Recent content by LT1Pat

It seems as if I have a problem identical to Harley's. I have an L35 that stripped the pinion gears and when the front axle was disassembled the pillow blocks and the bosses on the axle were worn really really bad. My friend bored out the bosses to 2.5" for the smaller one and 3" for the big one...

You're right, welding doesn't sound like a good idea. I don't like the idea of the rounded splines on the pinion. Loctite offers a spline epoxy that looks like it might work for some extra peace of mind after I replace the driveshaft and both couplers.

The propeller shaft is stripped pretty good.

I took the shaft out and the pinion splines are a little rounded but still look good enough to re-use. I may weld another half of a coupling onto it to give it some more engagement on the pinion.

I did what you suggested and I immediately found the problem. The shaft does not turn at all when I spin the front wheels. The front coupler just spins over the splines on the driveshaft side. It appears that I lucked out because the driveshaft and coupler is stripped and not the pinion.

I was plowing some snow with the front end loader and about 30 minutes in I noticed I had no traction anymore. It was obvious that only my rear wheels were spinning and lost 4WD. I tried backing up and making sure it was in 4WD and all I could hear is a little whirring noise (similar to a gear...

Look at the head for cracks

Great idea, I was going to machine new ones but that sounds easier.

I just bought an L35 tractor with a TL720 loader and the valve seems to have a minor problem. When you push up on the loader the difference between down pressure and float is so small that it's hard to get it to go down instead of float down. The other problem I have is that the float doesn't...

Changed the front main seal on my L245DT

The pump was pushing oil but it was going straight out the ends of the cam. The highest measured pressure was 3PSI or so at full rpm. I changed the rod and main bearings anyways but they looked good. The cam and bore was completely chewed up though. I had to bore the cam tunnel out .030" and...

I bought a kubota where the previous owner removed the low oil pressure light and I unknowingly ran it for 8+ hours with no pressure. Turns out the oil pressure wouldn't go over 3 psi and the main and rod bearings look pretty good. The only thing that was damaged was the cam bore and the cam...

When I was rebuilding my L245DT I would just put a screwdriver across the positive wire going to the starter and the solenoid. This will make the tractor start without any wiring hooked up besides the power feeding the starter. The tractor didn't want to start for a while and I had to open the...

I used to race LT1 motors but now I just race SBC motors.

Even though the radiator looked clean I decided to blow it out anyways and a ton of dust came out. I guess even though it looks clean there can still be a lot of pollen and dust stuck in there. It's winter now and the temps really don't get hot at all especially with the radiator cleaned out...