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I got a new generator a week or so ago to replace my old faithful 325 pound 1973 Onan 5CCK 5kw behemoth. There are blog entries for the Onan...

I suppose it was bound to happen. I got a flat tire on my e-bike. I don't really remember getting a flat tire on a bike in the past but ...

This engine is heavy enough that it is difficult to move it around unless it has wheels under it. I looked around online and came across a u...

I picked up this generator almost five years ago and got it running back then with a bunch of minor repairs like carb and fuel tank cleaning...

I've mentioned previously the funky starter switch these old Dodge trucks have. It is a long rod in the cab of the truck that you push w...

What special event happened May 4th, 1959? I hadn't yet had my second birthday when this brand spankin' new little German car, a bei...

It has been awhile since I mentioned my JD BN. I've put a couple of videos on Youtube about fixing the timing of this tractor.

I restrained myself on our recent trip to Europe. I didn't buy an expensive watch. I may have in the past given in to such excessive-nes...

I bought this 1973 Onan 5CCK 5kw 120/240 volt generator January of 2020, right before Covid hit (I also have an old, loud Generac 120/240v 5...

Something a little odd with this bike is that the rear tail light runs off a 3 volt button cell rather than from the bike's main battery...

The grilles and radiator shroud are in OK condition but I really do need to try and straighten things out as much as possible.

Yet another tractor followed me home, or that's the story us tractor hoarders always want everyone to think. I do acknowledge I'm th...

We bought two of these e-bikes from Costco in April of 2021 to take with us when we went camping in our truck camper. The bikes are 36 volts...

The wood seat bottom on the tractor has seen better days, and the first photo says it all. The vinyl looks great but the plywood base is rot...

A friend has a two-cycle Ryobi RY38BP leaf blower that has stopped working. Initially I thought the whole problem was that the pull cord was...

The carburetor that came on this ol' beauty was not correct for the tractor. It is a Zenith/Bendix that is supposedly for a Continental ...

With an old tractor, purt-near everything that needs fixin' is a chore. The tractor desperately needs new front tires. One is a retread ...

A guy in the tractor club had his trailer's 12,000 pound winch quit working. He decided to just get a new one rather than try and fix th...

This old tractor still has one of its original gauges, the ammeter. I guess with maybe one moving part (the needle), there is little to go w...

Radiator hoses showed up at my door so I spent the morning finishing up the radiator mounts for the new aluminum radiator.

"Um, didn't you JUST TWO WEEKS AGO pick up an Oliver 60 Standard tractor?!" Maybe..... but I did sell four tractors recently. ...

John Deere model E engines have a special oil fill cap and gas cap. The two caps are identical and are basically a 3/4" pipe thread plu...

"Well there's your problem. The parts are just wallered-out." This is the normal progression of fit between two tractor parts ...

This morning I thought I'd try to hook up the non-original Motorcraft alternator that is on the tractor, just to see if it makes power. ...

Another new addition to the clutter followed me home last night. As the title states, it's a hit-n-miss engine. Right at the moment thou...

My John Deere BN came adorned with some primer paint on the grill and a couple other spots from someone long ago starting a restoration but ...

I can fully appreciate the fact that I have acquired too many tractors. But you know what? I can also thin the herd from time to tome. The b...

I'm sure I've said this before, but anytime someone gets a new project tractor, there are a myriad of piddly little things that need...

Yesterday I delved into the carburetor. In the title, I didn't say "carburetor rebuild" because I didn't buy any new parts...

I've actually pared down my hoard of tractors by three, so you know what that means. Buy more. Not really. I mean, it is always fun to l...

A friend in my tractor club has a 100-year-old Dain hay press that makes bales of straw or hay. It's got a John Deere Model E 3hp hit-an...

The ol' BN had a bit of a run-in with an immovable object at some point in its past, creating a hole in the mesh screen behind the left ...

This was way more of an ordeal than it should have been. I ordered a cheap turn signal switch and an LED brake light package to install on t...

The ending photo in the  Master Cylinder Repair blog kinda hinted that diving into brake wheel cylinder repair was a chore that needed to j...

I was at a tractor show and swap meet yesterday and happened upon a vintage John Deere headlight mounted to a support. It looks like what is...

For several years now I've been using a Come-Along to drag old relics of tractors into my dump trailer. It gets old real fast, so I deci...

This will be a short posting. The driver's side wiper blade came off its arm when I was washing the truck several days ago. I took a loo...

So, the blog I did a couple days ago regarding brakes mentioned that brakes are usually a problem on old vehicles that will need serious att...

The fuel tank was out of this truck when I purchased it. The previous owner had the tank cleaned and the inside coated with a sealer, which ...

Ah yes, brakes. One of those systems on an old vehicle that usually needs a lot of work. And this truck's brake system falls into that ...

John Deere manages to make things difficult. Even the most basic task of adjusting the valves was way more difficult than it had to be. The ...

The brakes on this tractor did work but not very well. Neither brake pedal would spring back like they're supposed to after releasing th...

It was time to break out the pressure washer and get the growth off the BN today. Here's an after shot.

I'm not sure what the official name for this generator is, but I'll call it a Blue Diamond Generator since that is the name at the t...

This is a first for me. I ordered parts from AliExpress to build a watch. I know everything is made in China, but I wanted to see what the q...

This tractor's rear wheel width is 74 inches, outside to outside. My little dump trailer is 72 inches in width between the sides. The mo...

The gas tank on this tractor is filthy with rust and crud. It won't run more than a few minutes before the tank's outlet is silted o...

The day I showed up to buy this 9N, the previous owner told me he was filling one of the rear tires with air on the tractor and the rim let ...

I have tractor projects coming out of my ears and what do I do? Buy two new projects (update - there are more, read to the end). Oh boy. At ...

My newly acquired tractor made it home yesterday afternoon. The person I got it from owns a tractor rental company and he kindly delivered t...