Recent content by Hugo Habicht

Green sand is very reactive stuff and oxidises the iron. I have a system that has a big cylinder with green sand and a valve system (from the US) on top that back-flushes the iron oxide out and regenerates the green sand with KMnO4 solution. This has to be done once a month. Yes, this can be...

Me too am in the copper fraction. Easy to work with, easy to modify, all solder joints, 3/4" and 1/2" pipes. When it comes to sealing threads my plumber recommended hemp. Yes, hemp. Scratch the thread with a saw blade, wrap the hemp around, add a bit of lubrication gunk (I use Neo Fermit, which...

Today after lifting out the engine with an engine crane we moved it into the shed (for temporary storage) with the tractor. Then we lifted the back of the car to pull out the rear axle. And then the front to remove the wooden blocks under the wheels. How can people live without a tractor...

Yes, the one on the left (last picture) is a 1983 W123 estate, but, ahem, it is not being dismantled, it is my daily driver. :giggle: The one on the right where I take some parts out is a 1973 W114 Coupé, beyond repair unfortunately. But the M110 2.8l straight six engine is still turning...

I asked the owner, the shed in question was a stable for a farm where they kept animals (pigs and cows) supposedly in winter. The shed is in the earliest title deeds from 1815 which also contains the original farmhouse and a major extension to such. So the farm house and this shed most likely...

My friend used his Kubota to move an old implement out of the way, clear the brambles around a car where I want to take a few parts out before it goes to the scrap yard and pull the car forward a bit.

Hello Roger, the length of the front linkages can be adjusted each side individually. If they are the wrong length the deck can hang at an angle (like mine does for over a year now :whistle: ). Check on a level surface. Tyre pressure, as mentioned by Bee-Positive, is a very good point, check...

I had a pin hole at the weld in a brand new rim recently. Also no bubbles because in my tub I could never dip the whole wheel in fully and the air was escaping through the centre, not at the tyre or the edge of the rim.

Spare belts (and all servicing parts) are always on the shelf. Deck belt is replaced when it falls apart.

The only explanation I have is that despite the vent there is a small vacuum/pressure somewhere preventing the oil to flow back into the reservoir. By pulling the dip stick you remove that and the oil level goes to the correct value. I remember vaguely that other people mentioned this...

Caution with "approximations". They are a great opportunity to waste time. Like I did on my tractor looking for an electrical fault and then found out the schematics were from the correct model but an incorrect year. Wrong information is typically worse than having no information. ;)

Sure thing. Will send by UPS air freight. Should be there just in time. 🤣

Beautiful ! :love: Looks like factory made. When can I ship my tractor to Australia to get hydraulics, a front end loader and a backhoe fitted? Should be much easier because my tractor is about half the size of yours :giggle:

Move the boot closer to the pivoting point.

I can confirm that too. Socket is metric 30mm for the blade bolts on my cutting decks.