinion. Here are two diagrams from my Repair Manual. This is for the early tractors before 2004, but I think the PTO drivetrain for rear and mid PTOs has remained...

Hi Kyle, are you aware that your mower is really a Gilson? Gilson made mowers for MW. Gilson was bought out by Lawnboy and is now owned by Toro. There is a Gilson & Montgomery Ward User Group on Yahoo! I have a Gilson Hydro-16 with mower deck. My dual spindle on the center blade in the deck...

I'm of the opinion that the cover on a rotary cutter PTO shaft is a waste of money. Nobody should ever have a reason to get anywhere near to a rotating shaft on a rotary cutter. It's not like a post-hole auger or chipper where you work close to an operating shaft. I think the same way about a...

My driveline is different from yours, but if you look at the diagram below, I think Item #34 is a collar that links the pinion shaft from the differential to the driveline shaft. If that collar is broken or out of position, it could cause the driveline to disconnect from the front differential.

In an earlier post, I mentioned that my yard was really green this year. Because I've been lucky with rain showers, the yard really looks better than ever. Anyhow, I promised to take some pictures, so I got a few this morning with my cell phone while moving sprinklers. You can't really tell we...

Have you considered that he got his user name from drivin' one of these AMC Pacers? :laughing::laughing::laughing:

Now, It's my turn to have squatter problems.:confused2: We looked out the window last night, and there she was; all proud like she owned the place. She made a nice bed in my deep Saint Augustine grass not far from her food pantries (the deer feeder and my wife's rose bushes).:D Oh no! Didn't...

In the illustration below, look at Item #33. It's a nut that can be tightened to increase the friction on your lever. If that does not work, then you may have worn friction discs. They are Item #34 and part number 81717214 from your New Holland dealer. Messicks.com has them for $1.90 each. Some...

Are you growing your own iceberg lettuce? I've grown leaf lettuce, but never had success with iceberg. I saw a horned toad scamper off the gravel road about 2 weeks ago. At first I thought it was a tree lizard and then noticed it's short wide body as it headed into the grass. I'd love to see...

Ron, clear shallow water and sunshine is the key to that 'stuff' you have growing. Have you ever noticed that it rises up from just below the water to the top of the water during the daytime? I notice that on our lake all the time. In the morning, the water surface is clear, but by afternoon...

With the heat we've been having, one day of NOT watering in the garden can lead to severe damage. I'm sure the plants get spoiled to being watered every day, but also there is very little water down deep since we've been so short of rain. Last Monday, I took one day off from watering in the...

You gotta do what you gotta do. . . . I had a track loader clean out a pond and it needed cleanup on the sides. I made many trips up and down the bank. Once over the side on the way down, there was no backing up.:D

Drew, Texas schools teach that the state has five major regions as shown below. That said, some people break down the regions differently, as shown here. The 2nd map more fully describes the regions and is put out by the Parks and Wildlife Dept (TPWD). I tend to agree with their...

BTW: When you were draining coolant, did you loosen the radiator cap? I'm talking about the one on the actual radiator and not on the filler reservoir. Look just to the right of your engine oil filter and slightly above. You could have a coolant tap at that point with a hose attached or a...

With Bird bringing up Christmas, I thought I'd show a picture of what we picked in my garden this morning from our two little 50' rows of blackeyes. I titled this picture, "Peas on Earth, Good Will to Men.":D Two 5-gal buckets and an 8-qt bucket. While it's hot this afternoon, I'll be gettin'...

It's gonna be darn hot here this weekend. My wife bought me a new hat for working outside on 100+ F days. It's over 18" across the brim. I have to steam and crease it so I don't look like the local Amish farmer, but it will sure keep the sun off my head and neck. It's made of palm straw and...

Unbelievable!!! How many more people will she hurt, and how much more property destroyed before they take her license? Driving through a loophole.

I had a fun time in the garden this morning. I picked a 5-gallon bucket full of blackeyes and my wife picked squash, okra, and cucumbers, filling an 8-qt bucket. We also picked two more ripe Israel melons over 6 lb each. When we went to pick tomatoes, Kathy noticed the vines were stipped at the...

When is zucchini. . . bread, not zucchini bread?:D Oops! Missed that one for a few days.:ashamed:

Back from the garden and it's 83 F out and MUGGY. My wife picked 3/4 gallon of cherry tomatoes and I picked a mess of blackeyes plus squash, cucumbers, and a 8-qt bucket of ripening tomato-sauce tomatoes. I also picked a 6 lb 9.4 oz Israel melon that was fully ripe (golden yellow) and had...

Larro, that banana melon looks like it could ripen a bit more. It seems to have a very thick rind or not quite be fully ripened. Is it sweet all the way out to the skin?

Here, Jimsonweed is also called Thornapple and is more poisonous than hallucinogenic. Here is a link to Texas A&M's descriptive page.

HOLY SMOKES! USS Oscar is a submarine. . . a pig-boat.:laughing:

Tom, don't put anything at the entrance to your great room that people can stumble over. I can tell you from experience that when folks enter that room, they will be lookin' up and not where they are walkin'. That's a beautiful loft ceiling.:thumbsup:

I know exactly what your problem is. It is FUSE #2 is blown. Take the two screws out of the instrument panel and lift out the panel carefully. Down under the panel on the left (and covered in dust) is the fuse assy. The 2nd fuse from the left is Fuse #2. Replace that 8 amp fuse with a 10 amp or...

My guess is mice may have 'visited' your instrument panel. They may have chewed wires and caused a short. Also, your relays and fuses are down there too. Your instrument panel doesn't come out like larger models. On them you just remove a couple of screws and the whole thing lifts out. On your...

What I've done in the past to keep healthy vines is buy disease resistant varieties and then plant them with large spacing between plants. Of course, watering the ground and not spraying the whole plant is a rule too. In Texas, we almost never have a problem with fungus or molds. We are just too...

I'm up to 2.5" and a steady rain is falling. I'm happier than a sunblock salesman at a nudist colony.:D I went to my garden this morning, just because. I got a bucket full of squash, zucs, and cucumbers right away. I also found two more Israel melons that had turned completely yellow since...

Is this not a pretty pretty picture?

I'm at a bit over 1-1/2" with light showers coming and going. If smilin' can be work, I'd be worn out about now.:D I had time this morning to make breakfast for my grandson and me while my wife slept in (she was up during the night). When my wife got up, she started making zucchini bread loaves...

Lookie, lookie, lookie what I found in my garden this morning. No! Not the dollar, the melon.:laughing: The dollar is just to prove how big my 1st Israel melon of 2013 is. Gonna be some good eatin' in a couple of days.:licking: Also, check out this healthy okra. If it makes as good as it...

Well, here's some pictures of my monster tomato. Now bear in mind that Lou's tomato was over twice the size of this one, but I didn't use nuclear waste as fertilizer nor water with Lone Star Beer.;) Still, I'm mighty proud of this tomato because it is easily the biggest tomato I've ever grown. I...

Sure! How about "Mom" over a heart? Maybe some ear piercings and a few studs too. . . and a do-rag. Gotta have a piggy do-rag.

I think Lou has achieved a new level with his corny-bun recipe.:thumbsup::laughing: While he was figuring out how to make corny-burgers, I was in the pea patch yesterday. I picked a 5-gal bucket heaping full of blackeyes and then shelled them in the afternoon when it was too hot to work...

In the photo below, the injector pump is shown. Where the fuel line comes to the top of the injector pump, there is a banjo bolt where the hose attaches. Above that, there is a hard line coming down from the injectors with a hex-head above that. The hex-head is the bleed point. Set the engine...

It was a glorious 58 F this morning in Sunset. That's gotta be a record. We slept with the AC off and the windows open last night. Even the frogs in my pond were singing loudly to celebrate the cool temperatures.:D Yesterday, I picked beans and my wife helped me pick blackeyes. We got a 5-gal...

Here's the burning question: Is this a heart-shaped tomato or a tomato with a future in plumbing?:D

Well, I don't know about Houston traffic, but my blackeyes are cuttin' me off and blocking my lane. I used to have two rows with enough space to drive a ATV according to that parking lot painter down in Springtown.;) I tell you what, it's frustratin' when you're walking down a row and the pea...

Nice find! Item #3 below is the kit.

Any Hobbit film without ole Gollum will be incomplete. I think he was my favorite character.

I can understand Oklahoma gettin' a bit cranky about us coming over the state line and taking their water. I also can see Texas getting cranky because the 'floods' of people taking their dollars and spending them at WinStar, Choctaw, and various other casinos in Oklahoma and Louisiana. I'd love...

Well, I finally got my 40% shadecloth up today. I'm hoping it allows just enough sun through. Here are the photos. EDIT: 75' of 6' wide was $0.15 per square ft or 450 x .15 = $67.50

Well, I'm not talking about Scott or Texas John, but some of you (you know who you are) were talking about multi-inch rainfall amounts when we folks in N. Texas couldn't get much more than a picture of too much rain in San Antonio on the 10 PM news.:rolleyes: All that considered, I feel darn...

I spent most of the morning watering my garden. If it had been in the mid-80s, it would have been fine. However, when it got to 95, things started wilting down in a hurry, especially the tomato vines. I normally don't worry about a bit of wilt, but it looked excessive and I turned on the soaker...

I think your problem is external to the HST due to the way they work. When you move the input to the HST, it stays there if the linkage does not move it back. Item #26 in the diagram below is a bolt that attaches your linkage to the HST's swashplate input. If that is loose or broken, you would...

Scott, it looks like some much needed rain for you.:thumbsup: It's just hot and humid here. My zucchini plants are wilting even though I watered them this morning. The yellow squash look fine but the hot temperatures are just too much for the zucs. Maybe I disturbed their roots when I stirred...

Bret, I DO NOT recommend that you pressurize the whole tank. If you pull the hose off the fuel pump on the carburetor side and turn the engine over, you should see gasoline gush out (catch it if possible). That will tell you that you are getting fuel that far. Then you can buy one of these kits...

I'm late to this thread and have posted this in other threads, but I have a little Bolens BL410 cultivator that does a great job. I had the same tiller in the Ryobi model and used it until it was falling apart. I call this my "gas-a-hoe." It works great for everything but close tilling where I...

The part has a pivot that is just a bolt as shown in this diagram. Remove the deck and you should have easy access to the pivot bolt. Put a jack under the frame and raise the mower for even easier access. The axle is part item #3 in the diagram below. Its part number from your JD dealer is...

I have been scratchin' my head over this zucchini mystery in my garden. I swear I planted seeds out of the same envelope, but I obviously have different zuc plants. What do you think? Have you ever seen two plants that look so different from the same seed pack. They both make similar zucchinis...

I posted these photos in another thread, but this year I'm trying a trellis netting from Memphis Net & Twine. I bought 328' of 40" tall horticultural netting for around $55. Since I put the netting on 6' t-posts and left over a foot at the bottom, my net is almost 5' tall. For my sweet 100s, I...

Busted!!! That's a Dickey's Barbecue cup in this photo. Are you sure you didn't 'smoke' those ribs with a couple of $20 bills at Dickey's?:laughing: Just kiddin!;) Allen, that's a great lookin' smoker, and everyone knows that most Dickey's don't have anything that good lookin'.:D

Bret, the air pressure is just increasing the pressure inside the inlet hose to the carb. I removed the hose from the outlet side of the fuel pump and pressurized that line with low pressure air. Normal fuel pressure probably is 1 psi to 2 psi at most. The added pressure will push the needle off...

If you don't use cruise enough to know that it doesn't work, I would not think it was that critical. However, if you noticed it was bad and told them to check it, you priority might be higher. You can fix that magnet yourself, but it is in a very tight spot. My parts diagram says the two bolts...

Here is a small dry pond. Here is my tractor searching for the bottom of this "dry" pond. Here is the track loader I hired and the true depth of the muck. Don't ever think that mucking a pond is a trivial matter. If you can't afford the right equipment, can you afford to have your...

Dennis, here are some photos of my pepper plants in late 2009 (November). This was right at the end of the season before frost. The plants were so tall they were falling over on themselves. That year I had so many banana peppers that I could not give them away. All the plants weren't 4' tall...

Dennis, your garden looks great, especially for somebody who has to work for a living. We retired folks have a big advantage. Your squash and zucs look very healthy. We got a nice mess of beans this morning and my grandson picked about 10 ripe cherry tomatoes. We also got a couple more yellow...

Scott and Don, you guys are killin' me on the tomatoes as well as FG19.:licking: I had one red cherry tomato yesterday in my garden and many others that are baseball sized and still green and growing. With perfect growing conditions, I'd bet my tomato plants are growing almost 4" per day. My...

Nobody can be sure what is going on inside your transmission case. Some of us might be able to 'feel' something, but you just never know. Have you lubricated all pivot points in the engagement lever? I know from experience that my shift levers can become gummed up and very stiff. Anywhere there...

Where is the rootball? Is it on solid ground? Are you cutting it off and leaving it in place? I think a come-along is like digging a swimming pool with a teaspoon. It's way, way undersized for the job. You may be able to pull out cut pieces with it, but it's gonna wear you out long before there...

It seems that these storms we are having all produce extremes: rain, hail, tornadoes, flooding, even freezes early-on. We've gone so long without precipitation and suddenly we get a bunch at once (in isolated places). Perhaps it's always been that way, but in less populated areas. This year it...

Well, I feel like it's Christmas morning and I got all that I wanted.:cloud9: The storm dropped an inch, it cooled off, and now the sun is out with light shifting breeze. Oh! If it only could be this way all year long.:rolleyes: This morning I got out to my garden very early because I had an...

I watched that little cell approaching early last evening when the tornado was reported in Bellevue and heading for Nocona and St. Jo. As it approached us, the storm seemed to weaken as it approached the heavier storm north of us. Finally, it came by just to our northwest and dropped enough rain...

I thought you'd never ask. Of course I have pictures.:laughing: I think he's gonna be gettin' a shiny toy tractor to play with soon.:D BTW: His name is Noah. With a name like that, you have to love animals and buildin' stuff.;)

I pulled up a precipitation map for the entire storm. The amount it shows for my place is exactly correct. I think they use radar data for these estimates and they are very accurate. Amazing! Anyhow, I approximated the locations of folks I know of and posted them on the map.

Very nice, Farmgirl19!:thumbsup: That's the way my squash could have looked if I didn't have a huge hail storm and two hard freezes. I would say you are a full two weeks ahead of me on the squash and three on the zucchini. Have you seen bees visiting your garden? Do you help your squash with...

Our goose flock is increasing. I suppose there have been migrating geese around here before, but having the two ponds close to my house makes them a lot more visible. Also, once they discover the corn under the deer feeder, they are hooked like an addict on drugs. Yesterday a white-fronted goose...

Yep, like you, it's not much trouble to cut the tomato vines to remove cages. I have a pair of short handled loppers that work great for cutting vines sticking out through the cages. Most of the time, mine have grown up out of the cage at the top and bushed out so that the cage won't come off...

Well, the rain dots have again connected on my deck and it looks like it is still increasing in intensity.:thumbsup: I was in the garden putting up a trellis net and decided I should call it quits before I got soaked. I've never used this netting before, but I saw it online and bought one 5' x...

Lucky me! I got enough rain last night to wet my deck solid. No puddles, just a wet deck.:rolleyes: My grandson and I took a Kawasaki Mule ride when he got home from school yesterday. I don't know when I've ever seen our lake as low as it is now.:( On the fun side, my grandson showed his...

Pete, you are gonna have a VERY green spot out near your dust fence. Of course, that's good. It will stop a big washout there in the future. I think it's amazing that you got only that one spot of erosion and it seems to be limited. Good job! Let it all germinate and green up and then come...

Rain??? I don't see no stinkin' rain.:confused3: Yep! The storm has skirted Sunset. . . again. Sigh!!! Good for you, Dennis. At least you may get the dust washed off your vehicles. I was looking at my asparagus ferns yesterday and some are 7 feet tall if they didn't bend over. Trying to walk...

Dennis, you are sure right about the way it looks and the temperature. With things so green out, it is NOT supposed to be this cold. However, I've been putting on two light jackets and feeling comfortable, especially while working. Those 'gotta have it yesterday' jobs are often because somebody...

Yep, no rain here either. It was nice sleeping with the window open last night. All night long I kept wakening to whippoorwills and owls hooting close to my house (I drank too much tea before bedtime.). This morning, the sounds changed to a woodpecker hammering on a tree while trilling and crows...

I see your clients have plenty of the "Texas Broadleaf Grass" in their pasture.:laughing:

That's exactly my point. The thicker portion of the angle will be harder to get good penetration. With the angle turned up, that's the part that must take the most stess and it is likely to be the weakest weld. By inverting the angle like an "L", you don't have to weld that thick part and all...

Of course we went to our favorite greenhouse yesterday and bought annual bedding plants. This morning, we set them out. We were so happy. . . hmm. Most of them were protected, but some petunias may have been bruised a bit. Here are the photos. Notice in some photos you can see the splash of the...

VW Bug for sale. . . Freshly painted.;)

My wife bought me an expensive tow-behind Agri-Way spreader for my birthday about 6 years ago. Last year the cheap plastic gearbox stripped out and won't turn the slinger and agitator. However, I have an old push type EZ Broadcast Spreader like the one in the photo below that I've been using for...

As much as we'd like to believe our horses are very intelligent, I think that's relative. A smart horse is one that has lightening reflexes and does things automatically like good roping or cutting horses that do their jobs by instinct after hours and hours of practice. The horse in the video...

Cardio be darned! You need one of these. I still have to lead when dancing, but it does the weeding work very well except for close around plants where hand weeding is required. I love my little Gas-a-hoe. Ron Hall: Sorry to hear your mom has more difficulties. We'll be praying for her. One...

This is about as close as I have currently. I didn't do the weld job myself. I bought this blade used and the hitch plate was already welded in place.

Obed, I found a picture of my boxblade hitch ball. My boxblade has a hinged rear blade and the hitch is right above the piano hinge. Also, I have a bench grinder that I've never mounted to a bench. It has rubber feet and I can move it anywhere I need. It weighs enough that it sits and doesn't...

The 55" Bradco rock bucket from E-A seems a superb choice in my estimation. I've owned a 60" rock bucket for years and never ever wanted it to be wider. Several times I've actually wished it was only 48" wide because of uneven ground while picking up rocks and trying to get them into one corner...

The last few times I operated my G1800, I noticed it was very very s-l-o-w in reverse. I even reached down with my hand and pulled back on the treadle to see if I could make it back up faster, but no. I've been really baffled even more because it runs great in forward and seems very strong...

It is supposed to rain quite a bit over the next few days (Hope so!). To show the condition of our lake and my deepest pond, I took some photos yesterday. If we get rain, I'll post more photos to show the contrast. I used to have lakefront property, but in this photo you can see that the lake...

Was the Jolly Green Giant (Ho! Ho! Ho!) there also? It looks like his Easter Basket in the photo.:laughing:

Big rocks look good when surrounded by bluebonnets. Here's a photo from last year. I put these rocks here temporarily, but my wife may not let me move them.:)

Below is a photo of my biggest row of asparagus ATF (after the freeze). :( Notice the taller ferns have done a u-turn and are hanging down due to this morning's 24 degrees. I just went ahead and cut all spears above 4" tall since they all had frostbite. They're in the pan steaming with onion and...

The story has now become national news. A very dear friend of my wife called yesterday at noon to say that her son, Montague County Deputy James Boyd had been shot while making a traffic stop in Bowie, Tx. Since that time, it is learned that his assailant was the same man who killed the Colorado...

Brian, I would check your fuel cutoff solenoid. It's about 1" diameter and 3" long sticking out of the injector pump just right down under the filter as shown below. If could be heating up and maybe binding so it does not fully retract when you go to restart. It could also not be fully engaging...

The only real way to know what is going on with your 3PH system is to have a hydraulic flow diagram. There are certainly various ways of implementing flow and control for various brands/models. In the diagram below of my New Holland TC45D, the hydraulic fluid flows from the HPL control valve...

Okay, it's time to push this thread back to the top.:) I know I'm 11 days early, but I think spring has arrived early this year.:thumbsup: Now, if I can just rely on the weather forecast of rain, I'll be a happy camper this weekend. The last three days, I have been scrambling to get my ground...

No Ron, you are wrong. ALL the walls are SW walls ((Superior Walls). Gotcha!!!:laughing: Look at the original basement plan to see the narrow windows which have been eliminated and replaced with a larger window on the opposite wall. (see below) According to this floor plan below, that is...

It's 38.8 F here this morning after a night of doormat-movin' wind. It was stuffy when we went to bed and is chilly this morning. What else would you expect from Texas?:) They are topping our road with gravel again. That's the Wise County end. The first 1/4 mi in Montague County is hopeless. I...

I just can't throw away scrap unless it is a few inches long. I have a stack of 1-2 foot boards that I go to often. I just can't bring myself to let that stuff go. Even a 6"x6" treated block makes a great footer under a trailer tongue jack. Pete, in your photos of the house, the side window on...

I've lost about 65 lb. I think the ring slips because my fingers are cold, dry, and dusty. It's like I had talcum powder on them. Today, before going outside, I took the ring off and put it safely on the shelf. I also just got back from buying two Texas Lottery tickets. We'll see if my luck is...

Terry, I want to know what kind of 'fertilizer' you put around your posts. This one is growing a pine tree.:laughing:

As far as I know, the only electrical thing is the cruise control magnet. It's a round donut shape that sits behind a plate so it can hold the pedal in position when cruise is set to ON. Here's the parts diagram for the pedal. Item #7 is the cruise control magnet.

There's nothing quite as bad as jalousie windows. I had them in a Florida room of my last house. When the cold wind blew in the winter, you could feel a draft anywhere in the room. If I could find the person who designed those, I'd strangle 'em.:mad: Cleaning them was such a joy. . . NOT!

You meant porcupine eggs? We used to tell the city kids that they were porcupine eggs and if they'd take them home and put them in the ground they would hatch porcupines.:laughing: I take sand from the mouth of a creek where it empties into my lake. That sand is full of "porcupine eggs." I...

Harvey, are these the torx tips you are talking about? They sure sound high-tech in Milwaukee's online description. I guess the "shock absorption zone" is just something else they can charge you for when you buy them. Maybe you need to send them a few broken ones for Christmas and ask them what...

TC45DA battery with overflow drain.

Here is the single 18W light I installed on my brother's golf cart. It is the perfect light for this application.

I ordered some rubber matting to put into the cargo bed on the cart and it took FOREVER to arrive. I think Amazon screwed up when they made this Super Saver free shipping. I paid $57 for a 47 lb roll and that came with free shipping. I priced shipping if I'd have paid for it and it was $32...

Kevin, I think that's a bit of a stretch in comparison, but I agree with the sentiment in many regards.:) I would say it's something more like: New batteries - $600. Wasting money on something I don't need - senseless. So, I went to Walmart and bought their largest marine battery the Everstart...

D-berry, the part you linked to is the joystick valve for a loader. Do you already have a loader? If so, that's the valve under the plastic cowling below the joystick. The part number is NOT for a kit of parts, but only the bare valve. Unfortunately, your first listed prices are about as good...

Jim, I don't know which is more interesting, your tools or the collection of scrap pieces under the hitch in the background of this photo. I think we are often defined by our scrap piles.:D My favorite tools are round toothpicks and golf tees for a gazillion uses. Where would the world be...

Time for a torpedo heater. I would NOT light a fire under the tractor, but a torpedo heater will heat things up really fast, especially if you block the far side of the tractor with a full or partial sheet of plywood so that the air/heat doesn't just escape. These things say they are to be run...

This thread is too "on topic" to what's happening on US Hwy 287/81 that runs within a mile of my house. There's a 7 mile section that is being resurfaced. It was concrete before and last year they cut out sections where the surface had started to erode. They repoured those sections, and I...

The one thing I can think of to check would be if the bracket is tight going into the transmission. My bracket with two bolts was poorly welded and broke off from the shaft. Yours could be loose or have some slop on the square boss going into the transmission. There are two bolts that hold the...

Harvey, those posts sure look nice. That fence is gonna be another stunning standout in your collection of unique jobs. One thing does concern me. I've seen those trees and most are pruned up or have few low-hanging limbs. The one in the photo below would have me concerned. One spring storm with...

. . . and fix that squeaky floor. PLEASE!!! :irked: I have to admit that a lot of questionable things were done when my house was built, and that I didn't know enough to demand different. Being a multi-story split level house, I have lots of floors that aren't on a slab. When they put down the...

A couple of years ago, I bought my brother a used golf cart for his birthday. It's a 2007 model Yamaha YDRE 48 vdc cart. It worked well until a couple of months ago and then just quit. He isn't very technically inclined and so I figured the battery terminals were just dirty based on what I'd...

Trying to find a fuel system diagram that's complete is a nightmare (meaning it ain't real 'cause it doesn't exist). Even the New Holland Repair Manual has a diagram with the fuel pump and filter in the wrong spot. The diagram below is about the best you can get and it only shows the hose from...

You know, Don. Since you are all beat up and have bricks to spare, it would look awesome if you paved the section shown below too. It's all straight, so you could do that one in your sleep or save it for Ron when he stops by.:laughing: I'll keep my eyes open for letter-bombs in my mailbox. . ...

Well, I said I was going to do an attachment, but I got a phone call and got distracted.:ashamed: Here is the PDF file.

:laughing: That is funny! I'm not talking about you, but the decals shown on New Holland's parts list is wrong. See the illustration below. Item #1 in the upper left hand portion of the illustration is supposed to be the decal for the Range shift lever. I'm sure the illustration is just wrong...