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    B20 - Cobbling Together a Throttle Cable

    My B20's accelerator cable became sticky and started freezing last winter .... it turns out the cable housing is cracked, peeled and kinky. I've got the part number, but it's no longer made, and at 71" appears markedly longer than any Kubota cable in current use. If I cut-to-fit one from an...
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    B20 Electrical Issue

    I was merrily pushing snow with my B20 when the headlights went dark and the engine shut down. It restarted 2 minutes later, so I finished and parked. Upon return for more fun, here's what I have and don't have: Working: starter, glow plug indicator (so I'm assuming the plugs are heating)...
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    Make Sense to Retrofit a Coolant Recovery Tank?

    My 1995 era new-to-me B20 was factory equipped with Kubota's then version of an idiot light ... the "overheat warning" whistle on the coolant overflow tube. Does it make any sense to now retrofit an aftermarket coolant recovery tank (on the theory that the universal appearance of these in...
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    Enough Power for 5' Finish Mower?

    I just dropped the backhoe off my nominal 20 hp B20 (first time it had ever been off) and tried to operate a 5' (FDR1560) Land Pride finish mower. I couldn't bring my RPMs over 1900, and any forward speed faster than a heel-to-toe drunk driving test quickly bogged it down to 1500 in a fast...
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    Fuel kill selenoid misaligned

    Here's a heads-up regarding older single-task (one-wire, kill only) fuel selenoids. My immediate prior owner said my new-to-me B20 had never shut off from the ignition key during his entire 3-year ownership ... so just use the red knob. Curiosity and closer examination (after hearing the...
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    Brand new owner of a B20, engine choking

    Please help an absolute newbie. Bought a B20--all seemed fine at sellers--got it home, barely got it off the street after backing off the trailer. Engine binds to point of choking when moving forward (w/in 20') at anything above a crawl. Parking brake-not engaged Positraction-not engaged...