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Recently bought a Case D-100 Backhoe Attachment. It needed some repair, so I had to disassemble it before I could use it. While I was pressure washing it today, one of the dipper arm pivot bushings disintegrated and blew out of the hole. The replacement part is supposed to be H56184, but the...

So per my other thread from a couple of weeks ago, our Ford 1715 had fuel filling up the crankcase while it was sitting, not running. Figured out that it was o-rings in the injection pump. I know injection pump rebuilds are not normally considered DIY, but I found drawings and service manuals...

Anyone know where I can find a 25/64" 5-Point socket to fit the bolts on a Ford 1715 injection pump?

So I learned from my other thread about fuel mixing with the oil while the tractor isn't running that the seals on my injection pump need to be replaced. I know I need to pull the pump and send/take it (& probably the injectors for good measure) to someone that can overhaul injection pumps...

Dad started our Ford 1715 up a couple of days ago, and did something it's never done before. It started blowing oil out the breather tub that connects to the top of the valve cover on top of the engine. Not just a little bit. The oil was streaming out. I checked the oil today and it's almost to...

My dad had to replace some hydraulic hoses on the front end loader on our 4340C, and it appears we have something reversed. Our 3-point lift will no longer raise unless we operate the loader at the same time. The loader appears to operate normally, and it doesn't really matter which loader...

We had some bad hydraulic hoses on the FEL that had to be replaced, and after replacing the hoses, the 3-point lift doesn't want to lift. Working on it yesterday, we turned the lift speed control knobs a few times, and eventually the lift went up and down once, then stopped raising again...

I'm looking for a new fuel tank for a 2008 4340C. The current one is leaking where the screws go into the tank. Every place I find lists the whole tank assembly with pump & everything. Anybody know where I can find one? Preferably in the Austin, Tx area.

We recently had the dam on our pond/lake/stock tank reconstructed after it washed out about 5 years ago. The new dam has a spill way at the end. Since we're making preparations to build a house up on the hill above the lake which will require daily driving over the dam and spillway we're...

A couple of years ago I got one of the Harbor Freight "Multipurpose Machines" for Christmas. It's the combination Lathe/Milling machine, their Item #5980. Due to the store screwing up and making good on a couple of issues I ended up getting the machine for $399 including the 3-year extended...

Last Saturday I went to a nearby Lowes with my parents to help them pick out a new riding mower for the yard at their country cabin. Ended up picking out one of the 21hp Husqvarna's with the hydrostatic drives. We were in my dad's 2001 Dodge Ram 1500 so the mower was going to have to be loaded...

Took a load of aluminum cans and old metal porch railings to the metal recycler yesterday and while we were unloading I saw a large metal table sitting by the "secondaries" pile. I asked how much it would be and they said $0.25/pound. The table weighed 280 pounds so $70 got me this nice, heavy...

I have an air framing nailer that I bought probably around 2001 or 2002 that has only been used a handful of times because of an annoying problem that I've never really been able to solve. If I give the trigger more than just an extremely light touch when I'm ready to fire, the darn thing tries...

Well, I have just added a pair of pants to the needs mending pile, a band-aid to my knee and a bandage to my wrist that make it look like I tried to off myself. Working on my dad's cattle trailer. It needs a new tongue jack, but the tongue is a strait piece of large diameter pipe and the old...

I posted this same thread over at WeldingWeb so I could get a broader opinion base. I'm trying to make a decision on what I want for Christmas this year and have a tough choice to make. I already have a Harbor Freight 110Amp MIG (the 94164 model) and a Harbor Freight oxy/acetylene rig. My...

Ok, this is a bit of a technique question... I have a 45hp Mitsubishi BD2G dozer and have some dead Blackjack trees I need to push over. The drought this summer was really hard on the trees in my area and we've lost bunch. I've pushed over a bunch of dead willow trees with the dozer and...

I have a 2-wheel hand-truck (dolly/2-wheeler/whatever you call it) with small tires that are maybe 9" or 10" in diameter. I made the mistake of attempting to move a rather heavy piece of equipment before I realized that one of the tires was flat. Now I can't figure out how to get the tire to...

I'm planning on building a soil compactor and have a couple of decisions to make before I begin. So far, what I have to work with is an old pressure tank from a water well, (one of the ones that is about 5 feet tall and about 2 and a half feet in diameter) a pair of old wheel bearings / hubs...

I was out changing some fluids on our Mitsubishi BD2G dozer over the weekend and noticed that one of the cylinders for raising/lowering the blade is leaking fluid from the end of the cylinder around the rod. I'm assuming that this means a seal is shot and needs to be replaced. How difficult...

Ok, so I haven't touched a welder since back in high-school in 1995 and that was an old 1950's or older tombstone Lincoln. Back then I was taking an Ag class thinking that would be the easiest way to weld. Unfortunately, school budgets being what they are, the class was held in an old...

This is not directly tractor related, but I'm sure somebody might find the info useful at some tractor related application... I'm trying to design an articulating arm to mount a monitor to the wall by my recliner so I can sit and type in comfort. I need the arm to be able to bend horizontally...

Boy did I screw up today. We got the first nice weather day we've had in weeks so I decided to take our little BD2G dozer out and do some work on the pond I'm rebuilding. A lot of sand washed in over the years so I still need to take the deepest part down another 4 feet or so. Anyway, I drive...

I've got a bit of an infestation of Oxalis in my yard, and I really really really want this stuff gone. I've tried just about everything I can think of to get rid of it, and nothing works. Roundup appears to kill it, but after a few weeks the leaves start regrowing. If you dig it up and don't...

Don't know if any of you are around the Lockhart/Austin Texas area or if you ever did business with Jim Parmley, owner of Tractor Show Place between Lockhart and Austin, but Mr. Parmley passed away on February 9th. He was 63 years old and had been a tractor salesman all his working life. He'd...

Got a combination milling machine/lathe from Harbor Freight a while back but haven't played around with it much yet. I've got a couple of projects that I need to undertake eventually, but both projects have brought up some technique questions that don't have answers that are obvious to me. I'm...

A couple of years ago I bought one of those Harbor Freight Oxy/Acetylene kits that has the two bottles in a little red plastic carrier. Wasn't planning on using it very much so I didn't want to spend a fortune on a professional rig. I've used the rig maybe twice since I've had it and it seemed...

I saw a brief mention in another thread about using a 3-cylinder engine as an air compressor. My mind was already headed along that route when I came across the reference so I guess I'm not the first one to come up with the idea, but I think I'd like to run my version of the idea by you guys to...

Well, spent most of the day Monday running the little dozer working on our pond that we're rebuilding. All went well until I went to park the dozer back under the shed. The shed is pretty much an extension of our barn roof. It's bolted to the barn at one end and has five 6-inch posts holding...

Does anybody know the current part number for the 3rd link adapter for the Harbor Freight Quick hitch? The number I've seen listed in the other threads (29309) is apparently no longer valid.

Well, we finally brought our brand new 2008 Montana 4340C home yesterday. I haven't had time to do much more than drive it off the trailer and under the shed, but I already love this tractor, even if it did make me feel a little stupid after unloading it. I had just backed it off the trailer...

I've got a little 2-car detached garage that was apparently built around the same time my house was back in the 1930's. It's got a dirt/gravel floor and has tongue and groove siding on the outside. One side of the garage has sunk about 5 inches since I bought my house and since the garage is...