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chyduke, have you looked into getting the ROPS from Kubota? I understand that there is an incentive subsidy for Kubotas that have never had a ROPS installed, and results in a quite attractive price.

What NIW said! Welcome to OTT! If you are at all handy, you could add a used loader to your BX. Building an entire loader from scratch would be an enormous challenge, even for a very capable welder. (The welding task would be enormous, and there is very little information available to develop...

Thanks, Andy! I guess I shoulda mentioned that I found the two fuses, and both are good. What were your symptoms? Did you have power to the dash (like the light came on when you turn the key on), but it wouldn't crank?

Oh, you stinker, there's gonna be an Orange Alert next time you try to cross the border! (My cables are 8ga) Yes, I check every time I get ready to energize the starter, confirming I left it in neutered mode. Dude, it's tractor, and been repainted -- even the wiring, hoses, and belts! The...

I ran the tractor for about 20 minutes, shut down very briefly, and it wouldn't turn over, even on decompression. Battery fully charged; specific gravity of all cells within .2 of 13.00. No bad cable/bad connections were found, but there have been several orphan wires from the day I received...

Yes and no. I took the muffler off, so I can slide it (the side panel) around enough to discover I can't get it up between the steering knuckle and the oil filter. As to your idea of jacking the far side: wonderful suggestion! I see how that would give me the room to slide it out. It's...

I can turn the wheel, and that was the second thing I thought of, after imagining the oil puddle. Tried turning it back and forth a bit, but it didn't seem to move the knuckle away from the block enough to get the bottom flange between it and the filter. The loader bucket is on the ground, with...

Well, here's the whole quote: "Absence makes the heart grow fonder -- of somebody else." - Dorothy Parker

I din' want to do it, but I'm forced to work on my B6100D main wiring (everything behind the dashboard). Trying to get at the starter, I find that the left side cover is pinched between the steering knuckle and the oil filter. How does that cover come off without removing the oil filter? (The...

Sure, go for it! But you'll have to upgrade to 4-wheel steering. Be a lot better than that big road-hog... notice no traffic on the road? Guess you get behind it once, and memorize his schedule forevermore! (And pity the poor guy going down the road that he's going up! Hope s/he is real good at...

Welcome to the forum, KRiT! Looks like you're situated to provide a never-ending stream of "inventions". Please do follow the guru hodge's suggestion to ckeck out YouBoob vids of Paul Short, and search for his Wildfire posts on OTT; then get fired up and add your contributions to the wealth of...

... but the last of 26 got a chuckle. Thanks, DIYD!

Ahhh, that's a clever idea, and I don't believe it would have ever occurred to me to do it that way. Mine are filled, so I'll just file it away...

I expect the Kubota engine paint would bond well on bare, newly-cleaned metal. If you don't know what has been done to the pump, it would be best to thoroughly clean and dry it before painting. However, if it were me, I'd run over to Ace Hardware, get a can of Ace Rust Stop and spray a very...

Oh, John Mc, we're all so happy for you! Keep taking pictures, you can transfer them and upload them later, and we will still enjoy them. (As well as enjoy ragging you about "... it didn't happen!")

Maybe more a banquet for thought. More often than a blowout is the need to adjust the load to get a proper tongue weight. Keep in mind that dual axle trailers change the load distribution in a way that reduces the need to shift the tractor/implements as critically as single-axle trailers. Also...

John, lots of folk on OTT are have similar constraints (and some, like me, are even more constrained) so I can identify with your difficulty. I urge you to make CraigsList your bosom companion, and add Search Tempest to your browser to suss out all those gems that are just over the horizon...

No, Clay -- it's because there has been a new post since you loaded that page and the system looses track of where you are. I usually load the next 2 or 3 pages in separate windows to prevent that.

That's a bummer! And a puzzle: how could rust grow in that environment? My second thought was to offer you my loader control block -- I've just gotten a 4-spool valve to replace mine -- but I haven't gotten my system set up and working yet, so that would be premature. My next thought is to get...

KyleBH, welcome to the OTT! Do you have a WSM (WorkShop Manual) for your BX1870? (It's a critical asset for folks in your position, interested in expanding or repairing their tractor's functionality.) I don't know anything about BXs, but I expect your tractor will have a place to tap into the...