Recent content by GeoHorn

That split pin keeps the hole from plugging up with junk and debris by “jiggling” itself during ordinary operation.

They almost went extinct after the Russian revolution due to their associations with upper-classes and royalty/czarist connections. They are very intelligent and therefore difficult to keep their attention on boring tasks. My neighbors had two back when I lived in town and they needed a larger...

beat me to it. (I was going to add vice-grips however). :p

There’s a Reason Kubota Owner Manuals warn against using ether / starting-fluic.

That throttle will have a friction-adjustment to take care of that throttle “creep”. Mine does it too…it will reduce about 200 rpm after a while…. I just haven’t been disturbed by it as I rarely run it at governed speed.

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Even without a load it should turn without noise, and should activate the “no start” safety. With it NOT running….spinning the shaft by hand can reveal some bearing issues and any looseness.

When I bought my M4700DT I made a few mistakes…but got very lucky in the final analysis. I talked to my local Kubota salesman, who actually came out to my property to see what I wanted to accomplish…and he saved me from myself by telling me I needed a (approx) 50 HP tractor …instead of the...

The problem for second/third/subsequent owners… I don’t know if Kubota has records of who now owns a product they mfr’d in 1980’s/90’s. Unless they updated some factory-record unknown to myself…… when I bought parts, for example….(and if a subsequent owner only bought aftermarket parts or...

Friend,… An extended warranty is: 1. A Profit Item for the seller/dealer. (not designed to benefit the owner monetarily) 2. Creates Additional Service Requirements and Documentation Obligations for Owner … 3. …such addt’l service obligations are additional costs and expose the owner...

If diesel won’t get it going…. it’s still too wet….? 🤓

I plugged a screw-puncture on the rear ag tire of my old 9N Ford … and it’s held perfectly….so-far…. but I don’t know for how long it will remain dependable…..it’s only been 12 years so-far…. I plugged the rt front of my Kubota M4700 from a deer antler puncture…. I plugged it 6-years ago…. I...

Propane tanks …the one shaped like hot dogs…. have LOOPS at each end for picking it up. All you have to do , is run a chain (or the hook at the end of the chain) thru the Loop…. then run the chain around the pins where the bucket connects to the FEL quick-attach…then the other end of the chain...

Sorry…couldn’t resist… ;)

Wow. Last month here in Central Tx on-road diesel was $2.79 - $2.99 … This month it’s $2.99 - $3.29… depends on if you buy it at the local WalMart or Gro-Store (HEB) …or over on the main hi-way (higher-priced.) As the economy slows and the middle-east/hormuz strait gets crazier… it may...