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I plan on building within the next year or 2. It will be a single level house with PEX in floor heat. My original plan was to epoxy the floor on the whole house just like you'd do in a garage, but I'm thinking stained flooring might be more appropriate for a house. Anyone done it or have any...

There are a couple of threads on here where folks are mowing pastures that got me a bit curious. When I was growing up, we'd mow spots in the pasture that had issues with buckbrush, goldenrod, or thistles , but we mostly managed them by moving the salt block into the middle of them. From the...

I've got an L1500 that is losing trans oil and gaining crankcase oil, leading me to believe that the hyd. oil pump is leaking at the seal. The L1500 is similar to the L175. The WSM for the L175 lists the number for the pump, but has no breakdown of it. The WSM for the L185 has a breakdown for...

My trans is losing oil and my crankcase is gaining oil, so I ordered a seal for the hydraulic pump and a couple of gaskets that came in on Wednesday. I've always pulled seals with screwdrivers and foul language, but looking on YouTube, it looks like a lot of folks are drilling a hole in the seal...

It appeared that I was losing oil in the trans and gaining oil in the crankcase last time I ran my L1500. From lurking on the forum, it would seem that the hydraulic pump is leaking on the engine end. I can find the pump in the WSM (for the L175), but I don't see where it is broken down to find...

There's a 42" box blade for sale locally. My L1500 has a track width of 48", so the tires will stick out 3" proud of the BB on each side. Is that going cause issues? Seems tracks shouldn't be an issue like it is with tillage, since I'll be driving back over it anyway. I guess I can see being too...

I'm planning on building in the next year or 2. It's going to be a single story heated with PEX in the floor. I was planning on doing the heated floor in the garage as well, but I have 2 friends that have it and they both have humidity issues when they drive in with snow on the car, it melts...

I understand that if your tractor is equipped with compression release, you're supposed to spin it over a little before you start it for real, but what does that accomplish? Is it to get extra fuel into the cylinder, kind of like choking a gas engine? getting oil to the engine before it starts...

Is there a website that has combine specs? My brother has a 7700 in the trees that still has its hydraulic pump.

There are a couple of 50" rear mount snow blowers for sale locally. In low range, reverse is 2mph according to tractordata. Seems about right; it's nearly as fast as third. I think I'll be quite underpowered. If I was going front mount, I think I could go slow enough to make it work. I don't...

I have an L1500DT that's getting a new top link bracket. The bracket that came with it was mounted in the lowest position possible. The replacement bracket will be using the top holes which were "protected" with blind plastic plugs. Being several decades old and of 70's polymer technology, the...

I need the bracket that holds the top link of the 3PH from a L175 or similar to replace the factory one on my L1500.

I need a top link bracket from an L175. Coleman's and Messick's both cancelled my orders because they couldn't find one. Anyone have any ideas for where to look next? Seems a salvage yard would be best, but I don't see many of them in the metro area, and the ones outstate seem to have mostly...

I hooked up my King Kutter dirt scoop yesterday. When I went to level it, I found that my 20" (set to it's shortest) top link was way too long. Additionally, when I lifted the scoop, the top link was nearly vertical. Even all the way down, it had way too much slope. The bracket that the top link...

The PO on my L1500DT was starting it with ether. The glow plugs tested as an open circuit, so I replaced them, and it starts and runs just fine now. One of the articles I read suggested that starting with ether would cause premature ignition which would force combustion products back into the...

I don't have any yellow cans, and I hate every CARB compliant can that I've used. I have a blue (kerosene) pre CARB can that I plan on using for diesel, but I wonder if there's something better out there.

There's a 50" rear mount snow blower for sale locally that I've been thinking about for my L1500DT. It's a farm king Y500. Looking online, the minimum rated hp for it is 15. It doesn't say, but I'd imaging that they're referring to hp at the PTO , not at the flywheel, so I'm already short a...

What's everyone using for weights for this, L175's and similar tractors? I've got a King Kutter DS30 that I think might make the front a little light if using it for dirt. Or should I leave them off and keep the bites small? It's been a couple of decades, but I'm pretty sure I can still steer...

So I bought an old mounted ford disk. It has wooden bearings. Some of them will probably need to be replaced at some point. I found a company called Woodex that makes replacements for some models. Does anyone know where on the disk I should look for the model #?. It's been painted JD green, so...

Some of the folks at work are getting stand up desks. They have a lift on them that allows the height to be adjusted an so that you can sit at them as well. There's a switch that's mounted to the bottom of the working surface with a cord that's zip tied to the bottom of the desk. That cord has...