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Yep, around November, our diesel starts coming as a 50/50 mix of #1 and #2 to prevent gelling. Remember, the wind won't have any affect on the fuel gelling, since it's only the air temperature that has an affect, just as wind chill only affects us warm-blooded critters.

If your talking about the box that's attached to the regulator in the schematic, that is the symbol for a connector. You will want to remove the wire that's connected to the common bus that is attached to the glow plugs before you try jumping the battery to it, to avoid backfeeding a switch...

So we got 10 inches of that white stuff here in southeastern South Dakota, and my son decided he could make it to work in his F150. Got about a half mile, and ran into a 3 ft drift on the gravel road, and high centered. All spinning the wheels did was slide the truck further into the ditch...

The fuse needs to be sized for the wire. If it's 14 gauge, no larger than 15 amps, 12 gauge, no larger than a 20 amp fuse, 10 gauge, no larger than 30 amp fuse, etc. Fuses are there to protect the wiring, not the device on the end of the wire. Conversely, the wire needs to be large enough to...

All: thanks for all the valuable input. I will pull the t-stat and boil test it. I'm sure it will be fine, as it acted the same on the old t-stat. Then I'm going to pull the water pump. I'll let you know what I find.

I clean the screen several times a day, and flush the radiator fins with a water wand at least once a week. Nothing changes after I do either. I double checked the gauge reading with my IR thermometer, taking a reading on the sensor itself, which was around 238 degrees. I'm going to pull the...

Good points, all. The hydro system isn't that hot, around 170. I just took some more temp readings, and the differential between the top of the radiator and the bottom, as measured by removing the knee-banger panel and shooting the radiator next to the battery box is more like 15 degrees., and...

This isn't one of mine, but I saw on FB the other day where a guy was mowing around a pond on a ZTM and accidentally turned it upside down and drown. Those old-timers had ditch mowing figured out with an offset qsickle mower. I wouldn't mind having one of the 3-point trailer types for when the...

Hey everyone. I have a 2009 BX2360 with a 60 inch MMM that is overheating when mowing- I posted earlier about this. The deck is fine, the blades are sharp, it's well greased and all of the bearings are good, including the idler/tensioner, so I don't think it's caused by the mower per se, but...

Yep, that worked for me. The worst part is not knocking them off, it's the sickening crack when you either run it over or run it through the MMM! I'm thinking of making some small cages to to keep from breaking the red rear marker lenses in the fender. I know the fenders will flex some, so...

I've been running a Land Pride RTA1050 tiller, which is a 50 inch cut, and up to 25 HP ( they also make an RTA1558 with 58 inch cut, and up to 35 HP) on my BX2360 for 7 years. It has worked great for busting sod, and tilling an established garden plot. I've even used it to dig a massive trench...

Okay, to answer some of my own questions, no, you cant get the radiator out without taking the whole engine out. It wasn't that bad, but the WSM left out a few steps, which I will elaborate on when I get time. From start to finish, it took me 8 hours, including the time it took to actually...

Hello: I have to remove the radiator on my BX2360 in order to clean the fins. After a hydraulic blow-out on one of the seals under the battery box, the rad got sprayed with oil and is picking up dirt. I plan to clean it with a 50/50 mix of Simple green and warm water using a recirculating...

Parked the little orange beast for lunch and saw this one trying to make off with it. Not quite sure what she had in mind for it-maybe a new dirt scrape?

Finished ripping out the old field wire fence, finished up the 6-wire electric fence (that should keep the goats around), ripped out the old Geotex from an old tree line, piled up the slash, and pushed the dirt back into place. Made it back to the house just before the heavens opened. Used the...

1. The MMM mounting on the BX2360 is somewhat difficult, but I've become more proficient over the years. Also, the mower ejects the clippings in a windrow, instead of spreading them out to mulch. If I had to do it all over again, I think I would go with a 3pt finish mower. 2. Getting the PTO...

You know what they call 10,000 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean? A good start!

Wow, I feel really lucky. Here in southeast South Dakota, when I wanted to put in a garden, the tiller behind my BX2360 chewed right through the sod, and chewed up the dirt as fine as could be. It was a mix of black dirt with a little clay. One thing to also keep in mind is the skids that are...

And it would serve her right! Maybe I will just hide the keys instead. I'm still going to install the valve though.

I have a pair of vice-grips that are needle nose with parallel jaws, and with an old piece of fuel hose over each jaw, they work great for pinching off fuel lines. No damage to the fuel hose, either. The next time my tank gets near empty though, I think I will install the valve to make it...