Recent content by Cobleskill

When I was a kid my sister and I were playing in my dad's 40 something Ford pickup. It had been sitting for a while. I blew the horn and yellow jackets flew out and stung us.

He hosed Tesla over. Tesla got even when AC was the winner.

Programming parts is going to become more and more common, unfortunately. Working on our own equipment will be difficult for a lot of repairs. They took the dipsticks out of automatic trannys, now working on doing it to engines. They come up with new dumb ideas daily.

Kubota parts have a rep for being high. John Deere too.

I need to pump up my tires. My 77 year old bud should too.

My straight six was probably Agway oil. Farm supplier. We used it for years. I do run Rotella in a couple tractors. They use some oil but they are entitled with their age and hours. I might give Delo a try.

I used to have a Ford straight six. The thing would start ticking to let me know it was time to change the oil. I told my bud that and he said yeah, ok. Showed him.

57 sunny and light breeze. Perfect mid April weather for here.

The last sequence is a different side.

Thread inserts might be an option. Depending if there is room. I never used them but they look much better than helicoils.

Lots of shops around here use waste oil heaters. Quite a bit of maintenance that you have to do yourself, but it seems to be worth it. They take small amounts of oil back here, anyplace that sells oil. When oil is high they will pay money for waste oil.

Yup. I have seen those. Quite a while ago they had those.

German engineering can be quirky. Been working on my bud's BMW 30i. You need to recalibrate the transfer case after you change the oil. With special software. $7 or 800 at the dealer.

Shame it wasn't in a good place. It was a beauty.

Time for sharpening or replacing blades?