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Admittedly, when I looked around on the interweb, I searched for Case 580C, not M35C.

I looked around for 2-stick versions a while back, and as I recall there were several used regular setups available. Can't remember what the going prices for those were, however.

Mr. Rat had several dishonorable discharges in my parts SEE, aka turds. On a brighter note, it looks like the honorable General Hood will be able to help us out with wiring charts, so hold your wire, Ron. It'll be easier to fix what you have left with a diagram.

Good work, Ron! You have noticed than the tach and some other gauges don't work until the alternator charges, right? I always keep it at a low rpm until the oil pressure comes up, then increase the rpm to get the gauges working.

Exactly, Ron. You were trying to fix "a set of wires". No wonder it failed. Much like my day, come to think of it.

Time to Google "champagne on sale". Edit: By the way, have you checked the ground for that right rear light? Mr. Hood, I hope it's the right side headlight you got to work. Unless you need illumination of the hoses for the loader, which is about all the left one will do.

No logical place for a tunnel where I live these days - although, I suppose I could build a hill easy enough. At the old homestead there was a perfect hillside to have a tunnel in, which I wanted really badly for fire proof and cool storage. Since I didn't have a backhoe (or a tunnel boring...

Easy for me to say since I haven't had any real electrical issues (yet), but I've removed the fuses one by one, bent the tabs a bit to increase tension/contact, and then douched the fuse holders with JB-80 (aka Twice as Good). So far everything that needs to work does. They start, and the...

And it gets even better. I unwrap my Prius (well, it's an electric John Deere 'Gator, and that's as close as I want to get) so I don't have to cold start something to go up to the barn and get the scissor lift. Fiddle with it for a while, eventually find all the right switches and buttons and...

I sure hope you didn't tell them. Not when both of us are trying to buy a cheap parts SEE.

Yeah, that hurt. And probably will be brought up again. Especially since I mentioned using it for this very task a few days ago.

Congratulations on your accomplishments! And I completely agree with your assessment of the blackout lights. The one on the loader arm was especially irritating, blocking some of the little forward view there is.

There's a lot to be said for that. Today I decided to replace an old and brittle (in RV-plastic terms, that's more than six months) vent cover on the travel trailer which broke in a recent hail storm. A simple 4-bolt task. I HATE climbing ladders, so I decided to use the SEE for a stable and...

Alright, some food for thought instead of for rats, for a change. I could use some input from people smarter than what I am (which means all of you guys) on this suspension lockout idea. Don't know yet if this would be in addition to, or instead of, the shocks. But at this point that's largely...

Ron, I must admit that I have wondered why you did the wiring resurrection "live", but after thinking about it, you're doing it the right way. By having several smaller smoke bombs go off as you plug away (so to speak) you're getting instant feedback. Or, rat-feed back, if you will. That has to...

I would need to look at how I plumbed one in on the Peterbilt to refresh my memory. It was simple, as I recall, but then there's nothing metric on that one. After "borrowing" the alcohol bottle from the parts-SEE (the bottom was pulled off the SEE's bottle, thanks to the stupid-stiff, too short...

No, not yet. And there's a good reason for it. The first one I found, a used 3-point, PTO driven, dual auger 8-footer, I realized couldn't be powered by 36 gpm. Last week I ordered a fully hydraulic 7-foot skid steer version, which supposedly will run on what the SEE's PTO pump puts out. We'll...

Good point. I should probably look into getting something like the Wabco. Especially if the front mounted snow blower becomes reality.

Hang in there, Ron. I'm always pleasantly surprised when something doesn't go wrong. Guess I'm just used to things not working out like they should.

Funny you should mention that. Early on I also thought about moving the switch, and yesterday, when looking at the headlights, I realized that there's no reason to ever use them. With the loader in less than way-up position, you can barely see the headlights. Something tells me that the usable...