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I guess it’s not that bad. I’m not stuck inside the engine compartment! But I think the cable that activates the hood release the may have broken. And I can’t get access to the mechanism. Without opening the hood. And I can’t get the grill off for a better view, if there is a better view when...

About 20 years ago, while walking on the island of Shikoku Japan, I met this woman and her dog. We may have talked for a minute but I don’t remember. I probably asked her for directions. I’m guessing that’s why she’s standing so I could take a picture of her and her dog. The dog was extremely...

I have a simple question about the differential lock on both my Kubota tractors. But mainly on the BX I used to use my differential lock on my BX 2200 more frequently than I have over the last probably 10 years. One reason being that generally I don’t need it. But today I did need it for about...

I know if you change the injector pump, you need to use the exact shims that were under the original pump. Injector pumps must be made to specific specifications. So it seems like the mating surface on the block must be position at a specific place, so the injector pump will work properly in...

This is the story. Apparently this happened on 28 June, just outside of Pittsburgh, two days ago as I type this. A 74-year-old Upper Burrell man died Saturday in an accident involving a farm tractor, Westmoreland County Coroner Tim Carson said. Dennis A. Praniewicz was pronounced dead at the...

I put 1.25" wheel spacers on the rear of my BX2200 a couple/few years ago. The left gauge wheel arm is such that the pin (now a stove bolt) used for height adjustment changes hits the left tire when the deck is all the way up. BUT there is maybe an inch and a half clearance on the other side...

I parked my old KX41-2V mini-ex a couple months ago, and all was well when I shut it down. A few weeks later I decided to use it for something, and the hydraulics did not works properly, but some functions did work, while others did not. Rather quickly, all stopped working. The excavator has...

https://abcnews.go.com/International/video/man-hit-train-staring-phone-114911182

I know some of us are curious. Certainly agree his location being "earth" is valid...well, I think so anyway... My guess is Florida or Hawaii... Whadaya think? Somebody asked him directly in the "Fix a hole in the block" thread... Who wants to guess before he spills the beans...if he chooses...

I keep coming up with strange questions...I know! BUT getting older, I also know we all have limited time on the planet. And I do have a VERY close relationship with my two daughters. So having "enough" but not a lot, I decided I would rather have some things pass fully to the kids, rather...

OK, crazy question. But I used to wonder when people start getting old. How do they realize it? When does it start? This year for me I think realized it. It was a gradual process over the past few years I think. Now picking up a hundred pounds of something is impossible. I used to grab a...

I’m not sure about more recent BX tractors, but my BX2200, and other BX tractors it has been reported, have had similar issues with the air filter housing strap breaking due to vibration. After a couple unsuccessful attempts at making a mechanical repair to the existing strap design, I ended up...

I guess we don’t hear about too many post hole digger accidents. This one is reported today in a Pittsburgh newspaper. https://triblive.com/local/valley-news-dispatch/allegheny-township-woman-loses-part-of-leg-in-fence-hole-digging-mishap/ Have to read between the lines I think. Not sure how...

A while back I posted a question about wheel spacers as I was interested in buying some. That thread is here if anybody’s interested: https://www.orangetractortalks.com/forums/threads/wheel-spacers-need-source-advice.69030/ I ordered from Bro-Tec. The shipping was $30. They are 4” spacers. I...

I have a Stihl arborist saw M 192TC model. It starts and seems to run fine except for one thing. If I pull the trigger all the way it wants to cut out. I mean, it loses power and the speed drops. If I hold the trigger at 90% or maybe 95% it runs at full speed and sounds totally normal. I’m...

My pond is not large. Probably around 80 x 50‘ and not deep. At one point the deepest part was about 5 feet and the rest was tapering up to about 2 feet maybe. But over the years it got silted in, so it’s even shallower now. Anyway, it used to have a lot of algae from spring to fall and had a...

Sitting on the back porch…avoiding work…sipping an afternoon beer…but doing some other things that need to be done… And I just realized that I still feel in my mind like I’m 30 years old! 47 years after turning 30, I’m starting to think I better reconsider my thought process! 😳 Might be one of...

I’ve done a few when I look back. Something toggled a memory for whatever reason a few minutes ago. Nothing exceptional, but amazes me in today’s world. In 1968 I hitchhiked from San Francisco airport to my parents door in Pittsburgh in 56 hours! That included being stuck for six hours in...

I remember some years ago I was at a buffet restaurant, and there was a guy there that had a hand gun on his hip in a holster, and I thought “he doesn’t look like a police officer”… But I felt kind of safe, knowing that he was there in the restaurant having lunch. No reason to feel like that...