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    B5100E cooling problem

    I'm getting new hose clamps today and I'll give it a try. I have to admit that I buggered up one of the clamps pretty bad when I removed it, so maybe that's the spot. The alternator/fan moved fine when the belt was off. The belt had been in pretty poor shape, so I think it finally just gave...
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    B5100E cooling problem

    My '78 B5100E blew the fan belt last weekend. I found a new one (OEM) online, and replaced it. Gotta say, either I did it wrong, or there was about 5 times as much work to do the job than on my old Toyota pickup. Started it up, and it runs fine, but I appear to be losing quite a bit of...
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    B5100 with a one bottom plow

    I recently bought a 1978 B5100 (2WD). It's in great shape, only has about 540 hrs, and is just about the right size. I bought it for moving snow with a grader blade and hauling around my DR field & brush mower, which was giving my wimpy Craftsman fits. So far all I've added was a battery...