Recent content by Jon G

GUYS ITS TIME :( I am going to sell this as I have not touched it and it’s taking up room The question is what is it worth ? Should I part it out ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9tm-RcBsIM Interesting this guy has modified the same unit

Thanks Butch This is my plan I need to clean up the garage as its packed full right now then i will haul it in and start to tear it apart. My previous comment about the fan belt being off causing this problem. after thinking about this I am unsure if this is true as the fan belt might of...

Power plant is backed into the yard :) I was having a quick look at it and the fan belt is off I am thinking that this is what caused this machine to pack it in :(

Ready to come home with me :)

Where is the rest of this rebuild story ?

Back when i was young my father had a GL6500 or 6000 ? lowboy gen set that i worked on. Basic maintenance and injector bleeding this was sold long ago I am wondering if this had the same motor that i am now 20 years later trying to bring back to life ?

So hoping to drag this home today so i can have a better look at it. I have been researching the cost of parts such as pistons and rings, gasket set and crank bearings this is premature but its about the only thing i can do at the moment I went to Ebay and it seams like it can all be had for...

Lol Thanks D2Cat it was lots of fun and a good deal hoping if all works out this will turn into my D905 wrenching adventure :)

D905-E D= 3 cyl 90= 900cc 5= Kubota series 5 motor I found a shop manual here http://www.kubotabooks.com/AutoIndex/index.php?dir=/ under engine and 05 series saved, printed and put in a binder for reference

D905-E engine model #

Thanks for the responses guys :) Talked to the superintendent that had it when it gave the trouble he said "machine was allays a bit hard to start, ran for a few hours then started to smoke and blowing oil everywhere, (hose off top pan possible cause ?) machine was shut down, and re started...

So i can have it for free but work wants the trailer back :( This would be a cool learning project with hopes to rebuild it to use as a back up generator for the house or cabin. Might even put it back on a trailer again so i can move it around. If i get into this and its not worth fixing...

More info Cold temp the morning of failure Machine started up ran for a hour Started blowing smoke, so they turned it off. They said it blew all the oil out of the machine and it was red hot (pealed paint in picture) and some wire loom melted. They let it cool down and it started again but...

Once the lighting plant was turned into a generator and went to a remote site it ran for about 100H and ran into problems