Dennis Knepp

On 6/16/2021 at 10:30 PM, T-boss 410 said:

According to my service manual, the gap for mine is 0.6-0 7mm. Not sure how that converts to inches. But, it is a moot point since you already regapped the plugs. 

.023-.027 gap

Sorry about your situation but I dont think a lift kit on the power chair would be a good idea. You'll hit the armrests on the table and won't be able to eat. 

Hope you didn't spend to much on an unneeded tool😅

On 4/13/2021 at 7:04 PM, cliffyk said:

It is most definitely a Linhai-550 then...

I wish Massimo (and others) would stop doing that--493 cc is at best a "500", stretching it to 550 in the model designation is a bit much. Years go I has a BSA 441 Victor. guess how many cc displacement it was?

Like that beezer, I had 1 thinkin it was green.

Sounds like computer upgrade might be in order. Did you try to uninstall adobe then reinstall? Did some of the smoke get out of your computer?

Missed you'll last weekend, this is like my Sunday paper.

If you get this style you'll have to adjust it up till the trunk opens, then it don't seal tight to the hood. Putting foam tape on rollbars first helps to seal in winter. I'm in MI., it gets cold here. 

Got this from SxS stuff doesn't seal real good but stops the wind. I reinforced just above the hinge point with old bed frame angle iron, had more flex then I liked at 30 mph. It will allow to open the trunk 

I have an 01 3010 pretty much bare bones, just a ragtop when I got it, no odometer, no speedometer, it has an hour meter(1589 on it now) and 2 idiot lights, brakes and heat, and I know the brake light doesn't work, heat light has never come on, it might not work either. It came from the DNR on a trade in for a ranger, it run fine till it warmed up good, shut it down let it set for 5 min. wouldn't restart till it cooled off. 2-3 beers later it start right up like nothing happened(had to keep my cooler full). A year and a half I played with it, replaced plugs, coils $, fuel pump $, bigger battery $, had the carb off 3-4 times rebuilt that $, undocumentable cursing $#@%$%$. Last time putting it back together I tried blowing through the vent tube on top the carb to find it plugged with mud about an inch up from the bottom where it hangs in the breeze under the machine. Could not see it by looking at it, ran a wire through and a little dirt fell out. May have been one of them little bugs make nests in holes. Now it starts every time.

Heat buildup after shutting it down caused flooding. No doubt the reason it was traded in. I did replace the stock 23" tires for 24" with farm tractor type tread, it'll push a couple inches of snow now with the front bumper.

I'm in a couple mule groups on FB, most the chatter on them is lift kits, rims and tire size. Appears most these guys are in a different tax bracket than I, 3-4 hundred dollars a corner adds up. They're putting small pickup tires on em, I wonder how belts hold up, ( you can just smell the power taking off in high range ) Mules are known for low ground clearance, keeps the center of gravity low. Kaw makes sport models too.

I stole this from a FB group, the guy says moving the spring 3/4" will let it go faster but not let it overrev.

He finally had to replace the motor. 

On 1/21/2017 at 8:42 PM, ArkMule said:

Hello, I have a 2002 Mule 3010 with 1759 hours on it.  I got it with about 1700 hours from a neighbor and it had been serviced regularly.  It almost abruptly lost all power. Still driveable however, barely moves and ain't going up hills.  Immediately I did the following:

-air filter change, oil change, spark plug change, fuel filter change, checked fuel, added fuel treatment.

when I depress the accelerator pedal it does not throttle up to its max.  I checked the throttle rigging and it appeared good.  I am able to rev it up at the carbureator.  I inspected the linkage and it appeared that the governor spring was worn because it was not holding the throttle.  Ordered a spring and changed it but no worky still.  It appears to run up and then back off.  Any ideas? Am I making sense.  I have gone through countless forums and can not find a similar problem.

Try taking the bolt out of the governer arm at the pivot point. I run mine without the gov hooked up, more speed, kinda risky, I put a tach on it and watch my Rs.

1 hour ago, Scott Meszaros said:

i tried a propane heater, puts out too much moisture, fogs up the windshield........also, there are some fumes

 

My cab is homemade wooden outhouse, 😅 quite drafty. Mr heater w/1# can on the floor helps but mostly makes my leg hot. 

I got 6⁰ @ 5 am this morn, light snow over nite, just enough to grease the ice on the secondary roads. Primary roads are wet with a slurry of salt water. Temp just dropped another degree its 5 @5

I'm here in mid Mi its 0⁰ in the mornings and got a foot of snow fri.

On 2/13/2021 at 7:01 AM, Scott Meszaros said:

purchased a mule 610 se back in 2015 to use primarily to move snow....., had local dealer install warn 2500 winch and cab enclosure. along with a moose 5 ft plow..................the winch uses standard wire cable, which has worked well for plowing..........while i do not have the amount of property you do, i plow out many neighbor's driveways as they are the older residences that simply cannot do it.............i am unfamiliar with synthetic cable, but have only had the wire break once..............the mule is an excellent plowing unit, it will push a lot of snow............the one thing you should think about, if your new unit doesn't have it is HEAT...............plowing can get cold, even if you have a cab enclosure............i looked at the factory "heater", which is an engine enclosure that directs heat to the cab............i didn't think that would be sufficient, so i rigged up a 2200 watt portable generator in the bed, and plug in a standard milk house style heater in the cab...................in addition, i use the 12 volt cigarette lighter style plug in the mule to run a small 12 volt fan, to direct air on the windshield..............i have plowed with this set up for several years, and it works like a charm............i get the job done, while remaining toasty warm in temps that have reached down into the single digits...................good luck with your purchase, and enjoy your new "toy".............

What do you consider a milkhouse heater? 

Yo fun-knee 

Cleaned mine up, gave it a couple coats black tractor paint

I need to keep a closer eye on spellcheck, it changes things when I ain't lookin. 

I change my own tires, it was a chore, I have a Harbor Freight job have to make more parts for to hold the tire from falling through.  Used a 4' pipe for leverage to break em down, ratchet strap to expand it together to take air. Only took about a week for all 4. I live in MI across the bay from the top of the thumb, snow gets pulled up here sometimes. Looking at 5' snow blowers right now for compact JD. 

OH YA!! They're proud of those tires. I got a new set of 4 for the price of 1. They were new from Bestusedtires.com. More aggressive like an ag tractor tread. Hoping it will be better in snow, 3010s dont do well in snow.

We used to use a little white lithium grease on snowmobile comets, they had all different weights and springs for engagement at different rpms. Old sleds shops might have nos laying around, cant be much different.

I drove it around yesterday intentionally allowing the time it took to over heat. 5-6 times it started, yippee🙂😁👍