Good Afternoon from Jamaica. 32.c...breezy and thundery.. I think your land and Luke and Sarah's...are my favourite. You have multiple accsess to water and interesting terracing. ❤

All those pipes and taps confused thebrains out of me ! LOL Glad you understand the set up .. Hope Sandra gets better soon and the tractor is an easy fix .

@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife

Жыл бұрын

oh i didn't say i understood it did I ?🤣👍

So sorry you are all so obviously struggling with worry about your mum x it seems the care in Portugal is excellent though so I hope they get her back to full health soon and tending her goats. You have a lot of worry to manage along with you farm work so take good care of each other

@mollyblake3627

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. ❤

@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife

Жыл бұрын

The health care out her for Sandra has been very good. All we can do is hope for the best and carry on, thanks for the kind words🙂

38:40 If the oil leaking is clear like the hydraulic/transmission oil, then the transmission input shaft seal is leaking. If the oil is dark like used engine oil, then it's the engine crankshaft rear main seal that's leaking. Changing the seals is the easy part, but splitting the tractor to get to it, it's the hardest part, specially considering that the loader mounts may have to come out.

@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the input! I am a little lost thinking where it could leak from, i thought same as you the rear crank seal as that is where the PTO shaft was hard to get back in and all i can think is it got pinched but the oil leaking out is hydraulic oil so it cant be that. There were no other seals we saw so i really am stumped..... you can see some of it in the video we uploaded if us fixing it. Trouble i have now is if i start to fix it i wont have a tractor if there's a fire, things always go wrong at this time of year and never when it's cooler🙄🤣

@pedrobatista4439

Жыл бұрын

@@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife Just re-watched the video fixing the tractor. That long PTO shaft could've indeed damaged the seal. Basically, these tractors have independent PTO, which means a separate clutch just for the PTO and another one just for driving. They basically have two input shafts, one for PTO and another for driving and a 2 stage clutch. The PTO is the solid one you saw. The one for the driving part is a tube with splines at the end to engage on the clutch disc (1st stage) and the PTO shaft will run inside the tube all the way to the clutch disc (2nd stage). Somewhere between the tube and the PTO shaft, there should be a seal, can't remember it's just an O-ring or an actual seal. I suspect this is the one leaking, but since you're there you may want to replace the seal for the Tube with splines. Another thing when splitting, don't forget to wedge the front axle so it won't pivot on you left or right when splitting the tractor. As of now, doesn't look too bad of a leak and this is a time consuming job, so I agree with you and fix it later in the year, after the fire season is gone and the heat is much less. Keep monitoring the level and run it. I suspect it starts leaking more when working down hill and the oil moves all towards the front. While I never worked on that model in particular, I've worked and restored other tractors before, even built loaders and other implements. It's just something I like to do and ended up learning a lot on how these things work and are put together. I hope any of this info helps in away.

@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife

Жыл бұрын

@@pedrobatista4439 Thanks so much for your very helpful reply. I'm a mechanic but not a tractor mechanic, i did buy the New Holland workshop manual but the drawings are very basic and does not show any seals.... but i know there must be some in there. I think i must have damaged a seal in the driving clutch area as the oil is leaking from the driving clutch bell housing and we did not open that part, only the long PTO shaft that came out of there. We had some problems getting it back in, it was only the splines that did not line up (on the back of the engine), once lined up it went in smoothly but think when we first tried to put it back together the bolts holding the front and rear of tractor together became tight we stopped but think me tightening the bolts has caused the PTO shaft to crush a seal🙄 So i think this time i will have to remove the clutch bell housing to see and replace any seals in there. I think i will keep checking and filling the hydraulic oil until it is cooler, just annoying i have to do it all over again. I really appreciate your help and information, thanks!👍🍻

for the lovely granite pole... make a metal brace for it... 2 squares around it and top and bottom part, 2 bolts in bottom and top part... not as pretty as a pure granite one... but you can save it that way by weldine a frame for it

@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife

Жыл бұрын

I thought to drill a hole in both parts, fill with a chemical metal for granite and stick a metal rod in there and put the top part on but it being so tall and heavy i think your idea could be help support it too 👍🙂

@LiLBitsDK

Жыл бұрын

@@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife I just figured it would be an easy cheap fix with materials you already had, but sticking a couple rods with chemical metal inside for extra support could further help for sure but aren't those ampuls expensive?

It’s always a pleasure watching your videos. Good luck to you all

Yes Alex...🫖☕. After 10 am till 4pm..it's much too hot for outdoor work...My hubby just sacked the gardener... but keeping fit doing it at his own pace...and he's free..😅❤ Keep going Alex, Molly and Sandra.

@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife

Жыл бұрын

You sacked the gardener😲... so do you make your husband work between 10 am and 4 pm now🤣🤪It will keep him fit for sure but if like me i could do with the occasional day off which i am not getting with so many jobs to do. Good luck with all the work ahead🙂

@annar6430

Жыл бұрын

@@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife Well...he knows it's too hot after 10am...11 20 now and he's still out there. !

Thanks for your vid 😇💟💟💟 Love and bless you guys, maybe grow corn 🌽 for the goat's this can grow in dry places.

It's a constant battle...

@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife

Жыл бұрын

It is but we keep going! 🙂

@user-we3ds2gt2e

Жыл бұрын

I admire your family because you have been involved in such challenges for many years and still are optimistic ❤

Love how well you speak Portuguese! Best wishes to your mom.

@mollyblake3627

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

Keep positive all of you.... always brighter days ahead. Thank you for sharing your lovely video. Alex, when things go wrong, they really g o wrong. But you are talented and persistent, and you'll always come out on top.

@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! if you lay down when the problems come you get buried under them, only one way and thats to keep going...... the occasional break from things breaking would be nice though 😁👍

Just back from Castillo Branco, burning hot there today. Back now to Lisbon 😅

@saragomes6242

Жыл бұрын

Castelo Branco

@bassalh2025

Жыл бұрын

@@saragomes6242 Thanks for correcting the spilling Castelo 😂😂 I was exhausted yesterday I barely see what I was typing 😂😂😂👍

HELLO ALEX & FAMILY... YOUR NOTIFICATIONS HAVEN'T SHOWN UP FOR A LONG TIME, AND JUST STARTED APPEARING AGAIN...INDEED, YOUR PORTUGUESE, MOLLY, IS REALLY VERY GOOD!...PRAYING FOR SOME CAREFREE DAYS FOR YOU & HEALTH TO YOUR MOM...I'VE NEVER HEARD OF SUDAN GRASS B4, VERY INTERESTING AND SEEMS LIKE A GREAT ANSWER FOR PLENTY OF FOOD FOR THE GOATS...SORRY ABOUT THE TRACTOR PROBLEMS...YOU'VE BECOME QUITE THE FARMER, ALEX...YOU'RE THE SERIOUS FARMER TYPE...ALL THE BEST...🙏

Hi, Sandra. My mom's had those same tests the other month. They help ger cardiologist see how her faulty heart valve is functioning. My mom's 88 and has had a heart murmur most of her life. Doc says when she needs it, it's now a routine, non-surgical procedure to replace the valve and be discharged the same day. He's monitored her regularly for at least a half a dozen years, and her heart function still is good. Hope your follow ups will be okay 🤲🏼. Molly, the blouse you wore to CB with your mum looks so pretty on you. Thanks for showing Fred and updating us on your dad's bff Dennis 😊. Alex, as you explained how the water would be moving in one line from the natural tank up to the large tank then how it'd flow down to water the field made me think you were like an air traffic controler but with water moving around your land 😅. All my 🧠 could visualize with was a tangle of highway overpasses -- wrong image, brain! Prices for just about everything are super high these days, easily double or more from a year ago. 😔 Can you hire a friend to do your tractor jobs while you split and fix your own 🚜? The riverside field is a gorgeous. Well, if you let its grass regrow, that'd relieve of the work to clean and resow while you fix your tractor ~ maybe the universe is trying to give you a break? I hope it all works out 🤲🏼. Thanks for all your updates ❤.

@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife

Жыл бұрын

Hoping for some good news when we see them next and they have looked at all Sandra's test results. Glad to hear your mum is ok x

The tool behind the plow that collects grass and smooths the ground we call harrows. I think considering the adversity facing you folks, your creativity and perseverance is remarkable. However this is the reality of farmers like yourselves. You all remind me of my family when I grew up in Canada. My father was always fixing something or making something to do the job for a more expensive piece of machinery. The irrigation was enough of a challenge for my father that they sold the farm and purchased a farm in an area where irrigation wasn't needed.

@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife

Жыл бұрын

Yes i would call it a Harrow too.... but with speaking Portuguese and being here so long i forget so many English words especially when i am in front of the camera😁 Thanks for noticing our perseverance in fixing things, we have had a few comments saying i am being negative mentioning things going wrong, it is part of farm life and things go wrong or need fixing constantly. 🙂

Like all farmers there's always work and repairs to do . Best wishes to you all from Rick in Sydney Australia 😂

@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, you too!

Adorei ouvir falar Portugues! Have a fabulous summer!

@mollyblake3627

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, I'm getting better 😊

I’m so sorry to hear about your mom. I also wanted to let you know how awesome your Portuguese is, you should be so proud, best to your mom and of course let’s not forget your dad the jack of all trades. Love you all much love from this Portuguese girl in sunny Florida USA.

@mollyblake3627

Жыл бұрын

Obrigada 😊 That is very kind of you ❤

Hoping for good news for Sandra. Take care.

@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Junco 🙂

primeiro...bjs & abraço

@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife

Жыл бұрын

Tenham uma ótima semana 🙂🙏

Thanks!

@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife

Жыл бұрын

Thank you !

Adorei o vidio mas infelizmente nao entendi nada porque nao tinhas legendas em português. Achei muita graça o seu cãozinho estar de oculos e boné e o gatinho a brincar com o rabo do cão. A quinta está maravilhosa o seu pai trabalha tanto. Tambem lamento sua mama estar doente espero que ela fique boa brevemente tem de ter cuidado com este calor. Muito interessante aquelas torneiras a regar o campo . . Muito obrigado de nos mostrar o dia a dia numa quinta muito trabalho. Que Deus os abençoe imensamente 🩵🙏 🐕🦮🐕‍🦺🐈🐈‍⬛🐐🐐🐐🐓🐓🐤🐔🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧💯% nice

@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife

Жыл бұрын

desculpe, mas às vezes o KZread precisa de um pouco de tempo para criar as legendas. Tente e olhe agora, as legendas estão lá agora? até semana que vem, um abraço

We have a lot of Sudán grass in the empty lots. Jamaica goats are fearlesss.. when they know the grass is on the opposite side of the highway...they just saunter across the tarmac and the highway comes to a halt😅. Never ever seen a dead goat though. How much dos a new tractor cost in Portugal?

@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife

Жыл бұрын

I think all goats are that crazy 🤣 ours have 32 acres of free range food but they still decide to jump in a closed field..... i am sure they do it to get a good laugh from watching me run around chasing them out. Tractors like cars are not cheap out here, i could have bought another farm with what the tractor cost me🙄

@annar6430

Жыл бұрын

@@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife Keep going...just how I say to my 2014 VW Polo... Don't stress my little Sardine tin.....can't afford to trade you in.😅

Hello Alex, We hope your land gets much deserved water it needs to flourish! I know the weather you’re experiencing doesn’t help, it just makes it worse and creates more difficulties and hardships. Hang in there! We were thinking, if we win the Euromilhões you can count on a brand new tractor on your door step! 🍀 💰 🤞 🚜 😊 We understand the trouble you go through with that farm machine! Molly, converso em português contigo. Gostamos de te ouvir a falar connosco no vídeo, em português. 😊 Saber comunicar em duas línguas é bom! Especialmente para poderes resolver assuntos e comunicar com as pessoas aí. Torna a vida mais fácil! Sandra, our thoughts are with you and hoping your health issues are resolved. 🤗 Wishing you glorious, happy and healthy days ahead! Thanks for the update on the Quinta! 🐐 🐱 🐕 Take care. 🌷Sam

@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife

Жыл бұрын

Thanks guys! I shall keep my fingers crossed for the lotto win then 🤞🤣 but a very kind offer, that i wont hold you to🙂💚 Thankfully water is not a problem on the farm, well not when i can remember which taps to open😁 each time i have watered the field it has rained within hours....... Rain! in Portugal ! in June!!!.... what is going on 😄 So glad you enjoy Molly speaking some Portuguese and thank you both so much for the kind words for Sandra. Have a lovely weeks guys 🙂🙏

@sammie44

Жыл бұрын

@@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife if we say it we’ll do it! 😊 Fingers crossed! Any four leaf clovers on your Quinta? See you soon on the next video! Take care!

@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife

Жыл бұрын

@@sammie44 When we first moved here Sandra found 6 four leaf clovers in the back garden..... i think they must have been broken😁 Ate Logo😊

Muito bem, acho que tens um sotaque mesmo bom. Viva! X:)

@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife

Жыл бұрын

Muito obrigada 🙂

Hey big hugs to you all ❤ we miss you but love watching what you are up to on your lovely land😊 please take care of yourselves and all the animals 🥰 💕💕

@mollyblake3627

Жыл бұрын

Thank you ❤

like the new boots Alex :)

@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife

Жыл бұрын

Thank you.... but not half as much as i do, i bet 😁.... no more dirt in my socks and they are very comfortable.

Enjoyed . Suggestion . A cook off at the end of each video . People lean toward food 😅❤

Wow Molly's Portuguese is amazing ! all three of you need a big hug .... hope things will improve ! xxx

@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I think the tractor also needs a hug..... i wish i could fix it with a hug 🤣🤣

@ruthconstantino6861

Жыл бұрын

🤗🚜🤗

I’ve learned about a glue that might fix that pole. We’re coming to Castello Branco next month. Let me know if you need some

@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife

Жыл бұрын

Hi, that's very kind of you. Do you know what glue it is. I have seen them fixed before by drilling a hole in the middle of each piece and putting a thick steel bar in it and using a two part chemical metal/stone glue. i only worry as this pole is pretty big and top heavy. We hope you will enjoy your time in Castelo Branco😊

@gerardvriend729

Жыл бұрын

@@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife I use UHU Max Repair. Glue for special occasions like this.

@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife

Жыл бұрын

@@gerardvriend729 I normally use this stuff for things like this. it is used in construction. www.alcolin.com/diy-products/epoxy/chemical-anchor/?fbclid=IwAR2FqJZmCwTQguSFagPubaUDnQASdtp6QO8YWDOL6Nxl8GvA3BAxaEB4xJk

@gerardvriend729

Жыл бұрын

@@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife i won’t tell you that this is not good. However for this you need to drill holes and create ankers. The UHU should ofcourse be tested but o glue wood and Glass and RVS together in the shower. I’ll bring the UHU anyway. We have bought a house in Alphadrinha

@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife

Жыл бұрын

@@gerardvriend729 That is very kind of you! Yes it will need a metal bar for sure but i think any glue would struggle to hold the pillar up, i think the top part must be close to half a ton in weight..... i am so cross with myself for breaking it. You can send us a message or find my contact number if you search google for Quinta Fonte da Pipa to sort a time to meet up. Good luck with your new start out here👍

Ja falas como uma portuguesa parabens

@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife

Жыл бұрын

Muito obrigado

at min 24, the bottle hanging in the tree ?

@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife

Жыл бұрын

That is for catching flies.

😳 "promosm"

You complain too much... try and phrase your life by finding solutions to challenges, you present a negative view on your situation. Id like to watch more, but would appreciate less moaning.

@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife

Жыл бұрын

It depends how you see it, Having multiple things going wrong daily, is not being negative but simply 'how it is' ...facing many challenges that do nothing but set us back... and many i overcome alone and on very limited money. i have just split that tractor in half a month ago, a very long hard job and now looks like i might have to do it all over again, at 53 years old on my knees on a gravel driveway. IF i had the 2,000 Euros just to send it off to get fixed then maybe i would have laughed at such a problem but i dont even have 200 Eruos!. I am a realist and problems like that does not make normal people jump up and down with joy.... but do i keep going?.... yes! My families future living here is based on us getting our goats producing milk asap,.... It's that or we give up and return to the UK skint and no money to buy even a cheap house..... maybe i should just laugh at these problems and sit back and wait for the world to fix them for me? All these problems are keeping us from that happening. We live on less money than most people living out here and have done for many years since losing hundreds of thousands of Euros.... we live in three rooms in this house, no doors no floors and wonder if it will ever be finished, now my wife has heart problems as well as all her other health problems, we even struggle to pay for her pills each week. We see the off grid living in a yurt Portugal videos saying how they struggle to live on 800 Euros a month food shopping, we are lucky if we have 400 Euros a month for food, for 3 of us..... any unforeseen problem needing money to fix it will mean we go without something else.... often food! Maybe go back and watch some of our other videos, the huge fire that burned all we owned and destroyed years of work on the farm, the video of how the builder and others stole from us and left our house a mess...Our two dogs i heard being shot and the police never found their bodies..... things we are still trying to recover from, physically and mentally. It takes me 3 days every week to make these videos, that is 3 days less i get to work fully on the farm, our videos show 'our' reality of living here and it is hard work, 7 days a week for 8 years is exhausting but i still get up at 6 am every morning to fix what i can to keep moving forward. ... but your right i should be full of sunshine and smiles

@400Mishka

Жыл бұрын

@@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife get well soon

@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife

Жыл бұрын

@@400Mishka Thank you, i hope you didnt take my reply as having a go at you, we dont often talk about everything we have been through on video and think with the big house and fancy tractor people think we are rich and life is perfect... sadly not but we keep going🙂

@denisescally7090

Жыл бұрын

This channel is showing their lives in an honest light. There are plenty of channels out there creating fake, click bait drama if you prefer to watch that?

@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife

Жыл бұрын

@@denisescally7090 Thanks for seeing it how it is. Many channels have turned into KZreadrs, we are not and never will be "KZreadrs", we are a working family facing daily struggles that happen to share their real life on KZread, there is a huge difference between the two. We know many channels in person and i can tell you many do not tell you how it is, they only want to make "perfect life" as you say "clickbait drama" videos and constantly asking viewers for financial help. We dont have the time to film separate videos just to make us look and sound lovely as were are busy trying to make our business grow to support our life here and to be fair apart from a handful of channels most only building vegetable gardens etc i dont ever see any effort go into actually making a living out here, how they expect to survive financially out here i have no idea.