Recent content by Joisey

#1 and #2 cotton rags are crazy expensive. Synthetic rags are cheaper....but useless.

I know my reply is late, but I use a pair of heavy duty disposable gloves from Harbor Freight. I'm right handed, so I put an old tube sock on my left hand to wipe the fitting before I connect the grease gun, grease the fitting and then wipe whatever needs to be removed with the sock on my left...

Common core math

I learned that the hard way, and it also applies to the lending of hand or power tools, even hammers.

I had one on my 680 CK Case loader. Plugged in, newly rebuilt engine and it still fired off at 10 degrees F one cylinder at a time. A high capacity blow dryer set to hot and put into the air filter intake tube and let run for 10 minutes made more of a difference than the block heater in...

It was a thought. Back to square 1.

5 gallon buckets are made the same way as quart bottles, just on much larger machines.

I'll bet that is what happened. I wonder if the piece of plastic could get sucked into the pump intake screen (if there is one) and cause cavitation/foaming?

Does that feel like the same plastic that an oil bottle is made from? I understand it's thicker. Plastic bottles are made in a blow mold machine. A controlled size piece of hot plastic is set on the end of a metal tube that is inside of a heated metal mold. Air is applied, effectively...

Unless the engine operates differently than a normal engine, the oil is sucked up from the sump by the oil pump, goes thru the filter and then onward to the engine internals. If the filter isn't plugged completely, the bypass should be closed, forcing the oil thru the filter media. If the...

I had a 1966 (I think) Case 680CK with the extenda-hoe that had a gross weight of over 7.5 tons. It had two brake discs that were 8 inches in diameter, double sided and mechanically actuated by a brake pedal and worked with 4 or 6 (it's been a while to remember the exact number) 5/8 bearing...

I use a small piece of paper towel, tissue or napkin. Withdraw the dipstick and touch a corner of the paper product to the full level on the stick. If the oil is at that level it will wick up into the paper product. Go lower on the stick if you have to.

Scott Depot

When I moved here to WV, I learned that what the GPS tells you is merely a suggestion.

Try a local hydraulic shop. Usually quite a bit cheaper than the dealer.