Recent content by Farmall450

I agree we should have the threads that are brand specific however there are just so many others to navigate. And when they aren't posted in for months, it just seems lethargic to me.

I'd clean up the massive other topics. Organization is great and all but home made and engine swaps could go into fabrication, for example. Or fab and techniques. Look at the gj's, there's guys putting ecoboost engines in old fords and the next thread over is show us your welding projects. These...

Mine has two pedals. However, on the left spool valve there is an extra "stem" with no linkage connected. From this the 2 spare lines come to the back. Perhaps it isn't an M444? It didn't have an ID tag when I got it and a THD Wisconsin had been swapped in. From my manual it looked like a 444...

I believe this site could be much more easily navigated, and therefore better patronized, by condensing it. Look at other successful forums, ie the Garage Journal. They have 16 total discussion boards, here there are 39. This makes the site seems less-busy (some topics haven't been posted in/on...

Well, if it's an air cooled mower and you're mowing you should be running at or very near WOT or you'll be buying a new one sooner! Mower air to cool/more power to handle the load it was spec'd to take. I could see this for skidsteers, tho I rarely run the 85XT over half, if even. Not sure but...

Looks great, I'd even up the top however.

Interesting. Yours doesn't have the hydrualic pressure gauge? I got mine missing it...sadly someone had repowered and kinda hacked it. I do have an ammeter however!

I'd be interested as well for my M444.

I picked up a non-running 444 a few months ago. I'm right at the point of getting the her started now and had a few questions. I see it has auxiliary lines leading to the back of the machine as well as the valve block. However, there's no pedal. The manual shows the auxiliary lines being hooked...