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Zinc is not an issue in Caterpillar equipment, in fact the lack of zinc can be a bigger issue. Cat used to spec 10W engine oil in their hydraulics. SOMETIMES when guys would try to save a buck and use cheap basic hydraulic oil that didn't contain zinc it was a cause of hydraulic pump failures...

The commonality of brands of tractors used to be both regional as well of local. I grew up in an agricultural area, most families where fiercely loyal to Deere or International. Through the 60s-70s, there were many more tractor dealers than now. If there was a good dealer in a community, often...

Thanks for the comments, and info, I'm going with the Toyo Open Country A/T III. Most of the time I do not need at A/T tire, but sometimes I do, and I've been buying such tires for a long time now. This purchase will bring to an end my 3 odd year history of buying only Bridgestone Firestone...

Because from time to time I do go fishing or hunting and want the A/T type tires for driving. This particular truck hasn't been off the beraten path due to life and other events. These events have changed and I'm free to do and go where I want now.

I got 50K out of several sets of Revo, and Revo 2 tires.

I have a stock 2020 Tacoma TRD Off Road. I currently have Bridgestone Revo 3s on it, and am extremely unhappy with this tire. I've purchased multiple sets of Revo, Revo2, and now Revo3 tires since the Revo first came out. I was so happy with this tire on multiple vehicles from F150s, to Jeep...

I have much experience with Ultra Duty grease. It is very good grease, it can however harden in areas that don’t get regressed very often. An example where I’ve had issues is bearings on tillage equipment that gets used in the spring then sits until the next year. The #2 grade gets so stiff in...

I've owned a number of John Deere two cylinder tractors, both gas and diesel. I've rescued long abandoned tractors, rebuilt them, worked at Deere dealerships, and actually did quite a bit of farming with them. Not once did I encounter an issue using detergent oil, I had a number of friends and...

Originally Posted by supton With GM and Ford getting back into the small(er) truck market, I wonder if the typical buyer is catching on that there is no need to pay the Toyota tax. Plus increasing supply, and finally I wonder if it's in part related to the ease one can get new car financing vs...

My local Hertz does this, they've told me the cars for Lyft are units no longer being rented normally, being used a bit longer before being sold.

I've started a lot of Detroits in winter, never without starting fluid. have you installed a starting fluid system? Most Detroits have a plug in the blower that can be removed to squirt the starting fluid in, that would be a good place for an injection system.

What would the cost of a Hyundai be if Korea was paying the true costs of defending their country? Having the United States taxpayers picking up the tab on such a substantial part of Korea's defense allows them to sell everything from cars to ships at artificially low prices.

I love the old 4.0! Bit of trivia, for at least the last few years of 4.0 production the equipment used to make the engines was supposedly well worn. A new engine could come with slightly different sized pistons to compensate for manufacturing variations when boring the cylinders. There were...

Caterpillar power shift transmissions used HDEO for a very long time. Around the early 90s however, the additives in diesel engine oil had become too good in some ways, as they didn't allow enough friction for the transmission clutches to work like they used to. A newer lubricant was introduced...

Originally Posted by supton Guess I live a sheltered life then. Just haven't seen them in any conventional auto (or heavy truck) engine. I saw them in a Soviet era V8 diesel used in a Belarus branded 4WD farm tractor being sold in the US around 1990.

My comments about the PTO input shaft seal should not be regarded as meaning the seal system is a bad design or that the PTO is weak, just that the seals are getting old in these tractors. Do you keep the tractor inside? If it lives outside, water gets into the transmission/differential around...

Over the years, I experienced some issues with the seal on the shaft that powers the PTO. There is a seal on the PTO input shaft where it enters the PTO clutch compartment. When this seal goes, gear lubricant from the transmission sections gets into the PTO clutch compartment that is supposed to...

I've owned a number of two cylinder John Deere tractors and have used both fluids. When I actually used the tractors for field work, I found the JD power steering oil to be the better option. If you use Hy-Gard use a good brand, not generic that just claims to be 303 fluid About thirty years...

What is the application? Some injectors have such as the old indirect injection Navistar engines can be purchased new for so little that cleaning is not worth it.

I think of how incredibly awful an experience it is to be forced to talk with a call center in India for technical issues. Each time I hear "I know just how you feel," I secretly hope that Pakistan drops a nuke in or around the call center some cheap American company is forcing me to deal with...