Recent content by MAArcher

My two cents, make a list of projects. You might find out that a lot of them, especially if you're fabricating things, you might find best suited with aluminum. If so, that's a big factor in what welder you get. Facebook Marketplace is a good place to get used welders. I got a common...

Well the saga continues. Upon closer inspection, while putting the new belt and fan on, I realized somethings wrong with the water pump, it sticks and grinds in one spot. So I guess I'm buying a new pump. :mad: If only I was smart enough to have checked it before. now I have to wait on...

I believe its the same engine as my B8200, the D950 engine. I just put this fan belt on mine a few minutes ago and it fits. The orginal belt, which was solid, has been discontinued. The new ones are cogged. Amazon.com: A&I A-70000-73783 Fan Belt : Patio, Lawn & Garden

I took the easy/quick way out and used some JB Weld High Temp radiator epoxy on it and it seems to hold water without leak at hose pressure. Hopefully a new fan will come in the mail tomorrow so I can get back to mowing the jungle. The fan belt looked original and was starting to dry out...

May get lucky. Seems like its just a small hole. I pressurized it with the garden hose and this is the only leak I could find. Any tips for repair? Bend that vein back, clean with wire weel on the Dremel and then Permatex metal fuel tank and radiator repair epoxy putty? I have some...

I was just mowing the lawn, stopped, and while I was distracted trying to take it out of 4x4 as I had just climbed a hill, and I had head phones on and didn't realize I was letting the engine over rev a bit, and smoke/steam suddenly started pouring out from under the hood. I shut it down quick...

So, the lift pump came in the mail along with some new oil filters. InTheWoods got me worried about damaging the motor so instead of running it to see if it made oil, I just went ahead and changed the pump and oil filter and looked online to see how much oil to put in it and saw this: I put...

Kristen, where are you located? Geography can impact pricing. Here in New England where I am, that tractor/loader/mower might be worth $9,500 (at the highest I think), 85Hokie nailed the price right off. If you aren't on Facebook already, you should join. You'll see that there's a good...

Do you think it would hurt it if just running it for a short while? Maybe I'll just go ahead and change the pump and oil. The filter probably only has 12 hours on it. Does diesel mess up the filter requiring it to be changed too?

I have a B8200 that would be fine if it was HST. Not having an independent PTO makes mowing smaller property with many obstacles a challenge. It also doesn't seem strong enough to run a 60" 3pt snow blower. So I think I'd like to get a different tractor. Preferably one that is HST and has a...

Don't know why I missed this in searching until now. But I found videos of a guy who did just what you're thinking with a DC pump.

I drained the oil to the right level. Coolant and hydraulic are at the right level. As soon as the lawns dry I’m going to mow for an hour and see what’s leaking into the oil, if anything. My bet is diesel since coolant wasn’t down much and hydraulic wast down at all. Lift pump will be here...

The drained oil got dumped into the used oil bucket unfortunately and I'd like to avoid the time and hassle of sending a sample out and waiting for results. Hopefully it will be easy to diagnose from here. If the oil continues to rise and the coolant and hydraulic fluids stay the same then...

It doesn't smell like diesel, but my sense of smell is awful. The hydraulic fluid is full and clean. After I noticed the issue yesterday, I topped off the coolant and mowed a for about another half hour. I just checked it again and it is a little lower but not bad. It appears these things...

My B8200 that I got from my parent and I've had for just over a year now is running OK, no smoke other than a puff of black at start up. About 800 hours. But when I checked the oil, the level was way past max full. And the coolant level was a little low about a quarter cup. So I'm guessing...