Recent content by nbryan

When it doesn't start: Are the glow plugs being energized the same as when it does start? While cranking are there any fumes or smoke emitted from the exhaust pipe? Does the engine cough or fire at all? Is ALL the safety switch related gear in the same state as when it does start? How long...

T6 5W-40 unless it never freezes where you live.

I think it's your machine to risk, not ours. How often are you forking out those few extra dollars to stay OEM on fluids or any other maintenance items? Will your "savings" with cheaper fluid be enough for you to count towards insurance against any premature failures that may occur? For these...

If the radiator fan pictured is supposed to pull air through the rad towards the engine then ya, the cupping of the fan blades should be facing the direction that air is being moved, not away from. If flipped your fan will become way more efficient and move way more air. I assume the fan as...

Did you try putting the engine in N, and setting the parking brake? My B2650 allows PTO operation off-the-seat when those conditions are met.

I loosely tied my B2650HSD seat switch lever in the down position with a loop of zip tie. Against the safety rules but a recent back surgery has left me unable to sit for more than a minute or so before the pain is too much. So until I heal any work is done with me standing. Moving wood crates...

I'm getting fleeced then even as CAD/USD costs me in Canada, and mine is simple tube, dura-wrap is velcro?

That woven sleeve is f...ing expensive. $5-10/ft depending on size, how the hell can they charge that? Is it some weird material or something? I just about fell over when the stealership told me the bill for a 3ft piece, whoah. Any ideas out there for a cheaper but equally effective sleeve material?

While you're sleeving if you have any 8" or longer lengths of 1 1/2" hose sleeve and a couple zipties, I recommend you consider making connector-protectors like these I made a couple of years ago. First thought up and made for keeping clouds of snow around my snow blower hydraulics from melting...

Thanks, I think I get it now. The overall volume can increase because of the volume that the rod occupies lets the piston side expand. But I'm now guessing that if the rod is fully retracted when hoses connected that it's at max volume and will pressurize?

Your logic escapes me. When the rod extends (or contracts) with the hoses coupled together, it just moves fluid through the coupling to the other side of the cylinder. The pressure of that loop can still rise because it is STILL a closed loop, one now instead of 2. The warming and expanding...

I now have handy now a hammer, round-faced drift (sized to be a snug fit in fitting), and a rag, for when those connectors refuse to snap together. Increased temperatures after the removal from the tractor has had these things really tightly sprung sometimes. Wrapping the fitting with a rag as a...

Buttoned or closable with velcro (if possible) front vest pocket. It stays warm in winter, is close to body so vibration can be felt. Also used 3M Worktunes headset hearing muffs, and now have nice Bose earbuds that active cancel noise from machines etc.

Yup. I'll line up tasks ahead of starting the tractor, noting what's on the tractor at the moment, where the other ssqa implement is, and time constraints. Plus whatever the wife says.

Boxblade and loader bucket do nice moderate or less snowfall cleanups. The blade can move snowpiles off the lane and then push it up the banks in reverse. It's like having a 2-way loader with triple the snow hauling capacity. But the front blower is the cat's meow when real winter snows hit.