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So this afternoon/weekend I have to push aside the Drift Breaker to perform some overdue maintenance on the Cub. She’s pushing like 800 hours and has developed a transmission leak. On these the hydrostatic transmission is bolted to the differential transmission. Pretty sure the latter is what’s...

https://www.flushmate.com/shop/products Stumbled across these a few days ago.. the interior tank gap alone should be enough to stop the tank from sweating. Plus you get the added benefit of a kick *** flush. Anyone here retrofit a typical toilet with one of these? EDIT: Looks like they claim...

Part number “DP-673” is stamped on one side but I can’t seem to find it online. Also tried search for ‘cast iron pipe clamp’ and ‘cast iron pipe coupler’. The latter was close but this has no rubber on the inside. ID is 3.5”

So the engine on this Drift breaker won’t idle. I’ve cleaned the carb, replaced float valve and seat, main jet and cleared all the passage ways even behind the Welch plugs although I did not pop the plugs out. Pulled the top of the head and cleaned a massive amount of grease and carbon. When I...

Re-using downed electrical feeder lines.. we had a big storm a few months back. Lots of downed trees, and power lines. The neighbor has a coil of just such cabling.. elec guy told him they wouldn't be back for it. I can only assume because liabilities mean they can't reuse it and it's only ~60'...

So we are on well water, it’s pretty hard from the ground, about 23gr IIRC. Iron is low, TDS on the other hand is off the scale. This post is not about softening, filtration or any other part of water purification. Limescale.. first off it’s a *****. **** gets on everything, it eats into...

So our property has a lot of trees… a lot! So when we bought the place I had the owner pay to put metal roofing on the largest shed which is now my shop. But the next one down, roughly 20x12 is still pretty old shingle. It’s also much shadier than this one so a constant battle is between me and...

https://therecord.media/cisa-warns-of-bug-affecting-rockwell Something to be aware of if anyone works in environments with this sort of controls.

Dumb question but.. the top cast iron and bottom aluminum halves of the motor mount, should spin independently yeah?

Picked up a Dazor lamp at the junkyard this past Saturday. When I saw it it jostled a memory, when I was a kid my grandfather on my dads side had a small engine/Polaris business. When I saw that lamp it reminded me that he had had one on his desk back then. So I grabbed it immediately! Other...

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Weird and possibly dumb idea but anyone ever contemplate a mech tach on a piece of shop equip? I’ve heard they aren’t as accurate as an electronic style but man are they better looking (analog vs digital). I found a good like 5” one off a Mack pto unit. Reads from 0 to 3200 rpm and is in good...

Brought a pair of these home from the JY earlier. Couldn't find an actual installation guide, or schematic but seems to be pretty neat.

Not sure if this guy is vintage enough, but it’s at least as old as I am so. Anyway picked this up along with the Drift Breaker a couple days ago. I did not get a full pic before I jumped in to tear it down. Good things: motor works, carriage bearings good, no obvious parts missing other than...

So I’ve got this compressor motor off a small Dewalt deal. One of those double cylinder jobs that’s portable. Anyway IIRC the compressor was rated for like 2.something CFM. I had very briefly tested it on my 10# tank and it’d stall out at around 60psi. probably why it was tossed, lol. Anyway...

Back in the day (like 2007) the complay I worked for build a lot of stuff using SS sheets. I was able to bend some scrap 12ga SS in the Cincinnati to form my own heat deflectors. Who then proceeded to outlast the next 3 grills combined. I am needing to replace some in a grill now however i no...

Prolly a dumb question but.. Google returns mixed results on this topic: Can you safely and efficiently control a single phase motor with a VFD? I see things suggesting both yes and no. As an aside, what about Split-Phase?

The past half dozen years or so here in middle-upper MIchigan it's been increasingly feeling like it's the Deep South. High humidity, and the number of days with High humidity and temps over 80* are increasing. We all know why. So.. like quite a lot of people here our house lacks Central AC...