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  1. BadDog

    Help with plan for loader bucket build and quick change?

    Very nice, downloaded, thanks.
  2. BadDog

    Help with plan for loader bucket build and quick change?

    I keep forgetting to get that inside measurement. Well, I thought of it on the way to bed tonight, so to prevent further delay, I went out and made the measurement tonight. :D It's ~38" inside the bracket flanges on the bucket. I doubt it is, but if it's relevant, the vertical pin spacing is...
  3. BadDog

    B7100 with a slight mechanical issue.

    Safe to assume you bleed blue and have an oval where your heart should be on xrays? ;) But that jury's been back for a long time, it was unanimous for the bow tie. :D Of course that's not the lesson I was talking about anyway.
  4. BadDog

    My new gauges

    Better that the deficiency found on that gauge than the other. :eek: Just for completeness, have you referenced the volt meter to a known source (or known good meter) to make sure it's accurate? Would hate to go to a lot of trouble rebuilding a system only to find out the gauge was out of...
  5. BadDog

    Homemade box blade

    But you guys have been at this long enough to know that the demands will come anyway. Might as well get something out of it, and something to make meeting those demands easier in the process...
  6. BadDog

    Homemade box blade

    Well, unless some (pay attention this time) "mysterious foreign object" were to temporarily disable it from proper *safe* operation. It would be terribly unfortunate if such a thing were found shortly after money was spend on a new unit, but that's how things go sometimes. And usually that...
  7. BadDog

    B7100 with a slight mechanical issue.

    When I was young (and days were at least 4 times longer), I had a Jeep CJ7. Nice little rig, ok on the road, ok off the road, looked pretty decent, I enjoyed it quite a lot. But then I rubbed it on a tree, and thought, "you know, I can fix and paint this". But that meant massaging the rest of...
  8. BadDog

    Homemade box blade

    Just don't forget to take the "mysterious foreign object" that's keeping it stuck on high out of his welder once your done... ;)
  9. BadDog

    Gear driven vs. hydrostatic

    That's my theory as well. HST is great, until they are not...
  10. BadDog

    Help with plan for loader bucket build and quick change?

    Thanks. I looked at those plans when you posted. They might form a starting point, but don't quite provide what I need to provide for him to cut. If I go that route using one of those uploads for a pattern, I'll have to also examine the export options from Sketchup to see if anything matches...
  11. BadDog

    You'll never believe what I found in my fuel tank...

    Glad you found your problem. But to be more correct about float or not, the air space being (near) vacuum is not why it sinks. In fact, if it contained not vacuum but rather air, it would be more likely to sink because "air" has mass. Mass of displaced fluid vs mass of object is the only...
  12. BadDog

    Bent Hood

    Glad you got it to a point you are happy with. More than good enough for a working tractor.
  13. BadDog

    Help with plan for loader bucket build and quick change?

    Yeah, your thread is one of my motivators to take this path. By following the quick connect path, I'm hoping to start with the QC loader frame, and scrap my bucket to transfer the brackets at the last step. Maybe, just maybe, I'll find a bucket to fit the QC before I have to scrap the bucket...
  14. BadDog

    Help with plan for loader bucket build and quick change?

    My B2150 has a pretty thrashed bucket on it. Bottom worn through at the back bend by PO from back dragging. And the replacement cutting edge was scabbed on top of the original cutting edge making it too thick to properly mount my tooth bar (won't go on all the way). Not only that, the...
  15. BadDog

    Lube points.

    The grease you can see has displaced from where it needed to be. Most of these locations are non-sealed full loss systems. In normal operation, grease in the joint is displaced leaving only a minimal but functional system. Built in reservoirs continue to provide replenishment for some period...
  16. BadDog

    Bent Hood

    $350 for 20 hours in a body shop, wow. Care to pass along that contact info? ;) Sure looks nice.
  17. BadDog

    Computer virus

    That's really all you can do. Backup to disconnected media, and rotate media so that if you accidentally backup with infection, you have a fall back. There is no recourse. They run these things from countries that couldn't care less, and in some cases are reported to actually support these...
  18. BadDog

    Bent Hood

    Thanks for the lead, just sent an email. I've got friends local who might be willing to hold until the next time I'm out there, if the condition and price are right. The little tractor is well faded and a bit rough but generally straight, a similar condition hood would go a long way to making...
  19. BadDog

    Bent Hood

    Hey, it's better than the hood on my B7100. Previous owner loaded the bucket with big rocks, and rolled the bucket back, don't want 'em to fall out ya know. For whatever reason I can't even guess, he then raised it way up high, and dumped the rocks (or a good portion anyway) over the back of...
  20. BadDog

    Bent Hood

    I spent an earlier life unfolding cars on a frame machine, many of them "totals" that were "diamond" offsets where basically nothing on the car was where it needed to be. That appears to be a fold resulting from forces applied to the top of the hood going down. Like maybe someone tried...