Recent content by Anthony K

I am familiar with "Lucas heavy duty oil stabilizer" up to to 20% can be added to oil.I wonder if that is the product you are recommending? It comes in gallon jugs with a semi tractor trailer drawn on the front of the jug?It is thicker than honey,the auto parts stores and wal-mart carry it here...

My skid steer may sit for a month or more between usage. Anyone suggest a diesel oil additive to reduce dry start? Alternately,has anyone built a self made pre-oiler for diesel engine and turbo and supply a parts detail?.I am supposing a few check valves or selenoids, a sturdy hand pump or...

Thanks both for your suggestions,Anthony

Can anyone recommend a good company that does mail-in hydraulic and engine oil analysis ? There is a bewildering number on the internet.and would appreciate a the recommendation of a company with which some of the members have done business.Thanks, Anthony

Thanks for the reply,I was worried that operating the machine may cause hydraulic pump or other damage,regardless of what the dealer claimed,Thanks you have put my mind at ease.Anthony

Dealer here tells me they use warm weather grade hydraulic fluid when servicing their skid steers here in northern new mexico southern colorado and that the hydraulic warning light will come on until the hydraulics reach operating temp. Yesterday the overnight temp was about -12 F below my...

I walk out into the yard and looked at the hoe and all the fittings necessary to do a drain and thought there must be a better way,scratched my head and headed for the house. Now sitting in the barko-lounger, I am thinking maybe using a vacuum pump! Has anyone had any experience using a vacuum...

Thanks to each of you for the insights. I just changed out the hydraulic oil on the skid steer and thought it would be a idea to change out the hoe oil as well,Thanks again, Anthony

Mr. Frogfarmer; I was thinking of exercising the cylinders of the backhoe attachment powered by the skid steer and drawing hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic tank but detaching the return line from the backhoe attachment with flat faced connector removed and draining into a bucket. Do you have...

Anyone have any handy suggestions on how to change out hydraulic oil on a backhoe attachment. My particular backhoe attach is Bradco 511. I have considered the possibility of disconnecting backhoe return line hose and removing flat faced fitting then dumping the fluid into a bucket,do not know...

Can anyone clarify these vague skid steer servicing manual instructions:" Connect a vacuum pump to hydraulic tank filler spout before removing main control valve for servicing"? If I were to speculate,I imagine ,drawing a vacuum at the tank could draw back any hydraulic fluid and reduce a...

Any low tech suggestions on how to detect fuel lines sucking air,especially intermittent leaks engine speed related,and how to pinpoint those leak location,Thanks

Re: volvo mc110b, 4 cylinder diesel turbo engine. Can anyone give me the valve settings clearance,hot or cold set,and piston positioning progression for those settings,Thanks

Sorry I was not clear in my description of the motor for the volvo mc110b, The motor is a four cylinder direct injection diesel with what I believe to be a mechanical injector pump.

No catalitic converter,limited knowledge of diesels,seems to be a simple engine with very limited electronics.Dealer is too far away and my pocketbook has informed me that I am pretty much a need to do it myself kind of guy..Dealer did suggest that many of the machines of that era came with...