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I just performed a 300 hour service on my 1100c. The muffler bolt was EXTREMELY difficult to remove. I felt like I was on the verge of breaking the bolt head off. Actually, I'm surprised I didn't. Yes, I have removed the bolt before at the designated time. For a moment, I was thinking of just...

This living ash tree fell over and made a nice barber chair in the last storm. The more that I cut on it now, the more it wants to "stand up" and is making me very nervous. It may not look like it, but the horizontal part of the tree is about 8 foot off the ground. Any more cutting on it will...

I've had some 70S3 mig wire that is greater than 5 years old. It is still clean but wondering if the age is a problem. Maybe oxidation?

My Ventrac 4500P is having some momentary power issues again. This is even after I have replaced the fuel filter. With several other postings here, I decided to take the leap and see if anything was in the gas tank. I took off the fuel filter panel and released the gas line at the fuel filter...

Does anyone have a part number for a locally sourced fuel filter for the 4500P? Napa has some filters for the ventrac in their book, but not the fuel filter.⛽ Before I go the generic route, thought I'd ask.

We have discussed this problem zerk before on this forum but my wife pointed out something interesting today. As I was cussing out that zerk this morning, my wife, who had been watching for a while said, "wouldn't that be easier if you took off those hydraulic couplers?" So I handed her 2...

My guess is a voltage regulator but I have no idea for what. I think its for a tractor but I'm not even sure about that. There is no mark on it anywhere. No numbers or even manufacture mark. Thanks in advance.

I was attaching the rough cut mower deck to my 4500p and as usual having difficulty lining up the forks. Yes, yes, I know some of you can just drive right up and the attachment just jumps on the tractor, but not me. So in addition to my regular magnetic flashlights on the sides of the engine...

Today I had a very difficult time connection the "quick disconnect" fittings on the bucket to my 4500p. None of the 4 hoses would not connect. I then wondered if pressure in the bucket hoses was too high, so I pushed in the pin with great difficulty on the hoses to relieve the pressure. Then...

Years ago I asked to see if anyone had used a scraper on their Ventrac and got limited response. I finally got the time and nerve up. Took off the extra weights in the rear and hooked it up. Made sure that the scraper was well under the weight limits of the three point hitch. Turned out...

After rain I went out to cut more drainage in my trails when the clay bunched up in between the tires. This was terrible to clean out using a hose and a stick. I'd be curious if this has happened to you? You may be asking why I did this after a rain and the answer is with mostly clay, there...

The freak snowstorm left a few inches of snow on top of sleet on my gravel driveway. Tried to use my 4500p with bucket to remove it and was very disappointed. First put the bucket in float and with the bucket in several positions, mostly flat. Some snow would ball up in front of the bucket...

Walking past the Ventrac today, I noticed the hydraulic hose for the front attachment was touching the front right tire even though it was in the "hose keeper." I currently have the leaf blower attachment connected. So I tried to reposition the hose when I found the hose keeper kept moving back...

I have the 4500P, which is the Kawasaki (gas) engine. The manual says to "drain water and sediment from fuel tank" AS NEEDED or yearly. I didn't find any procedure to follow for this. Also checked around the fuel tank and didn't find a sump to open. Has anyone done this or have a slick way to...

I live with a 14 degree gravel driveway. The steep part is probably 50 yards long. My Ventrac has been great grooming the gravel with the landscape rake and blowing leaves off with the blower, etc. While no one has gotten completely stuck, many people have had to back down the drive and make...

I've been considering the stump grinder for the 4500. The YouTube videos of it seem like it runs well and works quickly. However that mirror in the front looks odd. Is that hard to get used to? Is it difficult to mount on the tractor? Thanks in advance.

I have some of those carbon electrodes for gouging with a stick welder and wondered if I could turn the amperage down and maybe sharpen the carbon rod and use it with flux coated bronze rods to braze some non structural steel together. Seems like it should work. Sort of a gas-less poor man's tig...

I've been working on this idea for a while. I bought a draw bar to put in the 3 pt and sort of expanded on that from there. My idea here was since the arms are so low to the ground anyway, I would bolt wheels on it so that when in "float" the tractor would not need to "hold" the arms up...

I'm always inspired by the new ideas on implements with the Ventrac. Here is my take on a small carry box for a chainsaw or like size. I got an extra long top link and a drawbar for the three point and the rest is reclaimed steel. I'm more or less finished here but will put a piece of plywood...

Here is a cast iron (most likely) chuck that cracked and was fixed but not well enough. I've decided to make it into a welding positioner by brazing a 3/4" hot rolled pipe to it to make sure it cannot be chucked into a lathe ever again. Cleaned all parts, angle grinder wire wheel, then acetone...

The chuck on my wood lathe spun off and hit the ground cracking it. I decided to try and tig weld it. I used my Klutch DC tig welder at about 60 amps. The weld looked really good after but then I decided to grind it to make it smooth again. This uncovered the porosity. I realized that it is a...

So I'm doing the 100 hr service on my 4500P and re-torque inner lug nuts sounded like a whole lotta work for no pay off. I mean that I've heard of lug nuts on cars coming loose but it just didn't seem like it was worth the effort, but I did it anyway. I'm glad I did! First surprise on my...

I've been hearing an intermittent noise on my 4500p that was solved today. The noise would sound quite loud like a squeaky fan belt that was coming from the front right wheels. However, I could only hear it when in low gear traveling almost as fast as the machine would go and then not always...

I was having trouble using the SDLA handle. My hand would have to bend uncomfortably and also found some tarnish developing on the chrome where my fingers were drooping over the black factory knob. After a flashback to my youth where the eight ball shift replacement knob was all the rage, I...

I have this scraper I've been debating what to do with it. My 4500P does have a 3 point hitch but my gut says this 6 foot scraper is just too big. I realize that I would most likely need a shorter top link to be able to tilt the blade up enough to carry it from place to place. I'm thinking...

I've been babying my 4500p with duals fairly well but now I'm starting to do some harder work with it such as filling the bucket with cut wood or pulling some trash out of a ditch, etc. Even so I can't imagine that I've added much more that 200 - 300 lbs total that was distributed over the...

Just bought the KA160 blower for my 4500 and was very pleased with the way it worked. However, if I just disconnected it on the ground, it was very very low for the front forks to pick it back up again. If I put it on a pallet, it became too high. So did some measuring and came up with this...

I've had my new 4500P for a week now. However, I'm really having problems with picking up and dropping attachments. My first time attaching the landscape rake took two hours. After the first hour, I called the dealer and he told me to just push it up against a wall or tree. I was reluctant to...