Recent content by KmanAuto

We have no idea how the water got in though. Gasket was good, and it wasn't submerged or taken in deep water high enough to get in Will investigate more.

Well sure as heck.... Looked clean but over-filled. He popped the drain plug, nice clean clear water drained out, followed by oil. Now the wheels turn until the chain slack is taken up. He said it appears to be mostly clean inside now that the giant block of ice has melted. Going to let it dry...

I appreciate it! I'll pass this along! I hope it's as simple as this!

Thanks, as of right now, I'm not able to help out, but he got the cage off, and put it back up on blocks and pulled the wheels off. Yesterday was about 5*F, today is about 50*F (SPRING IN WISCONSIN! Fools spring #2, only need #3 and then we have summer!) He's going to use some railroad ties as...

Was going to buy a 533 from a friend today, it's been sitting for about a year. We went to drive it onto the trailer, but the wheels would not move. Bucket operation is fine. Goes up, down, tilts etc... Neither of us know much about fixing them, but if we can figure it out, that would be...

Sorry for the post formatting. All paragraphs and spaces between and what not for some reason disappears after I hit post :-(

Unfortunately the Parking Brake no longer exists. Had to go very low budget on this build, a old farmer that was retiring (85 years old) took interest in our project. He had JD Tractors to tinker with, but said he'd never get to this skid steer (Gas engine that was in it was shot). The skid...

Short story, John Deere 70 Skid Steer makes nasty grinding noise in forward or reverse. Long story: I do a lot of educational projects with my son and daughter. Current one, we converted a late 1970’s skid steer to electric. Project is going decently, and finally got it to the point where we can...