Recent content by DarkKnyte

Thanks for the replies. I think it makes a brand new $3000 tractor sound like shit, but I guess everything has it's quirks.

When throttling down my engine, unless I do it particularly slowly, it will give a single pop very loudly from the exhaust. It will also do this if I shut it down from a low idle speed. I read something about the idle circuit continuing to draw gas into the exahust stream on shut down, but this...

Note: I wrote stator, I meant armature. I had my mind on something else when I was replying. There's no point in testing the armature. It isn't really serviceable, other than cleaning and refreshing the contacts. You can replace the brushes and clean the armature, but the cost delta between...

If you put 12+ to the screw and 12- to the case and the starter didn't even flinch, then your brushes are most certainly burned up, and depending on your luck, the stator armature may have a short. Starters are relatively straight forward to disassemble and service. Worst case, you can't put it...

In case anyone is thinking about doing this to their T3200, there is no room between the spindle and the bushings for a thrust bearing. It's already a really tight fit. The bronze bushings are press fit in the front axle really tightly, but if they could be removed, one might be able to grind...

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