Recent content by Old Machinist

I just ordered 100 gallons at $471.50. That included sales tax and delivery. Our sales tax is separate from road tax and isn't exempt unless you have a farm exemption.

I was buying off road diesel delivered for the last 9 years but haven't filled my tank since I finished digging stumps and sold my backhoe. My supplier claimed ALL diesel available around here was ULS 5% bio diesel. He said they don't have to label bio content at %5 or below. You could buy on...

Most of us that offer this advice should follow up with "ask me how I know". :)

Keep your distance. DO NOT SPRAY OIL COOLER OR RADIATOR!

Metal ammo cans make nice tool and chain storage. Walmart has some decent metal cans for cheap but I recently found Academy Sports carries some heavier ones for around $30. I usually mount them by drilling into where I want them and installing 5/16" rivet nuts and spacing the box out with 3/4"...

My suggestion is to go through the installation and adjustments outlined in the manual. I bought my LX3310 with 200 hours on it and found pieces left off laying in among the belts and the setup was completely off. No wonder the first owner traded it in on a deere. After setting it up step by...

The lost shim crisis is averted. I had some 6mm wave washers that are .021" thick and fit perfect. Being spring steel they should be plenty hard enough to serve as the shim. With one washer in and the bolt tight it has .010-.012" clearance. I'm not convinced it will solve the issue since it...

I looked up the specs and checked it out today. Clutch coil should be 3 to 4 ohms and mine is 4.8 so probably close enough. The air gap isn't easy to measure since it floats on spring clips. Best I could tell it was a snug .024" but I could force a larger feeler gauge in it. Specs were .016" to...

That's a good thought Dave. I will check that one day soon. I know I am not the only person experiencing this issue. I have read of others with the same condition on one of the FB groups. I was wondering if or how common it was.

I am mainly posting this to see how many others experience this issue. I think the tractor needs a higher volume fan or a larger condenser. The compressor on my LX3310 locks up with the least little debris in the screens and condenser. Clutch will start squealing and the compressor quits...

Yeah the longest mine ever went was 36 hours between regens. I am averaging 18.8 hours between in the last 170 hours use.

It's my understanding you cannot FORCE it to regen. This is the procedure for doing a parked regen. I have been wanting to do a parked regen on my LX3310 because I have never done one. I attempted these steps the other day when it signaled a regen was needed and it wouldn't work. I finally just...

Never looked at my pin engagement since it seems to work but now that I am looking at these photos I realize I need to tighten the pivot nuts on mine. My handles will sag after running with no bucket and I have to pull them back up to attach anything.

Here is another thread on this topic you might find interesting. https://www.orangetractortalks.com/forums/threads/lx3310-2610-rear-work-lights.60769/

This should have been done from the beginning but with the return hose in a container. First thing I did with my china mower was to connect the supply and put the return in a bucket to flush it out. THAT oil went into the waste can.