Recent content by pigdoc

...is coming up! Leola, PA I've been to this sale a few times in the past. It's grown to be a two-day sale, typically with 2 or 3 auctioneers all going at once. Friday is mostly parts and implements. Saturday is mostly tractors. If the key is in it, buyers are welcome to 'test'. It will be an...

Now THAT's quite a tape measure! Used by seamstresses to measure your inseam! SHEESH! Seriously, for the last few weeks, I've been measuring a ton of metric fasteners, washers, and seals. Did a warehouse cleanout of NOS moped parts. The German (Sachs) engine parts are spec-ed down to 0.1 mm. I...

Or, maybe 50mm? Could you use a crappier tape measure?

Lack of portability won't work for many of us. I'm NOT unhooking and carrying the battery back to the shop for a charge! -Paul

Looks like M4 x 60mm Try here: screws | McMaster-Carr -Paul

Ya, I've had tremendous difficulty in the past sourcing those very small u-joints. The market doesn't support having those in stock anymore. I actually have NOT attempted to source 'Kubota' u-joints. Messick's is my go-to for Kubota parts. They have traditionally offered 10% off on everything...

Ya, I mowed with a G1800 (straight, no -S) for 6 or 8 years, on a place I was renting. The guy I was renting the house from owned the machine. I loved that machine. When I bought a house, I found a G-1800S with 1200 hrs on it in a live auction, and got it bought for $900. It had been sadly...

Century model 81705 battery charger came in the mail last week. Had it hooked up and working ASAP: Battery tested at 11.7 volts before. Charged it at the 10A setting for 5 hours. Battery tested at 13.0 volts. Started the G1800S - it popped right off. Checked voltage again after starting, it...

Awwww. I have had a LOT of opportunity to get acquainted with the whims of scrap dealers this year. The different salvageable forms of "iron", for example, stretch to 140 in number! And, you're always going to get the price of the tiniest piece of the cheapest grade...for the whole lot! Right...

When I was 12 years old, in 1969, I rolled a tractor over...it landed on top of me. I was bringing the cows in from the back pasture, using the tractor as a cowboy would use a horse. We had to do this until they got trained (by a bucket full of ground shell corn, and a hollered "Cm, boss")...

I'm getting fed-up with that CHEAP-A$$ battery charger I got from Tractor Supply! The plastic on the cords is cracking up like a soda straw that's layed in the sun for a year. Must have a short somewhere, because it's tripping the breaker inside regularly, too. I just bought me a like...

...makes me AFRAID to go to the parts store! I'm resigned to teaching myself how to rebuild starters and alternators, to insulate myself from all the QC neglect that has bitten my a__, more frequently in later years. Yeah, sure, they're 'warrantied', but doesn't cover your R&R labor, or maybe a...

Battery is weak in the G1800, so I have to jump-start it every time. When the two batteries are hooked up, it usually takes a while for the G1800 battery to take on enough charge to crank the starter. I've started it a dozen times that way this season with no problem. Need to load test the...

Ya, no. If you are mowing roadside ditches You'd probably be paying $300 a week just to sharpen it. -Paul

Ya, I gotta get my L2500's battery load tested. It takes a charge, reads 12.7 V without a load. But usually, I have to jump it to get the starter to crank. If I remember to turn the key to the OFF position after it starts, if I accidently kill it in the field I can usually get it to crank when...