Recent content by junkyardwarrior

just did mine. same symptom. I have to replace the cap about once a year so I figured it was the cap. Condenser fan runs fine. Furnace fan runs fine (inside). Compressor not running. Tested the cap, fine. Put a new one on anyway, no go. Did amp draw on the compressor and it's shooting...

I've sold Exmark, Deere, Kubota, Bad Boy, Hustler, Scotts, Sabre, Grasshopper, and 2 other brands that no longer exist. If I were buying today, I'd buy Kubota-but I wouldn't buy it at river valley tractor.

I made some calls as suggested. I am told that it's an old Devilbiss aluminum pump which is NLA, so I have to adapt a new one to the tank/frame. That also means changing the motor pulley and flywheel as the old Devilbiss pump flywheel is a little different. Looks like I get to replace the...

I was gifted a 60gal 6.5hp free standing (vertical) air compressor in about 2013 from my dad. it's an older "Charge Air Pro by Ingersol Rand". The other night I was using the air to cut some sheet metal and the compressor pump seized and burnt the belt off, belt actually caught fire (but...

Having been through restorations on motorcycles, I can tell you firsthand that sometimes a customer approves X amount of money, and never comes back to pick it up. I have taken them home (paid the bill and made them my own)--just to get them out of the shop. If it was a '65 Fastback resto with...

Ok, here's another topic for discussion, kind of goes along with the smaller jobs (in a way). Powersports, although I'm sure some of it follows automotive dealership practices. Say a guy brings in some old pile of garbage that has been sitting for 30-40-50 or however many years. It's a 20+...

Pretty much what I did with a sheet of plywood, a couple 1x2's for "drawer" holders. Only thing I did really different was to put labels on the boxes. 5/16, 6mm, etc. Nice thing about doing this is that you just take the box out of the cabinet and carry it to the job. Less walking back...

Did junkyard work for a while. I pulled a many 429 and 460 and 390, 360, 302, 351 (W, C, and M) and that I can remember a couple 352's as well--by the distributor. Single 5/16 bolt holding it in. Wrap a cut-off seat belt around it, make a loop on the other end which attaches to the fork, cut...

we've started doing this, and it's working pretty well. I don't have official numbers yet but so far so good, and more importantly the customer thinks he or she is getting a good value. And to those who are still comparing powersports to cars, you can't. You're not running a motorcycle up...

at work our shop floor is polished, no coating. It holds up to mechanic work just fine. Welding beating typical mechanic stuff. The only thing, though, battery acid...etches the concrete and the boss absolutely hates that. There's spots here and yonder from leaky golf cart batteries.

I bought an F80 a while back...from snap on truck (had to have it that day to finish a job). Of course a while later it started to slip. Gave it to the snap on guy and he said he'd rebuild it but had to order the part. I said fine, bring it back when you're done. Still havent' seen it, been...

I worked at kubota dealer for 3 decades. Started as JD, yamaha, kawasaki. Then later on took the kubota dealership, and sold JD in 2004-ish. didn't like the direction JD was going, mass marketing. Thats why the boss sold the deere side off. deere too much plastic...IMO Some of the other...

Trying to assemble and install our new tire machine (atlas PTC500). The supply line has this 1/4" barb fitting on the back. I do not recognize it. Our supply HOSE is 1/2" so I need to connect the two somehow. I removed the rest of this fitting from the regulator, and it's also an oddball...

we have two 42" husky chests at work for special tools. Rather than stacking them we just bolted the backs of them together. Had to swap the wheels around so the whole thing would roll/turn properly but the whole ordeal was easy. we are taking on another brand and it'll come with a bunch more...

I have a stray cat that shows up every so often when I'm workin in the shop. Walks around, smells everything, finds a mouse & kills it, walks over for a few pets and then it goes back to work. It caught a little snake last summer, I don't know what kind it was, just seen it playing with it and...