Recent content by JohnDB

Ditto. Putter = used to molest golf balls. Weird game.

That front hub seal leak may be due to the spaced out front rim on that side. I'd pay particular attention to it as it may be a symptom of deeper issues in that area. Like others have said, the tractor may have been used for side mounted mower, so a lot of load on that side, so I'd also try to...

Agreed about the annoying noise. If it was in a basement/other room it wouldn't matter, but if you're in the same room its not so good. Make sure you understand the noise level before you buy!

Welcome to the forum :-) If you can't find a M4050 diagram from Kubotabooks.com, or someone here, the M4500 diagram is probably a close approximation. That's available on Kubotabooks.com.

Wondering if the lever moves a lot more (up/down) at that position than where the boot was originally, so you may need a much bigger boot? I don't think rounding out the hole will make much difference.

@Orange1works thanks for sharing your project with us, it's interesting because there are some similarities with my tractor (dry liners etc) which I think is the prior model series to yours. I'm watching progress.

Nothing like being 2 days in on a 20 minute job... Quote on youtube (boy do I know that feeling well....)

From my experience with a 4" line and a different 1" line, the 'bump' only needs to be more than the diameter of the pipe to cause an air pocket. Each bump adds up. There's a fair bit about the physics of this on the 'net. So only if you get enough positive pressure will you get flow, and...

Clearly a production-line process to make the massive investment in the railway cost-benefit work. My bro' chose the cheaper way of cart-wheeling his tractor down a steep hill.

Yeah I find great enjoyment in making/fixing something that's a challenge and getting it to work. I'm not a 'restore something and wrap it up in cotton-wool', its got to be enjoyably usefully functional. I guess a lot of us are like that. Looking forward to your next installment, 'almost...

Thanks for showing those pics and videos, they really brought it to life. I tried to figure out how to do something similar a couple of years ago and gave up. You are a clever guy :-)

Hi, thanks for the kind offer, and welcome to the forum! I have completed the re-build, with a new rod wiper. I put potentially useful info about the re-build here: https://www.orangetractortalks.com/forums/threads/power-steering-rebuild-kit.77801/post-843378 Turned out the OD in the end was...

Looks right way up to me :)

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it" My enduring thanks to Upton Sinclair, his statement explains about 90% of human behaviour that's at odds to common sense or decency.

@Cores welcome to the forum. Interesting idea. I assume that you have seen this thread which gives some ideas of issues that person encountered. https://www.orangetractortalks.com/forums/threads/b7100-power-steering-upgrade-complete.23656/