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A dead short like that is often frayed wiring coming in contact with grounded metal. Replace the fuse with a 12v light bulb. That will protect the wiring. So long as the light is fully illuminated, you have a short circuit. Then start working the wiring harness, wiggling things until the bulb...

Nice, but you are only half done. Lil Foot came up with this, which several of us have copied: (full thread is here)

Oh, yes, there is a cover on the top that hides the tensioning bolt. I thought you were referring to the side of the frame, where the mounting bolt hides. Mine just has a small hole in the frame in line with the bolt. No cover, just partially obstructed by the brake rod:

I'm just glad I'm still looking down at the grass and not up at the roots.

No access panel on mine. There is a small hole in the side of the frame adjacent to the bolt, but everything else has to be done from underneath.

Thanks. It just seems too easy.

Part number 070, below. I'm getting a lot of slop in the arm (060). Enough that it shifted sideways enough the centering notch on the bottom of 010 ended up riding on the circlip (130) instead of the bearing (110). Is this as simple as removing the spring (030), bolt (100), slide the arm off...

I think he was just adding to the list of models it would fit.

Diagnosing something over the internet is difficult. Details are important; the person requesting help must provide them, but the corollary is that those providing help must take account of them too. Please don't take offense, I'm not trying to be critical or to troll you. I'm just trying to...

Any lawyer reading this will cringe. Or perhaps drool.

The logic flaw I referred to was in thinking the starter could be at fault, when existing testing already identified the cable or connections as the culprit. Battery voltage did not drop when he turned the key. Voltage at the other end of the cable dropped to "almost zero" when he turned the...

Close. Very close. But missing one or two points in the middle. One of the safety-switches becomes RESISTIVE when it is closed. This RESISTIVE switch allows battery-voltage to make it to the starter-solenoid. Hence, the starter solenoid will CLICK and pull the Bendix mechanism 4. When the...

And then there were none... In a few weeks the bugs will be out and I'll be hiding from the blackflies. I'll probably make another batch then.

It wasn't reverse-engineered -- Kubota provided the dimensions right in the repair manual! (Well, ok, the enhancements to make it fit a wider variety of models was kind of a reverse-engineering.) But you are spot-on about the availability. I would happily have purchased the product if it was...

A large part of the problem is the interpretation that firmware integral to the function of a product is subject to copyright rather than patent law. Copyright is supposed to protect an artistic work from cheap copies for a reasonable period. It was crafted at a time when a book or other...

If he means what I think he means then he's referring to JD's habit of forcing suppliers to exclusive contracts on parts. For example, JD sources an engine from Kawasaki. Kawasaki is contractually obligated to refuse to sell replacement parts for that engine, forcing consumers to buy through...

Since last fall, I've noticed a strange phenomenon: a number of people contacted me about these, provided a shipping address, I priced shipping, and then never heard from them again. Machining is a hobby for me, primarily to support my other hobbies. I am providing these at cost. I am not...

When I built my FEL I even went one step further. I had a 4' piece of round bar (I used 1" pins) to make sure the bushings were not only inline on each side but also in line with the other side -- eg: arm pivots on the towers and at the bucket mounting points. Nice resurrection, I hope your...

Just to confuse the issue further: there is often no single metric "fine" thread. While there is generally one standard coarse thread, there can be multiple definitions of "fine" depending where in the world one is standing. For example, M10 comes in four different pitches: 1.5mm (most common)...

And again, this is where a wiring diagram is invaluable! <lol>