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It really is not that difficult to remove the blade, just pull 2 drawbar type pins and rotate the left bracket clear. If I ever built my own root rake it would be of the type to replace the blade, but with hooks to allow it to be picked up by the blade for transport. And a cage on the upper side for...

I have had ice form in there.

New wiring harness was one of the best things I've done to it. Used to have a break in the ignition wire, inside the insulation, that I didn't know about for a couple years. It would shut off in the middle of doing something and no amount of cussing was enough to restart it.

Clutch pedal definitely has something wrong with it. But there is an adjustment for pedal free play on the side of the housing, large nut with a screw in the middle. When you pull your steering lever all the way back to make a turn, that's a brake adjustment, not the clutch. After you have the throw...

Husqvarna saw smashed into eleventybillion pieces: My company used to have a 700 horsepower, track mounted wood chipper with cab and log loader. Usually we'd have a skidder guy pull trees up to it, a chainsaw guy would cut off the useful wood, and the rest got run through the chipper. I had to do ev...

The bolts are there, but not tight. I got the winch mounted up nicely and fresh oil, just need time to monkey with it.

Wow! That is a lot to deal with. I do believe that God has a hand in it though; had you not whacked yourself in the head with the saw the cancer may be terminal by now. Sometimes I am angry that I work my ass off for my humble home while useless or immoral people drive nice cars and live in fine hou...

Speaking of the clutch, the band is missing from my winch (hydraulic ports plugged). What is driving the drum, can rust stick things together? There doesn't seem to be any welding done in there.

Paul, thanks for all the pictures, it really helped me to understand how the thing is put together. Also thanks again to Tom for providing the literature.

My dad would preheat bearings by setting them on a 500 watt halogen shop lamp aimed upwards. When the oil started smoking, drop it over the shaft.

Deere wanted the hydraulic tank drained and refilled twice a year. I never did it because the plug was so hard to reach, and every winter got to fight with a frozen system. Finally I replaced the plug with a street elbow and ball valve with handle cut off. Milkshake now drains easily using a socket ...

I suspect that my hydraulic pump leaks into the crankcase, and the hydraulic oil always has water in it. Just a thought.

I have a miniature electric oven that I have been able to cook most of the oil out of a set of track clutch discs (definitely an outdoor activity). Be careful not to overdo it, fiber discs may fall apart.

It aggravates me that these subordinate wanna be road warriors are the ones driving the prices up making it hard for a guy that needs a truck for his livelihood to afford a truck. I mean do you really need a F350 diesel dually for a grocery getter and the most serious offroading you do are the spee...

If a casting was needed badly enough, you could always use an original part as a pattern. A molder at a foundry that does custom castings would add the necessary channels to feed metal, let gas out and allow for expansion/contraction. It might take a couple of tries with a more complex part to get t...

After assembly, the bolt on the side of the throwout bearing is used to position it so that when the tip of the steering lever has moved back an inch and a half, the bearing contacts the clutch fingers. This amount of slack is necessary because the fingers will gradually move outwards as the clutch ...