Recent content by 85Hokie

waste oil used all the time to heat with. Got to have the correct nozzle and great filtering too. Typically the oil needs to be thinned a bit, sometimes not - has to be somewhat clean too.

Dipstick tells the truth........ most of the time! Butttttt............. the dipstick CAN lie too - the little rubber stopper can move along the stick - so be aware of that !

how much hydraulic oil did you add when you filled?

Rotella T6.......... they have two blends... 5w-40 and 15w-40.......... the 5w-40 would be my choice in the cold of NY.

Believe it or not the Flux Core welder at Harbor Freight is not a bad beginner welder. For under $200 - it will handle 90% of the things you'll ever need, hell it is allllmooost idiot proof. I use it at work on all the things dumbasses break - which seems to be a lot lately. Are there better...

Go to Wallyworld .............. it happens to be on sale too.

I will assume that you have bled the the pump via the bled screw and if needed crack each injector nut?

Fuel filter? Fuel stoppage to tank? Hoses? betcha one of those 3

FWIW - I chased a D1105 Kubota engine that was doing exactly this, replaced filters, filter housings, small fuel lines........... for about 20 hours it was driving me bat sht crazy........ blind luck - I looked UP under the frame ......... there was diesel there, hell I thought it was all the...

He has not logged on since 1-26 ......... reach out to his business.

As for the proverbial "gauge" - and infrared thermometer is a NOT contact and even the cheap ones are plus/minus 2% ....... So even if off a bit - it gives you a hellva lot of info. I gauge that dips its wick into the coolant has the same problem with accuracy as the infrared...... most OEM...

Dick, I am confused - you mention 1800 rpms on the 750 PTO speed...... now this might be wrong - but I would think you would want to cut at 540 at a higher torque curve - thus 2300?

In line fuse holder of 30 amps would work just fine. I would flux, solder and shrink wrap the raw ends too.

As mentioned by Bee - keep the second filter and place ball valve before primary filter.

UDT-Premium IS the exact same as S-UDT2.......... different "name" - same stuff