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« Last post by sixball on July 20, 2026, 11:34:20 PM »
Do tractors count? Saturday I broke the steering box sector shaft on my old Kubota. Odd Ball model (L2050DT) and parts are getting hard to find. It took until this afternoon working where it broke, about 50 yards from the shop, to get the broken shaft out. Hot here! Yesterday I built a tent over it with an old trampoline cover.
It broke about 2 years ago and my son welded it back together while I searched for a new one. He patched it back together and it lasted 2 years of hard use. I put a new shaft aside. This time it ate a bearing and a seal. I was just able to order them on line. Trying to do this without tearing the whole tractor apart like the book shows. Didn't find much on line that helped. Pretty tight spaces for an old guy.
I was hauling a bucket load of my best clay to try and seal a leak in the sound I've been trying to fill. It seem right now to have sealed its self after I got in a walked around searching for the leak. Thousands of tadpoles and young toads I think. There are also some frogs. Theist showed up when the water did. Funny thing in the high desert.
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« Last post by sammons on July 20, 2026, 09:01:23 AM »
Lol, had to go back to this thread to see what i did on window switch 7yrs ago.
Caught up with yard work so time for pickup repair and maintenace work. My battery side terminals were corroded and neg post bolt head stripped. Went out to Tom's and had him use visegrips to remove, my grip wasn't strong enough. Got that done, next it was surging/hunting at idle down to 300-400 rpm then dying. Cleaned throttle body and mass airfow sensor. They were pretty dirty, you could really see the black carbon build up inside throttle body.
My 03 Silverado has the 5.3, l460e trans. Has the K&N cold air kit. When i got it a friend has the same pickup as mine with tow package like mine. He checked it out when brother give it to me. He said get rid of that as the oil on the k&n can foul the MAF sensor and take out the transmission. Happened to him, tranny guy said it controls line pressure and shift points causing clutch pack burn up? So he put stock box back on. He said tranny guy said just clean k&n and not add the oil, just service frequent. So thats what i do. I sprayed the k&n cleaner, then rinse off, blow dry and let sit outside and get good and dry. Refired truck ran for 30mins, then let sit and cycled thru 2 more starts. No more surg/hunting and idles at 7oo-750 rpm with a/c on.
Next was the power window master switch. Intermitant working on drivers window/lock. Took apart and cleaned everything reall good, lots of black carbon from the rubber silicon carbon buttons, and on circuit board contacts. Last time i did this i just posted a tv remote, basicly the same. This time i took pics. Replacements then were $170 dorman and $280 acdeco. Now they are just $40 to $70 on amazon depending on quality. Found a NOS motorolla like mine for $118 on ebay. Oh well, $70 is what i saved anyway. Works great again.
Screw drivers are pointing to the main contacs that need alcohol and q-tip for final clean after regular cleaning with electronic tuner cleaner. Dang thing was really dirty.
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« Last post by sammons on July 17, 2026, 03:39:16 PM »
Man i fought that stupid push cap wheel/axle lock for over an hour trying to get it off last night to replace front wheels. I needed to reuse it so was trying to save. I didn't know where i would find one and figured my luck it would have a hardened axle and would be hard to drill a hole for cotter pin.
Called Tom to see if he had any ideas or would stop by and give a hand later when he got home from work. He asked me what size axle, told him 1/2". Then he said guess what i just bought. I thought maybe the Hd3500 after all. The then sends me a pic of 3 push cap locks. Said i just picked me up one, and thought he might as well get an extra 2 pak just to have. What are the chances of that happening😁
Got here about 9:30 so i just cut it off with cutoff wheel. Got it all back together this morn and edged my curbing. Boy it really rolls easy across the grass to do that. Before i would basicly have to drag it. Yesterday i measured how much blade i used to edge my nieghbors place. Just about 800' of sidewalks, walkways and drive way. Just right at 1/4". Those factory blades i probably would have wore down at least 1 and 1/2 blades.
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« Last post by sammons on July 17, 2026, 03:20:16 PM »
Ah shoot, my buddy Tom was bidding on an online auction site for another HD 3500. He bought a 1996 Chevy several years ago to retrofit the drive train, (front axel disc brakes, rear axle, tires/wheels etc) on his old 1958 Chev C60 Viking wheat truck. This past week he's been waiting out the bidding, he didn't miss it by much. He quit at $850 plus 10%, plus tax, plus 60-80 gal diesel fuel to go up to Grand Island Nebraska after it.
He wanted the extra tires/wheels, brakes spare rear diff and mainly was after the 5 speed overdrive manual trans w/ the old style emergency brake mounted on tail shaft.
Sold for $925 + 10% +tax.
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« Last post by TFoch on July 16, 2026, 06:34:54 PM »
Nice to get parts when they were built to last!
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« Last post by sammons on July 16, 2026, 01:18:25 PM »
Got rear wheels replaced this morn and edger serviced. They went right on, they were 1/2" center hole. They used a shoulder bolt, looks like fronts are similar, but not sure how axle comes out yet. Decided to get my neighbors sidwalks and drive done while it was cooler. Also he couldn't object, they went to Dodge to get theirJeep windshield replaced😁 Breezed right thru it. Sure rolls easy with real bearings👍
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« Last post by sammons on July 16, 2026, 09:09:23 AM »
Sorry your having pond problems. When my brother was having his pond cleared of cat tails they hit his water line that fed it from the windmill. Had a heck of a time gluing it back together as it was below later level.
My uncles place had two big buffalo wallows that always held water from rain/field runoff. He decided to dig a pond there. Dug and packed it with betonite. He tried to get a local rancher to bring cattle in to pack it good, but the guy said he couldn't as it would be putting too much nitrates in the ground and the liability becaude of his well water. It never held water.
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« Last post by sixball on July 15, 2026, 11:02:13 PM »
Yep! That time of year. My friend and I have been clearing years of willows from around my springs and water tanks. I thought I was filling my pond but a leak developed when it was a foot from the overflow. I'm dumping 1700-2000 gallons a day into it and I'm loosing ground. Don't know what to do about the thousands of tadpoles that showed up while I was trying to fill it. The water must have found some roots or a way back to the aquifer. I can't see it anywhere. I need goats, lots of goats!
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« Last post by sammons on July 15, 2026, 09:29:15 PM »
I was out this morn trying to beat the heat with my old walk behind edger. Did part of my neighbors drive way and busted another plastic wheel center. Just replaced on 2yrs ago. Noticed fronts are cracked in the centers. Talking to neighbor after dinner tonight, told him i was gonna do more but...
He asked what size because when he sold his parts store he had a bunch of NOS old ones in back that he had moved to the round top behind me. We walked over and found the pile. Picked up two 7" fronts and two 8" rears. He said they were stocked in the 50s or 60s. These are steel wheels with rear bearings and solid rubber tires. He says hell, just take them. I tried to pay him, nope.
They will darn sure out live the machine. Tomorrow project, they have 1/2" center hole, mine are probably 7/16" or possibly 3/8". Thats ok, i have brass shim stock if i need it😁
Looks like he'll get more edged. He has one, but it doesn"t work that well. He usually just weed wacks the side walks.
My edger has enough power to whisle thru. I cut down my old mower blades to use on mine. They will do 1 or 2 seasons instead of 4 edgings with the factory cheesy blades.
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« Last post by sammons on July 15, 2026, 09:15:40 PM »
Sounds like you had a good time👍
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