Recent content by Wile E

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    OT Car wash

    Maybe you could buy a large 50HP tractor with heated cab and plow snow, grade driveways and roads. It would be 40K dollars for a machine that size. And, you could get $50 an hour for your work. A buddy of mine has a 50HP Deere machine that he trailers around and gets $50/hour for the work...
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    Indiana trying to save money

    A lot of states fix roads and bridges with gas tax money. There is no solution that everyone will like.
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    hydraulic fluid question

    The most important thing is that it can be used in the winter......should be rated AW (stands for all weather)
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    Home water filter problem

    The screw in bleed off has a small thread that is rusted out, and I cannot screw it back in unless I retap it and put in a new stainless screw. I would likely super glue it in there. (I need to throw it in the garbage)
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    Home water filter problem

    Yes it was an air bleed off, (red button) not an indicator.
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    Home water filter problem

    The ACE place did not have shark bite fittings, and they did not have 3/4 compression fittings either. Grrrr....... The closest Home depot is 20 plus miles away.....ACE is 4 miles away.
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    Home water filter problem

    I have (or had) a large home water filter that I installed a few years ago and today my wife runs up to me in the living room and says, "there is a water leak in the laundry room" I saw that there is a small indicator on the top of the filter (all plastic filter by the way) the indicator was...
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    Die Casting advice (a little off-topic)

    Would it make sense to machine the item out of a solid aluminum billet? 5.5 pounds is not much for an 18inch diameter detail. Is it 3/4 inch thick?
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    Universal Tractor Fluid

    Be sure to buy oil that is rated for cold weather, I bought a 5 gallon pail of stuff rated for all weather cold/hot, At a Deere dealer. I have a hydrostatic drive transmission that needs the oil to be thin enough to flow at the cold temps.
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    New Color?

    I think the cub cadet Yanmar compact diesels are the same color.
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    OT-Kids Homework-dumbing it down for everybody??

    I think that for 3rd graders the value of Pi is not that important yet. I remember Pi being approximated to 3.14 or 22/7. I do not care really because I do not have to use it at work. That would appear to be stuff a 3rd grader would do, connect the dots to make polygons, triangles, and...
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    Plumbing fitting dillema ..

    When in doubt....Make the fittings yourself, I have had to in tight situations. I have had to make aluminum adapters that had a tight fit in a parts washer at an old employer.
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    John Deere 5075E

    New? Is it yours? How much money for it?
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    John Deere 5055E

    Not bad........I know that $30k is a lot of money but a New Holland workmaster 40 with 4wd, 2.0 Liter engine is $22k without a loader. Those new machines are nice, but when I look at the price my wallet shrivels up and says....HUH?
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    Plans for a Machinest tool box

    Are you talking about the wooden machinist chests or a sheet metal one? I saw a guy that made his own machinist chest out of wood and it was 5 times better than a USA made Gerstner box. The Gerstner boxes as you may know are over $1000. You can buy 3 Kennedy journeyman's chests for $1000...
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