Recent content by lmichael

nice offer. A little cost prohibitive :D FWIW I do some pretty darn good Q right here. 2 smokers on my deck, Weber charcoal kettle down on the patio (and no I don't burn no Kingsford in it) only pure hardwood charcoal. And my backup gas grill (for a quickie or warming up tortilla shells) when I...

Our local Menards has T6 5-40 and 15-40

Many years ago early 60s just prior to my entering HS my dad moved us out of Chicago to a nearby burb. We had a new neighbor kind of a strange guy in some ways but overall a great guy. When we moved there he had a 1959 Mercedes Benz 190D. Even though back then diesel was only about .15 a gal he...

Same here. Though when I read through it's makeup it seemed quite similar to the Asian coolants like Toyota and Honda in particular use, and since it seems to be the same makeup as what Kubota recommends I pulled the trigger on that since my dealer was out of coolant again at the time, and I had...

Last time I was at the Kubota dealer here locally they had Kubota branded coolant but it was definitely not green. More like a purple color and it was definitely Kubota branded

If I used more, it would be worthwhile. But in the course of a whole season of using my machine I think I might use 12 gallons max. Oddly even the little Honda 4514 I used to have would suck down 15-18 gallons of gas and the big Simplicity Sovereign would burn up 20 gallons easily. This diesel...

Any indication of valves hitting pistons

I would not know where to purchase it. I looked around and even though we're in the middle of farm area in that NW IL/Stateline area distributors that list it only want to deliver to large on site tanks

Well at the very least you'll have to dig in to replace that bad cam gear. Good luck

IIRC they had a plastic cam gear and they would break. I'm not sure if/when this happens if it crashes a valve into the piston or not though I guess depending on the compression ratio and cylinder head design it's a definite possibility. However, I know the Kaw engine has a true issue with...

I just tossed an old very heavy Schumacher in the trash yesterday. I could not figure out every time I tried using it to top up a battery it ended up killing the battery. Found out it was outputting AC not DC. Unsure what else to do with it stuck in the bin and Waste Management took it away.

These are what I rewired my G2160 with and so far they work great

Not a tree hugger but my most recent vehicle is full electric. Yep it snaps your neck back when you hit the go pedal, runs away and hides from all kind of so called "hot cars and bikes" and no smell or racket to boot. The feel is like a mid 60s big block Pontiac V8 but no noise or fumes...

Honestly IIRC both of my (what you call "receiving bolts") basically welded nuts on mine were welded to the plate and you only needed to remove the bolt to remove the starter and I can't imagine a D722 is that different from a D782

That looks more like the weld nut. That shouldn't be turning anyway. IIRC it's welded to the back side. I don't recall having to deal with a nut when I replaced the starter on my G2160 similar engine