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Tin , I have a 6' and I use it mostly for plowing snow. It works best for me when I plow in reverse, not so easy on the neck but I get much better control and I can get right up on the area I'm plowing. I paid about 450 -500 new for mine. I consider it a very worthwhile purchase. BG
Do the maintenance! I put off doing mine on my 284 and the head gasket blew out after about 400 hrs. Lots more work to replace the gasket. My valve lash was out of adjustment and since the maintenance my 284 starts, runs , puurrs real nice. Sorry , can't help with the settings on your engine, but I torqued my head bolts to apprx. 105 ft.lbs. Like Tin says, call Tommy or Ronald they will know the correct settings . BG
It's a utility light ,4″X5″ , sits, facing back, on the right rear top of the fender. It's controlled by a rocker switch on my panel. I took the bulb to NAPA and the standard replacement is an 1156. Let there be light! BG
Rich, I set the head bolt torque to 100 / 105 the intake valves to .014 , the exhaust to .016. I garnered this from several different posts. Before adjusting only 2 valves were accurately set , # 1 exhaust valve was way off! In the past 6 months I have replaced a water pump , replaced head gasket and rebuilt a loader hydraulic cylinder. Its time for some seat time! Thanks for all your good advice , both the cylinder and head. BG
Just finished replacing the head gasket. Tricky part was finding TDC to do the valve adjustment. Had to remove the radiator to see the crank pully. Lots of good documentation on the other site. My manual was wrong. Had an AW SH@# moment when lots of smoke showed up when I started the engine for the first time. It took several minutes to burn all the residual coolant out . Engine runs great, better than ever. NO Leaks, No drips, No errors!! Thanks for the replies. Lesson Learned…. Do the damn maintenance!!!! BG
I've had trouble with HF air tools.They always replace em and they always fail again when I need them . I gave up and only buy brand name air tools now. BG
Thanks for the replies everyone. I will take your advice , I've ordered a new gasket, decided against the copper paint, although I did enjoy the suggestion. Cleaned up the block and head thoroughly. I saw a link on Johnstractor where they recommend torque to 95- 110 ft lbs. I've seen various valve settings, most seem to be around 012 for both intake and exhaust. I now this has been hashed over many times but has anyone actually comparison tested different settings on the Y385T ? Just curious… BG
I have the head off and found that it was not torqued properly. All but one bolt was over torqued. I don't know how much over torqued but it was all I could do to break them loose with an 18″ bar. The one rear bolt was much more loose and that is where I found the problem. There was coolant puddled in the last cylinder. I have looked the head and block over and the gasket is not torn or damaged in any way that i can see. I can't see anything that needs fixed. Does anyone have an opinion on this? Should I have the head checked in a shop? The tractor had been running fine until it suddenly started smoking yesterday. Anyone have this experience ? Thanks, BG
PS Spellchecker works fine !!!
Convert is a great little tool. Thanks for the link, I had used this several years ago and had lost it when a hard drive failed. BG
Tin, W7 is a pain when compared to xp. However here is a quick fix that will show more information about your W7 pc than you will ever need. Follow the directions below and you will unlock a display built in to windows that MS makes available just by creating and naming a folder on your desktop.
Follow these directions exactly, harmless and enlightening I promise !
Step 1: Right click on your desktop display.
Step 2: Click create folder.
Step 3: ReName your new folder exactly this….. copy and paste,the line below…
GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
This directs your folder to display a ton of availble info to you. Only works with Windows7. BG
