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This video is a bit old (2020), but I found it interesting and painful. As a person who constantly repairs and restores machinery it hit close to home. Since it does discuss repair - I placed it in this section. So throw out your thoughts on repairs and evolving technologies. When I first...

Have any of you watched the Clarkson's farm on Amazon? If you don't know Jeremy; he and his two pals starred on a BBC show called Top Gear for many, many years about cars and such. Turns out he purchased a 1000 acre farm in mid 2000's and now is trying to work it himself! Yesterday I listened...

Here's an interesting bit of info from Neil again. Whodathought?

Here is a interesting take on things by Neil Messick. He doesn't paint a grim picture, but then it also doesn't give much hope for things getting back to normal either. He sort of wraps the many things affecting supplies into package of his experiences for our review and consideration.

I'm a big fan of the Youtube channel "Watch Wes Work". His latest involved replacing the old FEL controls on an old Oliver machine. I really liked his ingenuity and his ability to laugh at himself. His explanations of how things work are very clear and the spool valves are no exception. In the...

Impressive tractor! I've never driven anything like this - must be amazing. https://www.kubotausa.com/media-center/archive/2020/02/12/kubota-announces-availability-of-highly-anticipated-m8-series-from-the-national-farm-machinery-show

As I near the end of my restoration, I have some bucket pins that I know are going to cause me grief. They are circled in the picture. I was thinking of using fire and the Harborfreight press to remove the darn pins. The cylinder pins are easy to remove - I had them out when I rebuilt the...

So I was thinking about those of us that might not use our tractors daily - and especially over the Winter. In particular, I was thinking about protecting the cylinder rods from damage from rust, pitting and whatever. I've found a couple of ideas from articles like the one below, but was curious...

So yesterday I began putting the top bits of the engine together. Injectors, rail, valve cover, plumbing, etc. I ran the engine through a few revolutions to get the oil moving. I had the top lines to the injectors disconnected so I could see when fuel arrived. Eventually the good 'ole red...

Hi All- I have a new manifold for sale. It is a nice aftermarket and I can't use it. https://www.ebay.com/itm/203652646638?hash=item2f6aa4c6ee:g:5mIAAOSw2Klhaez2 Thanks, Nick

Hi All, My assumption is that if y'all live on farms, you probably have large diesel/gasoline tanks from which to fuel your equipment. Cool. I wish I lived on a farm! But those of us with some acreage that enjoy tractors probably have a different approach. So I started looking around on...

Hi All- While continuing with Rust and Rehabilitation, I decided to clean off the top of the engine and remove and inspect the injectors. This is a D1703 engine. After immediately puncturing a rusty freeze plug and charming the job with colorful language, I thought I'd post a few pictures for...

Hi All, I thought since the machine was already down, I'd pull the injectors for a cleaning and see if I could locate the slight diesel leak. As expected, the injectors were pretty dirty and the leak was a cracked fuel return. I also had a bad glow plug so I carefully removed it (tried to) and...

I'm close to completing a darn nasty job and thought I'd share a few pics. My poor old TLB has a lot of rust that I've been addressing, as you saw in my other posts. While I was repairing the GST shift mechanism, it occurred to me that the frame to which it mounts was junk. So off to the metal...

Hi All- I thought I would post some tools I use in my travels with motorcycle restoration and my tractor. I believe tools are an investment and having the right tool for the job saves time and frustration! Have you ever made your own tool? I have and although they were not pretty with shiny...

Hi All, For anyone seeking to replace leaky seals or perform an oil change on the front end, I hope these pictures provide some inspiration. This tractor was a rust bucket and severely abused. I wanted to try my hand at restoration on something other than a motorcycle and well, it's been a work...

Hello All. I have looked at this forum for advice a few times and thought I'd like to give back. Recently my well-used L35 wouldn't move forward. I traced the issue to a broken cable between the shift controller and the actual shifter on the GST. On the forum I found a lead to a guy on Youtube...