85Hokie's latest activity

  • 85Hokie
    white smoke typically is unburned diesel fuel - blue smoke is burned engine oil, worn valves seats, worn rings..... Where you get your...
  • 85Hokie
    85Hokie replied to the thread BX1870 help.
    Try this -not sure your switches are aligned like this, but this should work
    • safety switches1 (2).jpg
  • 85Hokie
    85Hokie replied to the thread BX1870 help.
    Take a zip tie - bypass both switches and see if there is any difference - if there is, either the switch is bad or it is not closing...
  • 85Hokie
    85Hokie replied to the thread B6100e 2wd tire/wheel options.
    Go to your local "tire" place and see what they have in a 15" tire - if need be, measure how tall it is and that will get you close to...
  • 85Hokie
    85Hokie replied to the thread B6100e 2wd tire/wheel options.
    The good news here is that you can place damn near ANY size tire on those rims within reason - since 4wd is not an issue, you can go...
    • 1713994692755.png
  • 85Hokie
    The tread is around these parts too, cash is assumed (or check depending) where as a card will have a 3.X increase in price. Most...
  • 85Hokie
    +2 on all the cables Either replace OR clean the #$@# out of them - bright and tight
  • 85Hokie
    85Hokie replied to the thread Stuck!.
    only thing I noticed ........... the dog had constant 4 wheel drive and never slipped!!!!!!!
  • 85Hokie
    85Hokie replied to the thread Downsizing Newb.
    I bought a BX25D in '13 - and I do not use it enough, 400 some hours, but with the bucket on the front and the hoe on the back, it is a...
    • 2013-08-10 13.07.11 - Copy.jpg
  • 85Hokie
    85Hokie replied to the thread Slasher for 6200.
    Keithy, Welcome to the forum, With your 13 PTO HP - a 48" (120CM) might be a the right size anything larger will be too much - really...
  • 85Hokie
    Great idea - the travel could get crazy however! But I am game on the east coast perhaps
  • 85Hokie
    85Hokie replied to the thread Perkins injection pump.... disc?.
    Not sure if this is the correct animal but it is worth a look: https://www.tadiesels.com/fuel_injector_acc.html
  • 85Hokie
    No - not safe. Thread size for #8 ORB is 3/4-16 Thread size for #6 ORB us 9/16-18 Those are standard SAE fine thread sizes and can be...
  • 85Hokie
    I would look at testing those glow plugs, they should heat the chamber far quicker than the block heater
  • 85Hokie
    85Hokie reacted to RCW's post in the thread Daily Chuckle with Like Like.
    Same people that think “R” is only used in emergencies…. I always get worked up when people don’t “pull through” at the gas station to...