Weekend equipment maintenece

[NIsaacs]

https://www.turbodieselregister.com/threads/oil-filter-change-from-the-bottom.271618/#post-2681349

Posted this on another thread, this is a follow up

We are having an excellent monsoon season so my brush is getting out of control. Jumped in the Ford Escape to get some parts for the brush cutter and when I turned on the AC, it sounded like a chain saw. Then just a heavy vibration. Shut it all down until I could get home. So the brush cutter gets put on hold and check out the car, knowing I had a mouse in the HVAC. What a mess and what a job! I could barely get the cabin filter out much less find the blower motor.

So I go on line and as luck would have it, someone posted the same thing and how to access the blower fan from the engine area. Still tough, but doable. Getting the motor out didn't look like something I could do. So after I got down to the blower, sure enough, dead mouse stuck in the blades. With a piece of barb wire I made a hook and twisted it into his hide and yarded him out.

 

[BSeyler]

Danged mice!

 

[Cummins12V98]

When you have animals you have rats and mice.

 

[NIsaacs]

Well, if it is not a Dodge, Ram or Cummins, it is a John Deere The main right hand mount for the loader wore out. It appears the mast is okay that it couples with. Left side is okay.

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Well, that didn't work. I guess the mast is worn out too, still uncouples under heavy loads. Rather than buy a $1k mast, I did a simple mod that should have been incorporated in the first place. It can't come apart now

 

[Topzide]

@NIsaacs, Is that JD approved or at least a JD bolt? Sometimes the owner fix should have been in the design!

 

[NIsaacs]

Any Milwaukee cordless tool fans on here? I am slowly building up my collection. I started out with the 19.2 volt Craftsman series but they discontinued it and went to a 20v system. Makes me mad, no support for the 19.2 at all, not even batteries.

Years ago, my brother gave me a M12 starter set (he is a dealer). It was a 1/4 drill/impact driver with (2) 1.5A batteries, charger and hard case. Awesome tool.

Milwaukee is expensive so you have to watch for sales and kits. One 4 Amp battery is $90, a 6.0A is $120 I have 3 flashlights and a stubby/fuel 3/8 drive impact, (4) 1.5A and (2) 3.0 amp batteries. I need more. My son said he would give me an extra 4.0 that he has.

Just got a M12 Fuel (brushless) portable, wet/dry vacuum. Bad AZZ little guy. Batteries come in 1.5, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 and 6.0. They also have the M18 series but I am staying with the M12.

 

[BSeyler]

The farmers that I work part time for have a bunch of Milwaukee cordless tools. That little vacuum is great for keeping the cabs clean on their combines. The grease gun is great - combines take lots of grease. I have a bunch of cordless Dewalt tools in the shop and my wife has a string trimmer, blower, and hedge trimmer. Everything takes 20V batteries. If the local business I use had Milwaukee, I’d buy them. I don’t think you can go wrong with either brand. I used to have some Craftsman cordless tools, but the batteries were junk. Cordless tools are the way to go these days!

 

[sarj]

Any Milwaukee cordless tool fans on here? ...

I'm a huge fan. Still have a good selection of 28V, and I have an awful lot of 18V, all strong industrial grade. Just starting to get a few 12V as needed for specialty stuff. Batteries on all are pricey but they last a long time. I'm stocking up for retirement. The tools are quality. We had power go out for 6 hours and I set up three 18V work lights for the woman. I have a good battery supply that I keep charged including three 12.0A. Lots of 8's. I've even toyed with a small chainsaw for the jeep so I don't have to worry about mixed gas

 

[Ozymandias]

Aftermarket you can get any battery for any tool, just Google with the partnumber that is on your old battery.
Did that several times for all kinds of stuff, from mobile phones to radios to power tools. They are also often way cheaper then OEM replacements, but read the reviews, some are bad quality, some are fine.

 

[NIsaacs]

Aftermarket you can get any battery for any tool, just Google with the partnumber that is on your old battery.
Did that several times for all kinds of stuff, from mobile phones to radios to power tools. They are also often way cheaper then OEM replacements, but read the reviews, some are bad quality, some are fine.

Yes, I used a ton of Interstate but they quit selling direct. The Lithium-Ion craftsman were junk so I mostly used the Ni-cd. Then I tried some random Amazon's and they were junk, so now I get them from a battery vender out of Cheyenne, Wy. They are ok so far.

The Milwaukee's are night and day, last forever.

 

[Cummins12V98]

Back years ago I had plenty of US Made Milwaukee tools. Now unfortunately they are Made in China. I have had great luck with years of hard use in Commercial Construction with the DeWalt 20V drill/impact set that are US Made.

 

[NIsaacs]

Back years ago I had plenty of US Made Milwaukee tools. Now unfortunately they are Made in China. I have had great luck with years of hard use in Commercial Construction with the DeWalt 20V drill/impact set that are US Made.

Read the fine print

But yes, Milwaukee uses China, Vietnam, Korea and Maylasia to name a few. About like Stihl products now.

 

[BSeyler]

That’s the world we live in now…

 

[Cummins12V98]

Read the fine print

But yes, Milwaukee uses China, Vietnam, Korea and Maylasia to name a few. About like Stihl products now.

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OH I understand for sure but at least there are more US Jobs with the DeWalt. Like I said I have had great service from their cordless line over the years. On the deWalt batteries always buy the ones that are yellow NOT black on the portion of the battery that snaps into the tool. Much better quality.

 

[Cummins12V98]

That’s the world we live in now…

Because we allowed it to be that way.

 

[sarj]

Aftermarket you can get any battery for any tool, just Google with the partnumber that is on your old battery.?…but read the reviews, some are bad quality, some are fine.

I tried that for the 28V’s since Milwaukee quit making them. I still have 7 original good ones, but I wondered what the future held in the aftermarket since I have a heavy investment in the 28v tools. The aftermarket batteries were total trash; don’t hold a charge, super tight fit to the point of a serious smack on the bench to get an old battery off, and one of the new aftermarket ones already shorted bad and is rejected by the charger. Total garbage from my experience. All my original 28v’s are still holding up.

 

[bcbender]

I've bought the 12v set and they are meeting expectations

 

[JR]

We run em once in a while

The 3/4 fuel are impressive. They get routine workouts on pipe flanges with studs up to 1-1/4" (stud size, not socket size) and will out work our 1" pneumatic Ingersol's.

But they are pricey and don't hold up long in our environment. At home I've been buying Bosch for the last several years, mainly because its what I started with and batteries are expensive. They are pretty good quality for average homeowner stuff. Not as big a selection as Milwaukee. My favorite all around tool is the compact 1/2" impact that doubles as an impact driver. The center of the anvil is hollowed out for impact driver bits. Using it as an impact it has enough oomph to bust lug nuts loose. It is a handy tool. Full size impact for big jobs. Bosch batteries are made by Samsung, same as Milwaukee last I knew.

 

[NIsaacs]

Woo Hoo, finally going to get my John Deere under cover and maybe one pickup. Even with a simple slip/screw together car port, I am out of my element. The two of us did get the frame up but not in the time frame the vender said 20'x24'x8'

I have a roofer coming in the morning to help me hang tin. I am the worst at keeping it square. I never get the overlap right, plus the trusses need to stay square with the tin. Then, on a car port, the tin/ribs run the wrong way. So, for water run off, the building needs to be low in the front. I think I am close to the 3" drop they want, give or take a few I think at a later date we can enclose three sides. The hard part will be done.

We built a simple jig to keep the trusses (5 pieces) square and used the loader to hang them. They turned out pretty good. The roofer frowned at me when I told him the building was out of square by 3/8" he didn't like that at all. He is a big young guy so he said he would be glad to finish driving the anchors. (12) 5/8"x30" rebar. I give plumb out getting them about 3" from complete, that took two days, jeez. That 8# sledge and one eye is a bugger, they drive really hard in our ground, especially when you hit a glancing blow every other whack. See what I mean, my building skills are just for piggy houses

 

[NIsaacs]

We have had some cold and windy weather, so progress is slow. It is starting to take shape now and it is full already. We will need some help on the next row of tin on the back side. It is too far off the ground for us, not enough oxygen up there Plus, that row needs angle cut to fit the roof. Not quite sure how to do that. I am not going to seal it completely. The last triangle section at the roof I will leave open for air flow and some light. Same way on the sides, we left a small gap there too. We should get the left side done Monday or Tuesday.