Recent content by Russell King

Hey @Viva-la-L175, weren’t you restoring this tractor a long time ago and then just stopped? And two other places that might be helpful for cast parts is Kumar Brothers out of India, and for used parts see Newhall Tractor Service near San Francisco.

One thing no one has mentioned is that you can probably sell the excavator when you are done with those tasks. So you are in essence just renting it for the time needed. Actually you may be able to just lease one for a time span of years and then you know that expenditure exactly. If you...

I don’t know exactly what is going on but it sounds like that shut down solenoid is actually a “let it run” solenoid. It may be that there are really two solenoids in the case, one to pull the rod in and then one that holds it in. There is some contact inside the solenoid that turns the pull...

If “summer in a can” means starting fluid (ether), that could be the problem. That can fire off at the wrong time and bend rods or damage rings making diesels hard to start due to compression problems.

There are materials to apply that should help stop that leak. Look at Hylomar products. https://hylomar.com/products/non-setting-compounds/ They are something akin to a grease like substance that hold up to petroleum products and heat to seal contact surfaces. They are usually applied to...

See post #6 for someone’s filter they used.

Check dams help but look into Zuni Bowls to stop the erosion better. They basically are just a rock lined bowl with a level spillway.

If the engine is cranking over but not starting and running then you have a problem with the ignition or the air or the fuel or the compression. Check that the air filter and intake passage is clean. See if there is spark at the spark plugs (get a tester (or just shock yourself silly)). See...

Is your tractor gear drive or HST drive? Gear drive parts list does not show a screen only one canister filter. HST drive parts list does show a screen and same canister filter but there is a second canister filter. The screen is near the larger filter on the HST model.

@whitetiger Please confirm my understanding of the blade rotation! One blade rotates clockwise and the other rotates counterclockwise based on the right hand and left hand threaded bolts. I guess that when looking at post #11 the belt around the shaded pulley wraps around the upper side of...

There may be an easy way to bleed the air out. It would be covered in the owners manual and the tractor would have an electric fuel lift pump. But I don’t know if that tractor has the easy way or not. There is (probably) a vent at the fuel filter and another at the injection pump. You need...

I would recommend that you modify the trailer not the tractor side. The further back you extend the drawbar the lighter loaded the front tires on the tractor will be which effects steering and safety.

@Caden may be onto something. I have no idea how the blades cut but looking at the Kubota USA website there is a right side blade part number and a left side blade part number. There are also two types of blade sets, one called a “blower blade”, the other just “blade”. I don’t see that the...

Local dealer? Coleman’s? Search by “Kubota” and the part number and you might find one on e-bay or something like that.

I assume you put the spring back in place. I also assume that the belt has fallen off other pulleys and is stretched out now so will probably continue to come off repeatedly. I think you need to replace that drive belt now. To remove the front wheel (see the diagram below) it looks like you...