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My dad completely ran over our echo chainsaw in his truck, it hosed up all the plastic but the guide bar wasn't bent. It started up and works just fine.
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Something let go in the rear end of the Timberwolf resulting in the axle not connecting to the ring gear.. After some youtube research a common issue is the splines on the axle and reing gear wearing out do to people never changing the gear oil or the diff case filling full of water. Beer and wrench time.  The fix is to replace the ring gear and axle, or just weld the poo poo out of it.  Welp, someone already wielded it, but the weld broke. No after pics but my buddy and I arc welded the gently caress out of it. Its ugly, but for the first time welding I am very happy with the fix. evilnissan fucked around with this message at May 24, 2012 around 20:42 |
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evilnissan posted:Something let go in the rear end of the Timberwolf resulting in the axle not connecting to the ring gear.. Were you wielding a katana?
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| # ? May 24, 2012 19:56 |
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MAJOR STRYkER posted:My dad completely ran over our echo chainsaw in his truck, it hosed up all the plastic but the guide bar wasn't bent. It started up and works just fine. My Echo is about 20 years old now... It still runs like a champ. Its been dropped in mud, kicked, fallen off a ladder. It has lead a really hard life, but it works great! My mom just got a new Husky saw. That thing is the bee's knees... the torque is about perfect!
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| # ? May 24, 2012 20:32 |
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BrokenKnucklez posted:I just stick with Echo and Stihl. Bucephalus posted:Stihl, Echo, Husqvarna, or Shindaiwa. Don't waste your time with anything else.* Nthing this...my dad still has (and uses) the Stihl 028 chainsaw he bought in 1980. He heats his house with a wood-burning stove so while it hasn't seen forest service levels of use in 32 years, its been used more than your average homeowner would. He bought another one a few years ago to take some of the strain off of it after the main drive clutch died and it took 2 months to track down a replacement. Geoj fucked around with this message at May 24, 2012 around 23:20 |
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Geoj posted:Nthing this...my dad still has (and uses) the Stihl 028 chainsaw he bought in 1980. He heats his house with a wood-burning stove so while it hasn't seen forest service levels of use in 32 years, its been used more than your average homeowner would. He bought another one a few years ago to take some of the strain off of it after the main drive clutch died and it took 2 months to track down a replacement. I still rock my old man's Stihl 015l. Tophandle design with basically nothing for safties. I love it, even if it'll rattle all the fillings from your teeth in 15 minutes.
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| # ? May 25, 2012 01:46 |
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Billy Tully posted:Yes they do, I hate them so much and to disassemble the entire body and remove the goddamn flywheel to change the fuel lines is ridiculous cause when you get it back together its still a lovely Mcculough. I had to disassemble the entire engine casing to get at the place to replace that spring (using the one that didn't break) and in order to do that had to disassemble the throttle assembly because it's a horribly designed piece of loving poo poo, and then of course when I put it back together again, the bushing that keeps the throttle cable taut wasn't in the little plastic slot so there was no way to operate the throttle. So I had to take it apart again and put that back. What I'm doing to replace the other spring (that they don't sell at Lowes, and I'll be damned if I'm going to try and order it from somewhere) is to use a long thin machine bolt and then I've Dremel'ed a slot in the cooling fins where the part of the spring used to hook and am sticking the bolt in there and screwing the damned thing on like it should have been done in the first place. I'll post pics tomorrow. It got dark and the mosquitoes started getting nasty so I quit before I was done. Of course while I was at Lowes I couldn't help but notice the B&S mufflers that just screw on. They were just sitting there - teasing me without saying a word. Again, I ask if anyone can think of any reason why you would use this totally convoluted system of using two springs to attach a CRITICAL (not) component like a loving muffler. It's a two stroke, so there's oil leaking all over the goddam place - is that why? Is it some kind of thing in case the muffler fills up with gas/oil and blows up or something?
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| # ? May 25, 2012 02:47 |
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I recall many posts ago someone mentioning gravely tractors. Here is an old soul talking about his. He has a ton of machine shop videos too for those interested in tool and die. http://youtu.be/yZ8Ux6ZJv5c
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| # ? May 25, 2012 13:52 |
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BrokenKnucklez posted:Mccullough sucks period. I have had 2 of their saws, and 1 wead eater. They all sucked rear end. I just stick with Echo and Stihl. I I accidentally dropped a tree right onto one of them, effectively burying it in the yard. It rained that night before we could finish the tree and dig it out. The next day we managed to procure that saw from the mudhole that the rain caused. Hosed it off, swapped the air filter, and it fired right up.
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:I Aaaaaand there's the difference. McCulloch and Homelite* used to build good stuff (so did MTD, for that matter) before they sold out to the hardware & department stores, building to a price point to favor quantity over quality. *e: and Poulan Bucephalus fucked around with this message at May 25, 2012 around 14:14 |
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Bucephalus posted:Aaaaaand there's the difference. McCulloch and Homelite* used to build good stuff (so did MTD, for that matter) before they sold out to the hardware & department stores, building to a price point to favor quantity over quality. gently caress Poulan. Do you know why they're aptly named? because you just keep pullin and pullin to try and get it started
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Time for some long overdue maintenance on my MF 135 before winter properly begins. its due for tyres, so they are getting done tomorrow, so today was wrestle the 14.9x24 rear tyres off and drain the 200 odd litres of water out of them... They still have some tread, but the sidewalls are falling out of them- cracks everywhere  Front tyres arent much better... And while its in the shed on axle stands, Im dropping the oils out of her- the engine oil is due and the gearbox oil is water contaminated and fixing a heap of other little niggles  As it sits- FEL is chained up to the roof of the shed to stop hydraulic creep.\  1970's tractor, 1970's wiring. I had to remove the dash to service the steering box, but all the headlights arent working, insulation is cracked and falling off, none of the dash lights work, the ammeter gauge is stuck, the indicators are buggered etc, so its a case of rip all the crap wire out and start again building a totally new loom.  Biggest issue is the grime on EVERYTHING- its done nearly 9000hrs of running and theres a coating of oil/diesel/dust on every surface- the air guns getting a workout just so i can FIND bolts and nuts! Tomorrow- New filters, New wiring, New wheels, New fluids!
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Simple green works pretty well, especially injected via a steam cleaning pressure washer. I actually just use cans of lye-based oven cleaner, its amazing what it can take off without ruining paint. Just don't let it into gauges. The John Deere 285 is working pretty well, I adjusted the brakes and did some electrical work. The ground for the headlights is open, so I need to see what is going on there. The water temp warning light switch is intermittent and the battery light doesn't illuminate despite a good bulb and wiring.
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| # ? May 30, 2012 14:46 |
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:gently caress Poulan. God... I had a poulan 18" chainsaw that I blew the main sprocket out of in under a year. I bought a smaller 16" Husky and it still straight up beat the pants off that poulan in every measurable category, including power. I last had it sitting up for 3 months. It fired up in 3 pulls and it still starts hot, something the poulan never did.
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My dad in law ( an awesome person ) restores tractors as a hobby, but not to just look pretty. Every one of them is put to work regularly. The prize of the lot is the '56 JD 70 diesel that he worked the fields with as a kid. Included are comments from his FB page. "The 70"  quote:I currently have a 1956 70D that I reclaimed from under my parents farm barn in Ohio. A tornado had dropped the barn on it and it took a Cat track hoe to hoist it out, and at over 7,000 hours on the clock (farmer speak for "she was flat wore out!") more parts and money than my dad would have ever imagined, but it's back to health and I use it whenever I can find a task for it to do. It has been a float puller in a couple of shindigs, and while I think it looks pretty nice (PPG DAR AE and Clearcoat), it's still a working tractor which is fine because I don't go to shows much, and my stuff is just for me to play on. Anyhow, I think that it would be my favorite because the 70 and I go back quite a few years. So the 70D is here because I grew up on it. My nephew LOVES this thing  That tractor has so much torque, it will smoke the belts in that chipper if it hangs on something. It's insane. a '51 VAC case  quote:Next is a '51 VAC Case, which represents my dad's first tractor that he bought after the war when he started out on 80 acres. Tractors were hard to find and his cousin had a Case dealership and he corned a new '48 VAC, cultivators, plow, and Detroit sickle bar mower for him, and that is what he started out using. The old VAC was sold to a hobbyist near Dayton around 1970, and I have not tried to track it down, though I doubt that it still exists, choosing instead to find this one which was closer to me (south Atlanta), stuck and troubled nonetheless, and after a significant amount of work (it took $600 in ball bearings alone!!), it now serves as my "chore" tractor because it is handy with its Eagle hitch and gas engine. I have a nice grill for it that I need to get prepped and painted, and that should finish her up, though she has done a lot of good work for me without the grill over the past few years. So the VAC is here because it is the first tractor we had, and the one on which learned to drive. My 855 posted a few pages ago was a housewarming present from him. He bought another one just like it which he uses with a mid mount mower, as opposed to the 6' finishing mower on mine.
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Farking Bastage posted:God... I had a poulan 18" chainsaw that I blew the main sprocket out of in under a year. I bought a smaller 16" Husky and it still straight up beat the pants off that poulan in every measurable category, including power. I just blew up my Poulin leaf blower on Monday. The block cracked and it caught fire. I decided not to waste a fire extinguisher on it. I just threw it in a galvanized tub and grabbed a lawnchair.  Good riddance.
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:I just blew up my Poulin leaf blower on Monday. The block cracked and it caught fire. Your story brought a tear to my eye.
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Nerobro posted:Your story brought a tear to my eye. I wish I had my camera on me, would have made some great mechanical snuff pictures. I have never before seen smoke that black (green/blue?) in my life.
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Farking Bastage posted:My dad in law ( an awesome person ) restores tractors as a hobby, but not to just look pretty. Every one of them is put to work regularly. The prize of the lot is the '56 JD 70 diesel that he worked the fields with as a kid. Included are comments from his FB page. Those are some beautifuly restored tractors- Both of mine are "Working restorations" which pretty much means they get some restoration work done whenever they get back in the shed for maintenance. The design of those tractors somewhat terrifies me too- Im a hills dweller and the tiny narrow front axle just brings up mental pictures of a tractor tumbling down a hill sideways!
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Ferremit posted:Those are some beautifuly restored tractors- Both of mine are "Working restorations" which pretty much means they get some restoration work done whenever they get back in the shed for maintenance. Those designs were a bit foreign to me as well growing up in the south. All those northern tractors have the row crop front wheels and pony motors on the diesels. I've driven the 70 before. Pain in the rear end with that hand clutch.
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| # ? May 31, 2012 01:55 |
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Text message from my mum, looks like my dad's got his dumper truck fixed again (needed a clutch rebuild):
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| # ? Jun 1, 2012 16:05 |
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Your dad belongs in AI. Sign him up now.
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| # ? Jun 1, 2012 17:03 |
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I'll let him in when he finishes rebuilding his Wolseley. 
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| # ? Jun 1, 2012 20:20 |
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Bucephalus posted:Stihl, Echo, Husqvarna, or Shindaiwa. Don't waste your time with anything else.* I just wanted to point out Husqvarna, McCulloch, Poulin, Weedeater, Dixon, and most of craftsman all come off the same factory floor. Well I dont know for sure. I do know that this is the case for riding mowers and ZTRs.
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| # ? Jun 2, 2012 02:55 |
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^ Same factory =/= same quality. All depends on the specs they're built to. Not shilling for Husqvarna, just saying the same factory can roll out lovely discount products and decent pro/prosumer-level products
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Geoj posted:^ Absolutely. Ive had very good luck with products to come from there. But Ive normally got ones they put nice motors on and the like. For actual content, I wish Husqvarna would bring over some of their Swedish units. They make some pretty awesome articulating mowers over there. Some diesel powered, some garden sized. 
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I named that stump Old Ironsides. That mother fucker would NOT give up.  Getting rid of some trees that were leaning towards the house before hurricane season gets too crazy.
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| # ? Jun 2, 2012 17:01 |
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Sadi posted:For actual content, I wish Husqvarna would bring over some of their Swedish units. They make some pretty awesome articulating mowers over there. Some diesel powered, some garden sized. Diesel mowers? 
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velocross posted:Diesel mowers? Hell yes. Cut 6" high grass in the rain with a 72" deck 
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| # ? Jun 3, 2012 03:30 |
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velocross posted:Diesel mowers? Yep, the big Swedish ones are diesel, hydraulic articulating, hydraulic deck lift, and 4 wheel drive. Husqvarna also makes diesel ZTRs, but I dont know for how much longer. I think they have trouble selling them.
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velocross posted:Diesel mowers? The way it should be
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Sadi posted:Absolutely. Ive had very good luck with products to come from there. But Ive normally got ones they put nice motors on and the like. I have a sudden urge to buy some acreage and one of these.
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EightBit posted:I have a sudden urge to buy some acreage and one of these. You got it wrong. Live in a 2nd floor apartment, buy one of those, and let other people pay you to drive it around their acreage.
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Bucephalus posted:Hell yes. Cut 6" high grass in the rain with a 72" deck Both John Deere and Toro now make Turbo Diesel mowers- Works looking at replacing our 72" 1445 Diesel John Deere with a 1600 Series II wide area, 4 cyl Turbo motor, 62" front deck and 2 swing down 42" wing decks. Im looking forward to my mower making boost noises when the grass is long 
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I am doing it all wrong. I have been making boost noises with my mouth, this sounds way easier.
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I guess I already have a diesel mower  That Deere 855 is a diesel and I pull a 72" finish mower behind it. At WOT, I don't think I can push a gallon an hour through it.
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just joined the tractor trash crew Saturday by accident Picked up a 1977 Economy with a 14hp Kohler engine, homebuilt plow, factory but very worn mower deck, and a lot of neglect for $100 and a u-joint. Serial number 42360. No real pics yet, hopefully will have some tomorrow after I get a new battery in it and work out some of the crazy wiring the last 40 years of previous owners have done. Headlights aren't connected, the keyswitch is broken in half, the emag clutch for the front PTO is dangling by the wiring, the battery cables are down to a thread, and I'm sure I'll find more wrong with it. The tires are in fairly OK shape seeing as I am pretty sure they are original equipment - dryrot hasn't gone all the way through the sidewalls yet, so I'll run em till it does. Oh, and the seat is made mostly from duct tape, and the steering box mounting bolts are so loose the steering wheel has 270 degrees of play in it. I am keeping all the parts I replace for a possible restoration in the future and replacing them with whatever I can get for cheap that will work, and will not require modification of anything except the replacement part. Once it's running and in good working condition I can quibble about finding exact replacements and painting everything to match.
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Any good recommendations on leaf blowers? My in-laws gave us a new 2 cycle Craftsman 2 years ago that took a poo poo this weekend. We have several mature oak trees as well as some pines and ash trees on the property, so I am looking for something that is both reliable and can actually blow poo poo around as opposed to the piece of poo poo that is sitting at the curb currently.
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| # ? Jun 5, 2012 02:51 |
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Stihl, Echo, Husky. Those are the only brands I can honestly recommend. Sure your going to spend a little more coin then the cheap ones. But this won't up on the curb in 2 years as well. Edit: I recall seeing an advertisement on TV for Stihl Dealer Days. If you got the coin, go pick one up now! Just for kicks, I checked prices, looks like they are all within 10 bucks of each other. I am an Echo fan, that is all my family has owned for the past 20 years, and continue to buy. Though each brand has quite a few pros and very few cons, all of them are really great products. I think its orange paint. Double edit... Who wants this? http://youtu.be/dCsrhcC7c_0 Makes me want land just to use this thing. BrokenKnucklez fucked around with this message at Jun 5, 2012 around 04:22 |
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I have a backpack leafblower and it's so much better to use than a handheld one even on my small 750 m^2 property that I can't imagine cleaning up after oak trees without something similar. So don't get a handheld is all I can say.
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