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Hi guys, long time no see. Got a problem with a kubota 3 cyl engine in a digger. It spins over, chuffs out black smoke but wont fire. Occasionally it coughs but it wont stay running if you let off the starter. The injectors had a bit of carbon on the tips, but seem to get a good fuel flow...

I have acquired a Vicon ZM242 mower conditioner as part of a lot of equipment. I have fettled with the hydraulics and that appears to work. Chucked a PTO shaft on it this afternoon and it span up OK. I know nothing more of the machine. Google doesnt come up with much on that model number...

I had always been keeping an eye out for a loader for my tractor ever since I bought it, just to make it more useful. Anyway, a chap came in at work looking for a hydraulic fitting. Found him one, and we got chatting etc. Turned out he was taking a loader off his tractor and lived just down...

Hi Folks, got a JD 455 with 23HP Yanmar 3 cyl diesel. I bought it with 900 hours on the clock, it now has about 1100. The low oil pressure light on the dash comes on at low revvs. As it warms up it needs more and more revvs to get the light to go out. I bought it with this fault and got a good...

Long story short, lots of stuff got sheared that shouldnt have. I have a slip clutch in the PTO shaft, but its pretty obvious that it isnt working. I'd guess its siezed up. I assume the easiest way to unsieze it is to loosen it off and go topping. But my question is how do I know how much to...

Hi Folks, any of you fitted brush guarding to the underside of your tractor? Also around the cab? Wondering about thicknesses of steel etc? Tractor is 60HP, weighs about 7000lbs. I'm paranoid about breaking something expensive, not to mention the possibility of losing the trans oil or...

Hi folks, long time no see. Does anyone know the size and power needed for a battery on a 7100? Got a different (dead) battery fitted at the mo, need to get the right one. No time to truck to the dealer. Thanks

I'm looking at midrange Deeres. I have read up on the 3050 and it appears to be the perfect tractor, I understand they are super reliable and a good tractor overall. However, it appears that everyone else knows that too as the 3x50s are really quite expensive. And to be honest, i dont really...

Anyone know what Shell Tellus R22 is? Looks and feels like hydraulic oil, but I'd like to know for sure before I dump it in my splitter. Knowing the grade would be handy too. Found a sealed drum of it, its got to be 20 years old maybe more. If its the right oil it'll save me £60. This...

Apparently such a beast does exist! I've come to the conclusion that a cordless grinder would be a perfect addition to my collection. At the moment grinding out of the workshop involves a generator and the loader which makes 'quick' jobs not so quick. So far, I have only been able to find one...

The old confuser has taken a trip to oblivion. I've been getting the 'blue screen of death' intermittently for a while now, but the other day it got far less intermittent, and much more permanent. Wont even start up now, I get the Windown XP screen, then immediately it goes to the blue screen...

How good is larch in terms of rot resistance? I'm picking up some big lumps of the stuff tomorrow (3' diameter I believe). I was going to split it for firewood, but I've thought of an experiment I would like to try. No point in doing it if the wood is going to rot away in no time though. I...

Need to weigh some of my machinery to see if I am legal to tow it. No weighbridge that I can access, not without towing the machinery to it anyway which I cant do until I know if I can tow it or not. Any ideas for weighing stuff at home? I estimate the weight of the heaviest item I need to...

I got given this spray gun, looks like one of the mains electricity powered ones. Would it be any good for spraying steel panels? You know as much about it as I do, price was right so I couldn't say no. Just need to find a use for it now :D

Been meaning to make a splitter for a while now. My old man asked for one for his birthday this year. While I'm quite happy to swing an axe all weekend I think he is over that and would prefer to just pull a lever. So I bought him the ram and gave it to him today. I think he liked it...

This time the mounting brackets couldnt take it. I was breaking up some concrete by undercutting it and pushing down on the edges to break bits off, the top mounting brackets snapped off allowing the backhoe to fold up right against the tractor. Oops.... I took the backhoe off the tractor...

Knocked up this little contraption this afternoon. A lady asked me to pull maybe 30 small trees out of the corner of a field, all are about 4" diameter. I figured that the 3ph would be strong enough to pull them out whole. So I made a hook :D Its the old PUH hook (I'm switching to a drawbar) I...

Picked this little number up this morning. It caught my eye and the owner accepted the offer I made him to make it mine. Only every seen one of these before and that was at a show, so I figure there arent too many over on this side of the pond. Started playing with it a few hours ago, the...

I picked up a long length of a fair sized rope, about 1.5" diameter. I figure it'll make a decent towrope. Needs a loop in either end of it though. I was thinking of getting some of those steel eye inserts, but I need to splice a loop into the end of the rope around the insert. Anyone know...

I'm thinking about getting a roller cabinet stack to store my tools. Just got too many for my current storage boxes (plastic tubs), and it'd be nice to have all the tools in the same place. Anyway, one caught my eye at the tool shop (I'd swear they are trying to bankrupt me there). Its a fair...