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    Wanted need pickup and small Kubota hauled from Dallas Tx to Springfield Vt

    Need 82 GMC pickup and Kubota B7500 plus attachments hauled from Dallas Texas to Springfield Vermont. Relocating small business to southern Vt. There is also a 12 foot dump trailer I'd like transported.
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    John Deere 8430 Iron Horse u-joints RE:archive

    After doing a little more research I found the catalog for Meritor the company that bought out Rockwell which was the OEM vendor for the John Deere part. The website I found is ; https://www.drivetrainamerica.com/meritor-cp58wb-hb-u-joint-w-bolts-washers-2-caps-drilled-2-threaded/ Their...
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    John Deere 8430 Iron Horse u-joints RE:archive

    This message is a reply to an archived post by mkr100 on April 02, 2012 at 14:37:50. The original subject was "Re: 8430 universal joint". 9 years ago someone was trying to identify some u-joints that he thought went to the John Deere “Iron Horse” 8430. Various people wrote in giving...
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    Good way to spin a seized engine King of Obsolete

    Adirondack case guy wrote ("If you lived at the end of the road where he does, you do what you have to do. He has a lot of old equipment still on duty working in a harsh environment. Loren") Amen to that
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    Good way to spin a seized engine King of Obsolete

    One after thought. The bar starter idea puts a tremendous stress on 1 tooth of the ring gear which could break off thereby ruining the ring.
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    Good way to spin a seized engine King of Obsolete

    There is a guy in northern Manitoba Canada who's a pretty fair mechanic. He goes by King of Obsolete. He came up with a way to use the ring gear on the flywheel to turn a seized engine. He calls it a bar starter. He welded a bar to the armature of a junk starter that fits the machine he is...
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    Bleed Question CAV injection pump

    I have discovered a technique which I think is dirt simple and may help you discover what the problem is. Take the fuel supply line loose from the injector pump bypassing the filters. Take a pump up garden sprayer that you've dumped all the roundup out of. Rinse and dry it. Put about a gallon...
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    Ford 4500 Backhoe Flywheel /Clutch Problem

    As an addendum to above, after reading your question from September, if the original bolts are bottoming out before they do any work, stack some washers under the head of the bolt. You can shorten the bolts too if you are worried about them sticking thru the flywheel. The flywheel on my 4500...
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    Ford 4500 Backhoe Flywheel /Clutch Problem

    I was just reading about clutches in the old PDF manual I got off EBay for 9 bucks. From the illustrations and description on how to rebuild a clutch disc, it would appear that all you really need to do would be to adjust the release fingers further out so they contact the throw out bearing...
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    A tip on mating 2 stage clutch with splined input

    I have gone one step further than others do to aid with inserting the input shafts into the two stage clutch. I took the angle grinder and cutoff disc and carefully streamlined the leading edges of the spines on the input shafts of the transmission of the Massey MFD35 I just finished. It has...
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    New Project & New to Ford Diesels

    There is another thing to think about here as well. What are your plans for the tractor. Parade queen or workhorse? If you are just going to put it out to pasture then maybe going cheap is the way to go. On the other hand whoever had my 3 cylinder 4500 backhoe apart the last time did just what...
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    aligning clutch with out alignment tool??

    All of the ideas above work. I have gone one step further to aid with inserting the input shafts into the two stage clutch. I took the angle grinder and cutoff disc and carefully streamlined the leading edges of the spines on the input shafts of the transmission of the Massey MFD35 I just...
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    Kohler engine dies after 3 or 4 min

    On iffy gas engines with a possible fuel supply problem, I eliminate that uncertainty by rigging up an auxiliary gas tank that will gravity feed carb good clean gas. On diesels I fill a pump up garden sprayer with a gallon of fuel and use a fuel line adapter to pressure feed the system to get...
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    Cleaning gas tank

    DO NOT USE MURIATIC ACID!!!! It will eat the steel and not touch the sludge. They use muriatic acid to etch metal plates for printing. Its a better bet to dump in a half gallon of lacquer thinner or acetone and a couple of handfulls of nuts and screws. Then wire the tank to the wheel of your...
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    Off Topic Poured Babbit Bearings

    Here's that article I was looking for on babbit pouring etc. http://wiki.vintagemachinery.org/CrescentBandSawRestoration1.ashx
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