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TripleR's been around a few days because he remembers the USDA folks as "SCS" Soil Conservation Service. Now they are called NRCS - Natural Resource Conservation Service, and he's right, they are in charge of the technical aspects of the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). All of the grasses...

Uhhhhh, Nope! If you removed the rocker assembly the valves must be re-set. Would they be "close enough" to bolt it on to get started with the adjustment procedure? Maybe, but you should really loosen the locking nuts, back the adjuster screws out 2-3 turns, install the rocker shaft assembly and...

Brother in law owns automotive machine shop, lets me do my own work there usually so I get free training on all sorts of engine machining operations and ordering accompanying parts. There ARE of course "oversize" bearings, usually referring to the outside diameter though. Maybe for a cam bore...

Perkins manual indicates maximum amount of undersize grind is -.020 inch for that engine. Std should be 1.612 inches so the minimum allowable rod journal diameter would be 1.593 +/- (assuming no differences in the build specs along the line somewhere as compared to the specs available on-line)...

Hmmm, been away a long while. You can go to any reputable automotive machine shop and they'll have a bearing book (or two). Aside from being able to look up the bearing by application you can usually cross from the part number on the original. They'll also usually give you the bore diameter of...

Watch out for the old fence mound! If really old and there's ANY chance that steel posts were EVER used there make sure you straddle the line where the fence existed till you're sure it's clear. Old rusted off steel posts have a rubber magnet in them that will attract your expensive tractor...

Well.. I think paid $4,400 for my M4500 3 years ago. It had 900 original hours and came with an 8 foot Woods mounted mower AND a 5 foot short boom ditch mower. It's just a 2 wheel drive though, still, I don't know about the $8-10, suggestion for a 30 + year old tractor. The S2600 six runs smooth...

Have a few hundred feet of drive done from millings, 3 years old now going on 4. Did 8-9 inches over a single layer of geotextile fabric after removing topsoil. The fabric is the key to a long lasting drive no matter the material you use. Note that some areas where they are recycling the...

His tips look like they are flood jets (they discharge straight back more or less even though the body is oriented down). They generally have very wide patterns, large droplet sizes, and high volumes compared to flat fans or hollow cones. Tee Jet Corporation has some good calibration guides and...

Honda ST1100 now. Before that: BMW R100RS BMW R75/5 (long frame) Honda CX500 (the baby ST) Honda CM400T The ST is by far the most trouble free bike of the bunch, even if it does need to go on a Weight Watchers program. Just fill the tank, ride 350 miles (highway) then do it again. Wish I had...

When my coil type indicator quit turning red on my M4500 it was the glow plugs themselves. Cross reference the PN with an NGK number and check at NAPA, mine were only around $5 a piece. Replaced 5 of the 6 (that last one will have to wait till warmer weather 'cause of access issues) and the...

It's likely the residual water in the system causing his filter issues. Just like in a fuel system it takes very little in the way of ice crystals to plug the element. Changing the filter probably will help like you said, but till he can get it dried out really well on the inside I'd guess he's...

There'll be a few here that will not like this solution, and admittedly it should be considered a short-term solution. But it'll likely get you to warmer weather. Get it running and warmed up real well & add a bottle or two (use the suggested treatment rate as if you were treating diesel, maybe...

Make sure the compression release on the valve cover isn't stuck and that there aren't any obstructions in the air intake anywhere (like a mouse nest). Make sure that the fuel shutoff on the tank is FULLY open. Make sure the fuel shutoff on the injector pump is in the run position. Bleed the...

Why 540? I was curious too. Thank the American Society of Agricultural Engineers, apparently in 1927. International Harvester first to offer on a production tractor. If you think about it the implement manufacturers needed some sort of standard or nobody could have built universal implements...

40% front, 60% rear or until you get to somewhere around 10% slip for a front assist tractor. No less than 35% on the front axle for a mfwd tractor. The weight of an implement does not count against the 40-60 ratio if it is not suspended by the tractor during operation. BTW, The above is for...

Not unusual, almost every farm tractor I've ever operated, and that's a bunch, did it to some extent. As long as everything is tight don't worry over it. The un-loaded tires on my M4500 do it, the tires on all our old Farmall's back home did it (loaded). Farm radials tend not to.

No, no, no, no, no... Don't do that! It magnifies the weight of the log many times over and the effective pulling point becomes something just above the top link attachment on the tractor. It is a guaranteed way to have the front end of the tractor in the air which on uneven terrain (normal in a...

Hit and miss tonight 1-27-15 one moment it's ok, the next not. Other sites seem ok.

Normally they seal on the small taper on the shank just above the electrode portion of the glow plug. So about an inch +/- up from the bottom end.