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    harbor freight 6.5 hp idle jet

    In other threads on this forum I've read about the removable idle jet on Honda and clone engines. I need to clean the one on my Harbor Freight Greyhound 6.5 engine, but it looks like a brass plug rather than a screw. Oddly enough, it looks like it may have threads on the sides, but there is no...
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    utility tractor project

    I went to the scrap yard today and took photos of some of the better tractors in the lawn and garden section. I'm looking for an old fashioned, heavy duty tractor with an iron axle or transaxle. The first one I saw was this Ford. It has a drive shaft that goes back to a hydraulic unit in the...
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    For sale: Cool trike project

    I have too many things I'm supposed to be doing, so I'm going to let this one go. It has a genuine Comet torque converter, an old Tecumseh engine with a hole in the carburetor bowl, a differential axle, and a nifty front suspension. You could tear this down and build a go kart from the back...
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    utility tractor transmission question

    I want to build a utility tractor to pull a wagon on my farm. It will be used to haul dead pigs for butchering, watermelons, hay, firewood, rocks, etc. I'm aiming for a maximum gross weight of 500 to 600 pounds. I could use one of the large expensive engines from Harbor Freight, but I won't...
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    barbecue smoker

    I've been feeling like I must be some kind of idiot to have pigs but no smoker, so I finally built one. I went to the scrap yard and found a 50 gallon propane tank for the oven (that's about the size of a barrel, in case you're wondering), and a freon tank for the fire box. I used a piece of...
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    garbage incinerator

    Traditionally, rural folks burn their trash and throw everything that's nonflammable into a ditch somewhere. I've found several garbage dumps on my property, with old furniture, appliances, jars and cans, and lots of roofing shingles for some reason. I don't care for this kind of dumping, so...
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    Starting a diesel that had water in it

    I posted this on a tractor forum, but it's not getting a lot of action there. I know there are some guys here who have a lot of experience with tractors and diesel engine repair, so I'm wondering what any of you would do in this situation. Just don't tell me to google anything.... My sister...
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    propane

    Any of you guys ever run a go kart on propane?
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    Design question

    I have a couple of pairs of large ATV tires and wheels that I would like to turn into a pair of mini bikes. The rims are 8 inches. One pair of rims has a 4 inch circle of bolt holes. The other pair of wheels has holes in a 5 3/16 inch circle. I'm trying to determine the best way to attach...
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    starter pulley

    I have a Harbor Freight Greyhound 6.5 hp clone with a bad starter rope pulley. The plastic has a big chunk out of it, and it's unusable. I found a vendor that sells Honda pulleys. Would one of these be interchangeable with the clone pulley?
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    penetrating oils

    My brother emailed this to me today. I haven't verified it. -------------------------- Machinist's Workshop MagT recently published some information on various penetrating oils that I found very interesting. Some of you might appreciate this. The magazine reports the break out torque...
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    massey ferguson 35 tractor

    I bought a Massey Ferguson 35 tractor at an auction a few weeks ago, and I haven't yet been able to start it. It had water damage in the carburetor, so I replaced it with a new one. I connected the fuel line to a small lawnmower gas tank to make sure there wasn't any obstruction. I replaced...
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    Don't jump to conclusions too quickly

    I have a water pump with a 6.5 hp Chinese Honda clone. The pump was brand new 2 years ago, it ran for a total of about an hour, then it sat until last week. I remember it having a little bit of gasoline in the tank. I put some gasoline in it and pulled the rope, but it didn't start. I...
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    Old B&S engine

    My brother and I found a concrete mixer at the scrap yard with an old Briggs & Stratton engine on it. It didn't have any spark, so I pulled off the flywheel to see if I could make it work by replacing the condenser. The flywheel was mounted with no key, on a tapered shaft. The parts under...
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    I need an accurate part made in a machine shop

    For those of you who have access to real shop tools: I'm building a giant vacuum cleaner for sucking up leaves, so I can make giant compost piles for my farm. I have everything figured out, but I need the air impeller made on real shop equipment so it will spin without vibrating the engine to...
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    disassembling comet driven

    This is my first comet torque converter, and I need some advice. It burned up the first belt, with a lot more wear on one side than the other. I looked at it and noticed that the front and rear pulleys were not aligned properly. I removed some spacers and put in a thinner one, and then I put...
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    Anybody in Buffalo, NY?

    I found something on ebay that I'd like to have, but they want $148 to ship it to me. It's an impeller that weighs 60 pounds. I used to ship 65 pound amplifiers in wooden crates for less than 50 dollars, so I don't know why they think they need to charge so much. I've asked them to reconsider...
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    how chains are made

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8j5-dC6_x8
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    Old Tecumseh for trade (or sale)

    I have an old worn out Tecumseh, probably about 6 hp, attached to something I bought at the scrap yard last year. It has no blower shroud recoil starter assembly, and it needs a new carburetor. It spins freely, but it has very little compression. I'm inclined to trash it, but I know that...
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    First go kart with torque converter

    I posted a couple of weeks ago about a Dingo that I received in trade for a radio control airplane. The crankshaft on the 5 hp engine was too short, so I put a Harbor Freight 6.5 hp engine on it that I bought last summer but hadn't used yet. The word that best describes the first rides that...
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