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check the oil level. If it's in between low and full, it's fine. what kind of oil is in it? are you positive that it's the correct dipstick? Drain, refill with 3.5 quarts. and check it. Should be right at the full mark. if the engine has any blowby, it'll also do the same thing-oil will...

yes I'm aware. They build a lot of gas engines. There are gas "versions" of diesel engines (ZG332 for instance....). Cummins builds gas engines too...(you probably already know but some dont) but the 222/227 twins are robin engines, or were designed by them. Part of Fuji, or subaru...

that works but there's an easy way to prevent air lock when changing fuel filter when you put the ring back on, don't tighten it. Turn the fuel valve on, let the filter bowl fill up. Let it continue to "fill", with the ring loose. Fuel will leak out around the ring. As it's leakin out...

check the r/b wire. Do a voltage drop test between the key switch and the starter. If the drop is high, work your way back up the wire and drop test each component. Have seen relays fail this way, have seen combination box fail, have seen actual bad wire (corroded inside insulation). You...

subaru designed the KGZ770 (ZG222/227/ZG327) engine too. Also the RTV500. And Subaru built the entire RTV400 engine. Kubota builds diesel engines, but they don't build some of the gas engines-probably cheaper to outsource it is my uneducated guess. Not all of the sidekicks have engine...

I'm curious as to why the compression is that low? What caused it? Wiped bottom end? Have you disassembled it to know if the bottom end is indeed wiped? Sometimes we might have to step back for a while and address it later as our emotions calm. Also don't forget to check all of the boxes in...

there are a lot of different kinds of loctite. THey all have different numbers. 242, 271, 620, 680, etc new one one me, never heard of those plate bolts backing out. They screw into aluminum and "should" lock themselves in (ferrous to nonferrous seizure). vibration severe enough to make...

regulator failed.

that issue was originally addressed by putting a different tensioner spring on. I advised them that it wasn't the proper fix but apparently their enginerds are better than us grease monkeys in the field who actually see those things on a daily basis. These are pretty neat mowers, would be...

not familiar with that engine but a lot of "older" engines that used cam-in-block, with roller lifters, the only thing that lubricates the lifters is splash from the crankshaft-which is minimal at idle speed. Excessive idling is hard on them. Avoid if possible. if you stretch your oil changes...

Brake switch failure will do exactly what you're describing. Every time! You can hear the solenoid clack but it doesn't really work... solenoid is separate from the starter, it's technically a "starter relay".

Don't forget to to check the vent. Transmission MUST be vented to atmosphere, if not, it'll build pressure and that pressure "helps" seals to leak. BX's often knock the axle seal(s) out because of this.

on a lot of the older kubota decks the lower seal was a completely different type of seal. I don't remember the dimensions or numbers but a lot of the lower ones were a grease seal that would deal with higher pressures from greasing the deck. Some also sealed on a spacer or "boss" as Kubota...

For anyone who might be reading...when I did kubota, lifting a cab was actually pretty easy with a forklift. It has to lift high enough, and the roof of the building needs to be tall enough to allow it. First job, the roof was in the way of splitting any of the M series, so we couldn't do...

the wobble is likely a little bit of looseness within it's bearing. Spin it. If it makes any noise, the bearing is failing and would be good to replace the idler assembly.

I see this too often on SxS's too. Sit in the creek/river/lake/ocean for x number of days/weeks/months. It's just water, so let's just change the fluids. Right? WRONG! That water has mud, dirt, poo in it. It settles to the bottom of the container, the container being the engine...

the fuse protects the circuit from overloading the wiring in that circuit you have an overloaded circuit causing the fuse to blow, which keeps the wires from getting burnt up. that circuit is where the problem lies. Check all your wirings and how they're routed. Probably find one pinched...

classic symptom of a voltage drop. Now the fun part, you get to find that voltage drop. Do a voltage drop test, using the wiring diagram to isolate that circuit and where it goes. It's likely a connector or connection.

the little z231's have non-serviceable transmissions. Make sure the cooling fans are intact. Outside of that, it's probably internal.

they keep it at 80 during the day at work in the shop. It isn't terrible but I wish it was 75. It runs all the time anyway, at 80 or at 70 it just runs all day long. So the bill wouldn't change. Did 29 years at a non-air conditioned shop and that was enough of it. After I left they put a...