yellowrosefarm Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 So nice to see someone doing things right. I couldn't tell you how many new tires I've seen on ugly rusted rims. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillman Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 thanks, The tires were taken off a showroom/trailer queen resto on a Massey and the guy gave me a terrific deal on them, I put Michelin tubes in them so I think its good for a longtime, Longer than I will be above the lawn I figure if they are done right they have a smaller chance of getting scrapped in the future 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finney Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 Putting a new hitch h on a disk bine. This is the one that goes on the front of the tractor. The latch failed on the quick hitch and destoryed the quick hitch on the tractor and the hitch on the disc bine. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_Farmer Posted August 9 Share Posted August 9 806 week,well kind of ,if not doing little things that need done ,it's work on the 806 with hand clutch, It's always a puzzle how perfectly good wore out bare and semi melted wires can grow 5 lbs of tape ,extra wire that dead ends and useless connectors .🤨 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowrosefarm Posted August 9 Share Posted August 9 10 hours ago, Rusty_Farmer said: 806 week,well kind of ,if not doing little things that need done ,it's work on the 806 with hand clutch, It's always a puzzle how perfectly good wore out bare and semi melted wires can grow 5 lbs of tape ,extra wire that dead ends and useless connectors .🤨 That's like seeing electrical tape in a random place on a wire, unwrapping it and finding a simple wires twisted together connection. Then, noticing a bunch of other random pieces of tape........... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TN Hillbilly Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 Just put a head gasket and a bunch of other stuff in my commuter car I drive to work. Not a fun job, but hopefully it will be in good shape for a while now. FYI, I think I've discovered that 150,000 miles is about the expected life of a headgasket on a Ford Fiesta...and maybe the expected life of the whole car! This one has 152,xxx. You see a bunch for sale with around 150,000... hmmm... I ready to get back to wrenchin on farm stuff. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sledgehammer Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 2 hours ago, TN Hillbilly said: Just put a head gasket and a bunch of other stuff in my commuter car I drive to work. Not a fun job, but hopefully it will be in good shape for a while now. FYI, I think I've discovered that 150,000 miles is about the expected life of a headgasket on a Ford Fiesta...and maybe the expected life of the whole car! This one has 152,xxx. You see a bunch for sale with around 150,000... hmmm... I ready to get back to wrenchin on farm stuff. That looks like it probably took a while. That stuff is never easy to get to unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gearclash Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 Making tools for the boring mill using the boring mill. Maybe shoulda set the thing a little farther away from the walls. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oleman Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 The 2013 Nissan with 30,000 miles on it has decided to occasionally not indicate speed. Probably more rodent damage, now I have an excuse for speeding, "But officer my speedometer says I was stopped". I need to determine if the odometer is counting if the speed indicator is at 0. Tranny shifts fine and it starts and runs fine. Probably a victim of Texas heat wave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaseIH Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 Had a BN, B, 1940 4 speed M, OS4 and OS6 in hibernation for too long and finally got them out and moving around again. Lot of cleaning carbs and parts but they all fire right up again like new 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TN Hillbilly Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 18 hours ago, Sledgehammer said: That looks like it probably took a while. That stuff is never easy to get to unfortunately. Yeah, took a while. I had basically everything off the engine except the transmission and the AC compressor. My mechanic didn't want to tackle it in case he got the head off and we found out the engine was toast, then he would have a bunch of labor in it, etc. ... So I had no choice but to do it. Not the hardest thing I've ever done, but I'd rather not do it again any time soon! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finney Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 Hydraulic log cut off saw. It broke the bolts off holding the bar to the swivel plate. Had to remove the swivel plate to get the bolts out. 3/4'x3", four of them. Got them out and replaced with grade 8 day before yesterday and torqued to 280lbs. Decided to recheck the torque yesterday and all of them turned over a 1/4 of a round to achieve 280lbs. Went to Cat this morning and got grade 10.8 and torqued to 340lbs. The cutter bar on this is over 5ft. long and heavy. i believe they are cycling it too fast. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TN Hillbilly Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 3 hours ago, Finney said: Hydraulic log cut off saw. It broke the bolts off holding the bar to the swivel plate. Had to remove the swivel plate to get the bolts out. 3/4'x3", four of them. Got them out and replaced with grade 8 day before yesterday and torqued to 280lbs. Decided to recheck the torque yesterday and all of them turned over a 1/4 of a round to achieve 280lbs. Went to Cat this morning and got grade 10.8 and torqued to 340lbs. The cutter bar on this is over 5ft. long and heavy. i believe they are cycling it too fast. Loggers pushing their equipment a bit too hard?! Never! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHKeith Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 Putting some new headers on this ‘Cuda, think it’s a 1972, has a 340 and 727, not perfect but a really nice car, underside is awesome The job before this ‘Cuda was repairing a rear differential mount in a 2004 RAV4 that is very rotten, a car that I would typically say is not worth fixing but it just needs to last another couple weeks until I have the Honda Odyssey ready that they bought this weekend to replace the RAV4, the Odyssey is supposed to be here sometime this week. Was working on a 2014 Ram 1500 first thing today. It came here with complaints of noises and vibrations. The front differential output shafts were rusted and splines depleted, CV shafts falling off. Only way to get the output shafts are with a complete differential from Mopar, about $3000. I found some aftermarket shafts on Amazon that are made by a Canadian company with CV axles for about $1000, put them in a while back and I’ve been chasing a terrible driveline vibration in it since. In my efforts to isolate the vibration I found the transfer case clutch(auto 4x4) was slipping, found this while driving it with the front driveshaft only. It would not positively drive and when it engaged it would shudder/vibrate bad. I put a new used transfer case in it today and it vibrates less but still too much. I put a new transmission mount in as well because it was delaminated, motor mounts look ok, a couple u joints are a little sticky but with my efforts to isolate the problem by running the front and/or rear driveshaft only the u joints aren’t the biggest problem. I had only the front driveshaft installed and decided to get my daughter to hold the brakes and load it up while in gear while I watch the motor mounts. She was nervous about running me over, proud of her for thinking about that, but I assured her that I would watching from the side, not in front. While we were doing this operation a loud bang happened and there was no drive, the passenger side front differential output shaft sheared off. I was starting to wonder if the new CV axles are the cause of the vibration but was reluctant to take them out because of the work involved but I think that’s my next step now, if I have to contact the company for warranty on the output shaft I may as well prove that I don’t need axles too. I figured this ‘Cuda was exceptional enough to share, and then thought sharing my other jobs of the day would be a good example of the variety of work I get in to. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INTERNATIONAL 1466 Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 Shop full of 66's. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jworley Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 I’m in the process of getting this thing back road ready. Not a tractor but, it does have an IH engine. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iowaboy1965 Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 Changed the oil last night in my 99 with the 7.3. Also finally got around to changing the brake light switch that has partially failed and as a result cruise, lock up convertor and shifter interlock would not work. I was dreading it, so put it off. Think I was recalling a switch that was a lot worse and was half scared not all my problems were related to the switch. Turned out it was very easy and it did indeed take care of the mentioned issues. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sledgehammer Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 1 minute ago, iowaboy1965 said: Changed the oil last night in my 99 with the 7.3. Also finally got around to changing the brake light switch that has partially failed and as a result cruise, lock up convertor and shifter interlock would not work. I was dreading it, so put it off. Think I was recalling a switch that was a lot worse and was half scared not all my problems were related to the switch. Turned out it was very easy and it did indeed take care of the mentioned issues. I always liked the single cabs of those models 👍🏼👍🏼 11 hours ago, jworley said: I’m in the process of getting this thing back road ready. Not a tractor but, it does have an IH engine. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new guy Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 Good lighting, concrete and less crawling on the ground. Still working on it. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iowaboy1965 Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 28 minutes ago, new guy said: Good lighting, concrete and less crawling on the ground. Still working on it. Good to see you new guy. I take your new shop is a go! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new guy Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 We've been waiting a long time for a nice place to work and play. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jworley Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 2 hours ago, iowaboy1965 said: Changed the oil last night in my 99 with the 7.3. Also finally got around to changing the brake light switch that has partially failed and as a result cruise, lock up convertor and shifter interlock would not work. I was dreading it, so put it off. Think I was recalling a switch that was a lot worse and was half scared not all my problems were related to the switch. Turned out it was very easy and it did indeed take care of the mentioned issues. I have a similar problem, that’s the next thing on a very long list. I’m working on running down a fuel leak at the moment. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gearclash Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 First real job for the boring mill. Cutting out bad shaft bosses etc. Kind of a tall drink of water. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
searcyfarms Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 4 hours ago, Gearclash said: First real job for the boring mill. Cutting out bad shaft bosses etc. Kind of a tall drink of water. I love your awesome quansit n wood ceiling - nice job on the machine work side hustle!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
searcyfarms Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 First there was this - pressure washer peeled them cant remember if i posted that my wife n i put in bout 8 to 9 hours total it wasa dirty job 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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