What ya working on?

[560Dennis]

On 9/10/2025 at 8:02 AM, Sledgehammer said:

Got lucky in an online sale and have another road trip to make now. These cabinets will end up hung on the poplar pictured above. Bought 9 in total. Seven are 36x25x12 and two are 18x25x12. All are metal with glass front doors and adjustable shelves. 

Doctors office quality, nice 

[5488ih]

Finally got one tire mounted tonight. Have to decide wedges on the inside out outside of the wheel? 🤔

[lotsaIHCs]

On 9/9/2025 at 8:12 AM, Gearclash said:

If you have chlorinated water your copper will get eaten from the inside out.  If your water is treated with hydrogen peroxide your yellow metals will enjoy an even shorter life.  I will not install anything put PVC or PEX anymore.  PEX line itself will last half of forever.  It is the brass fittings that fail first.  One poly to avoid at all cost is CPVC when used with very hot water.  It will get very brittle over time. 

My house was plumbed with CPVC in about 1977. Haven't had a pipe leak or break yet. My grandmother lived in this house when my dad plumbed it when she first got running water. I haven't seen any pipes get brittle when I've cut them to add in for my washing machine or utility sink, even on the hot side. I was always told that CPVC is preferred to PVC for hot water since CPVC is rated for 200 degrees and PVC is rated at 140 degrees. Maybe I've just been lucky.

[Gearclash]

22 minutes ago, lotsaIHCs said:

My house was plumbed with CPVC in about 1977. Haven't had a pipe leak or break yet. My grandmother lived in this house when my dad plumbed it when she first got running water. I haven't seen any pipes get brittle when I've cut them to add in for my washing machine or utility sink, even on the hot side. I was always told that CPVC is preferred to PVC for hot water since CPVC is rated for 200 degrees and PVC is rated at 140 degrees. Maybe I've just been lucky.

I have read that CPVC is supposed to take very hot water better than PVC, but my experience does not agree with that. 

When we tore down our old milkhouse in 2007, there was a mix of CPVC and PVC on the hot water circuit.  Hot water in those lines was HOT!! probably approaching 200*F.  The main water heater was likely set at 180*F, and there was another milk cooling conpressor sourced water heater that charged the main water heater and that "free" heater had no thermostat, just a safety valve.   I used  a rachet type jaw cutter to cut the old lines in that facility, and every one of the CPVC lines shattered rather than sever cleanly.  The PVC lines cut like they should have. It was pretty eye opening how brittle that CPVC was. 

 

[IHKeith]

On 9/5/2025 at 6:50 AM, iowaboy1965 said:

What style cam did he go with? I see lots of guys having trouble wiping lobes on new flat tappet cams. Everything from low zinc in oil to improper break in to bad metallurgy from Chinese products being blamed. Are you concerned at all?

I am always nervous with flat tappet cams, I find the break in procedure very risky and challenging.  Starting the engine for the first time and instantly reviving to 2000 rpm for 20 minutes and not overheating, timing set right, no oil leaks etc is a feat.  
 

This one has a Comp Cams flat tappet. I still have yet to start it, hopefully tomorrow.  I have had good luck 

[IHKeith]

I reconnected the second muffler on Josh’s Grand Prix.  It was common practice back when to remove the second muffler, the muffler and split pipe were unavailable or expensive and without a pipe bender, hard to reconnect.  The second muffler was still there on his car and it tonight it got plumbed back into the system 

[IHKeith]

Have this 84 F250 torn apart for brakes.  It has a 6.9 engine and a 4 speed manual, 2wd.  It’s a project, will need tons of work but has decent bones.  I was nervous about hoisting it on the two post because of the rust scale on the frame, also didn’t want to put it on the drive on hoist because it might make a mess and leak brake fluid.  Knew I needed to tear it apart to verify brake options and condition.  Ended up that the scale is superficial and the frame is decent, rear drums popped right off and things looked pretty good in there, backing plates are solid.  Going to reuse the rear shoes and drums but new hardware and adjuster kit, wheel cylinders, hoses and lines, park brake cables, master cylinder, calipers, pads and rotors.  Will flush out the metering valve when it’s apart, my air powered fluid filler works well for that.

When this truck was delivered it was rolled off a trailer and I was told that it ran, had driven on the trailer.  It sat for a week or more before I went to it.  Had a flat tire that wouldn’t take air, had to come back with a jack, took air then, hooked the booster pack up and it cranked but no fire, no glow plug light, looked around and found a push button switch, depressing it lit the glow plug light, held it for 30 seconds and the engine fired right up.  I was pleasantly surprised. 
 

 

[lotsaIHCs]

2 hours ago, Gearclash said:

I have read that CPVC is supposed to take very hot water better than PVC, but my experience does not agree with that. 

When we tore down our old milkhouse in 2007, there was a mix of CPVC and PVC on the hot water circuit.  Hot water in those lines was HOT!! probably approaching 200*F.  The main water heater was likely set at 180*F, and there was another milk cooling conpressor sourced water heater that charged the main water heater and that "free" heater had no thermostat, just a safety valve.   I used  a rachet type jaw cutter to cut the old lines in that facility, and every one of the CPVC lines shattered rather than sever cleanly.  The PVC lines cut like they should have. It was pretty eye opening how brittle that CPVC was. 

 

Odd. I use an Irwin cutter, just a blade and a curved saddle area that the pipe sits in. I've cut the original 1970s cpvc and it cuts smooth and clean. It's almost soft and flexible. Maybe different brands or something. Dunno!

[Sledgehammer]

18 hours ago, 560Dennis said:

Doctors office quality, nice 

They came from a lab at an Ag company so you are pretty much right on your comment 😊

[5488ih]

Got em both on. Looks great. 

[Kevin in ky]

Replacing bottom seat cushion in 7120;tires do look good 5488ih

[farmallcubkid]

Working on a second narrow front WD Allis.

[lotsaIHCs]

Changed oil on wife's car, a job I kind of hate to do without a hoist but since I don't have one...all the while trying to make up my mind if I want to buy a super C with a woods belly mower, or a 2 year old Toro Z turn with My-Ride, or save my money and buy neither and put it toward the transmission I'm pretty sure I'm going to need for my Hydro 70.

[nate]

Wasn’t happy with the brakes on the super w4.  Took them apart and found out why.   Full of dirt and rusty.  Pretty sure it still has the original brakes disks in it.  

[cm228]

On 9/5/2025 at 10:18 PM, cm228 said:

Started on this yesterday morning. The tree farm I work at messaged me that there was something hot/ burning on their Jacto air cannon sprayer. They cooled the hot areas with a hose and left the tractor and sprayer outside. A few days passed till I got a chance to look at it. I went and got the tractor and brought it to our shop. Started talking covers off and thought might not be to bad a couple belts off. Then looked closer. Ball bearings were missing most of their balls. Set the sprayer on a stack of pallets to get it a working height. Found I couldn’t get the pto shaft of the tractor. Looked closer splines were twisted. Popped out the stub shaft. It took a punch to drive the release button in. Big drift to drive the pto shaft off the stub. Had other obligations so wasn’t able to get more apart Thursday. Going to go back at it tomorrow morning. 

Pic 1

A picture of what the whole sprayer looks like 

Pic2 

The main dive belt set up. There’s 11 belts in this one picture. There’s one more belt on the back that drives the mechanical agitator in the spray tank. 12 total belts on the unit

Pic3

the twist in the pto stub

Pic 4 missing balls

 

Matt

 

Waiting on parts for the sprayer. So I started another project on a Jd 455 diesel garden tractor my uncle gave us. He got it as a second mower. He had some problems with it. Wasn’t mowing right, overheating etc…. So he went and got a new garden tractor from the dealership. Jd unfortunately. Brought the tractor home, started looking at it. Fuel leak at the filter housing. Filter elbows held in with some plastic “orings”. Ordered a filter housing and since it was cheap enough a thermostat. I put the new filter housing on. Got the fuel system primed and replaced the thermostat. Started it up no leaks. Drove it to our diesel tank and put fuel in it. Was going to have my youngest run it around the yard for a while but then saw something dripping. Pull it back in the shop. Found coolant leak from around a head bolt. Bolt was broken. So ordered a head gasket and a full set of head bolts. Took it apart today. Thankfully the remaining bolt in the block came out with out a fight. Will start reassembly tomorrow afternoon hopefully. 
 

Matt

 

 

[JaredT]

9 hours ago, nate said:

Wasn’t happy with the brakes on the super w4.  Took them apart and found out why.   Full of dirt and rusty.  Pretty sure it still has the original brakes disks in it.  

Be careful using the brakes after you do that job. We did that with a C and about put ourselves into the steering wheel when we stepped on the brakes for a while. We went from stomping the brake pedal to barely touching it to stop.

[farmallcubkid]

Getting some steel for a flatbed

[nate]

Silo stuff..

[yellowrosefarm]

On 9/6/2025 at 9:06 PM, yellowrosefarm said:

Posts rotted off on my wood shed, so I’m raising it up about 20”. It was too short when I built it 30 years ago. Wheelbarrow was down at my other place so used some old mineral tubs for dirt and mixing concrete 

Getting ready to start the lap siding. I was going to just do vertical boards but my wife wanted horizontal. This is some poplar I milled a couple of years ago so it’s plenty dry.

[hardtail]

6 hours ago, farmallcubkid said:

Getting some steel for a flatbed

Now that's a shop

[farmallcubkid]

But wait, there's more.

[yellowrosefarm]

On 9/13/2025 at 4:56 PM, yellowrosefarm said:

Getting ready to start the lap siding. I was going to just do vertical boards but my wife wanted horizontal. This is some poplar I milled a couple of years ago so it’s plenty dry.

Made good progress yesterday finishing 2 sides

[nate]

Choppin’ corn!

 

[Farmall1066]

1206 narrow front? How long have you guys had that? I thought it was only your wheatland 1206 on the place

[1958560]

Chopping corn in the riverbottom, finished yesterday before rain chances tomorrow