Recent content by Mr Haney

I don't think much of Kubota's stubborn black nylon push rivets, so in the process of replacing the rubber mats, I found much better ones. I'll post a link. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HT49K2F?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title The ones I found can be removed easily in case you want to clean...

I should also add that I turned the pins down 0.030", so in the future, the rust will have to be very severe to cause problems. A future owner may not store the mower correctly. I covered the pins with truck bed coating, and I plan to do the same thing with the bores, since, as Kubota's poor...

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Interesting fact, or so it seems: this mower's manual says 1) it will not start with the hood up, and 2) if you raise the hood during operation, it will stall. I looked this machine over very carefully, and I was not able to find any connection between the hood and the fuel system or electrical...

I mowed yesterday. The anti-scalp wheels are not finished, but the yard was a foot tall, and I refuse to use the John Deere, so I did what I had to do. I ran it with one old fender and one new one. I still have to do the final grinding, welding, and painting on the deck's right rear wheel...

That is amazing. It's a good thing you posted that, because finding the information with a search engine was pretty much impossible before today. I was not able to unwrap these quickly The bond was very strong. I could have broken the fenders if I had tried to work faster. I would guess this...

Normal bubble wrap and two pieces of tape would have worked perfectly.

Turned out the turpentine dried faster than I thought, so the whole ordeal lasted less than an hour. The fenders appear to be okay. Thanks to the turpentine, my house smells like Paul Bunyan's armpit. Kubota is the culprit. Their sticker is right on the bubble wrap. I thought I had seen some...

It is amazing that intelligent people would ship a product covered with adhesive. The answer is turpentine. Alcohol works slowly. Goo-gone does very little, which means WD-40 and mineral spirits will work slowly. Lighter fluid is better than alchohol and Goo-gone. Turpentine works fastest and...

Here's some great news. Coleman's ships fenders covered with adhesive bubble wrap. Maybe they come that way from Kubota. This stuff takes several minutes to tear off, and it leaves an adhesive residue on the plastic. So now the 30-second job of unwrapping the fenders is looking more like 60...

I heard that BANG, for sure. Interesting fact about Kubota's lame design: plating the pins did absolutely nothing to prevent seizing. The bores are not plated, so rust will continue for the life of the mower, and even a tiny bit of rust will cause seizure. The plating is just for looks, which...

I like to think I will never have to take the deck off without wheels. If that happens, spending $18000 on a new mower will look cheap. Information for anyone installing new fenders: first, don't break them like I did. After that, you need to know that each fender has 4 black nylon inserts that...

Today I cleaned everything up for welding, and then I put the support back on the mower. I attach a photo. I put the new wheel shaft or pin, or whatever Kubota calls it, in the photo so people can see what a great job Kubota did with the chrome plating. It's already coming off in many places, so...

I do not know. I don't know a lot about horse zombies!

Wow! Someone agreed with me about something and didn't get mad at me! Thank you! Another source I consulted mentioned dirt and grass clippings as things that would call for a looser fit, so you are a good engineer. The new shafts look to be chrome-plated. I hear cadmium fell out of favor due...