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  1. xrocketengineer

    Third Function Couplings are getting harder to Connect

    I have a Land Pride grapple and third function kit installed by the dealer when I bought my BX1880 a little over two years ago. The third function valve kit has Parker standard couplers and the grapple to FEL has flat faced couplers. I always relieve the pressure on the lines before...
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    Anybody looking for a BX FEL near Florida?

    Not mine, https://ocala.craigslist.org/grd/d/summerfield-bx-kubota-loader/7385508171.html
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    Some People are Really Creative

    I just stumbled into this on Craigslist. It is a very impressive build. https://cfl.craigslist.org/snw/d/lake-placid-new-utv-john-deere-tribute/7376386958.html
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    Floor Pan Rust

    Last Saturday was a weird day with the tractor. It started with weird color and smell Diesel that is being checked by the State's Consumer Services (but that is another story) and then I found my floor pan had rust everywhere. I initially saw a rust spot by lifting the corner of the rubber...
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    Today's Lesson

    For the old folks. Do not try to flush the spilled pool chlorine over the jug by dipping the almost full jug in the pool. You will loose your balance and the jug will land on the pool deck but you will end up in the pool fully dressed and with your left arm badly scraped. The water was fine...
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    Project Binky

    These guys showed up seven years ago on the miniforum.co.uk with this project. They intended to shoehorn the entire drivetrain from a rally spec all wheel drive Toyota Celica into a classic mini. The project is almost finished with the body painted at 44 videos so far and still remains the...
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    Little Unplanned Nissan Project

    Yesterday I had a doctors appointment and on my way home stopped for lunch. When I got back in my 2008 Nissan Titan and shifted into reverse, the shifter felt "funny". So, I backed up a bit and realized that the transmission was stuck in reverse. Fortunately, the parking lot was empty and I...
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    Still not impressed with my Dealer

    I had noticed that in the last couple of months or so, I had to add hydraulic oil to transmission almost every time I was going to mow. It never ran empty but I had to add about a a pint to keep it within the hash marks of the dipstick. In the past the level was a bit high and it always stayed...
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    Exhaust Soot

    I have zero practical experience with diesels and I noticed today a lot of oily black soot on the left front corner of the frame and around the exhaust hole in the plastic grille after use (95hrs). I don't remember this happening before since I hose down the tractor after every use. The tractor...
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    Paumco Quick Spade on BX1880

    I recently bought the Paumco Quick Spade from Northern Tools to use with my 36 in. forks to build a french drain in my yard. I was a bit concerned that for the little BX1880 it would be an overkill and that it would not work but to my surprise the Quick Spade worked very well. I did run a ripper...
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    Bx1880 Upgraded Tires

    Hi everybody from rainy and swampy Florida. I have a BX1880 that I bought new last year with a 48 in. belly mower and FEL/grapple. It came with R1 tires that worked sort of OK during our "dry season" for mowing and also for other chores like hauling out cut down trees and limbs. But the rains...