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Well that was a great post.

Yes, thanks for telling me. NOW.

That will be me, come tomorrow or Monday.

When the new one comes in, I will take some of that JB Weld stuff, go underneath it, and build up the areas where cracks are likely to start. It's a lot harder to break 3/8" plastic than 3/32" plastic. My dishwasher's expensive handle had less than 1/8" of plastic at the sides of the handle...

If I had known it was like a potato chip, I could have babied it and kept it intact. I guess I can chalk this up to inexperience.

My little jack modification works fine. Now the screw is only exposed when the mower is lifted, so it's not going to get dirty again. The nut pipe is sealed by threads at one end and an airtight silicone plug at the other. I think this would be a great modification for any new mower with a jack...

Thanks for the help. I have a plastic welder I haven't gotten around to trying. I can put it back together, sort of, but the plastic will still be brittle, and it will look pretty ghetto. I guess I'll run it with the fender off this week and put a new one on later. I can survive this financial...

Thanks. I will check that out.

Still working on my ZD326. I have some info that might be of use to others working on older zero-turns. The fenders are plastic. It appears they get brittle with sun exposure. Today I started shimmying my left fuel tank out from under the fender, applying very little pressure, and the fender...

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Is your lawn pretty clean? I mean is it just grass? Mine is not. After I mow, I have to undress in the garage or laundry room because I am covered with dirt the mower sent aloft. I don't mean clippings. I mean dirt. I think your suspicion about my jack is generous, if anything. I doubt it was...

I appreciate the reply, but I am wondering if you have a newer mower with a different step or fender. Here are the only instructions I can find in the manual: I don't know if this manual goes with my mower's year. "Remove the fender" is a little terse. It's like "Remove and rebuild the...

It was just too hot. Around 100 degrees, no wind, and roasting sun. More of the same today.

I'm pretty sure this is the exact same part.

I have good news about push rivets, also called trim clips, and I am here to post it for others. Of course, being the person I am, I had an unused trim tool assortment in my shop, so I got it out and popped a rivet out of the mower's deck gearbox lid. The rivet came out just fine. The hole...

Thanks for the help. I am looking for that tool online. Speaking of push rivets, Kubota charges over two dollars each, and I need quite a few. That's a lot of money for a bunch of parts that probably cost 5 cents each to make and ship to dealers. I'm trying to find out if they can be reused...

Listen, my children, and I will tell you how to fix the infernal built-in jack on your Kubota ZD326. The jack was one of the main reasons I wanted a Kubota. I figured it would make blade changes much easier. Then I bought a used Kubota with a jack that was nearly frozen. No problem. I would...

Thanks for the help. I have found that the canned Rust-Oleum tractor paint dries very hard, flat, and shiny. I'll post a photo of a project I used it on. Unfortunately, it doesn't mask imperfections in hot-rolled steel.

I am considering painting the ROPS on my ZD326. It has some areas where someone scraped the paint off. I guess I am messing up the bargain I got when I bought it. I keep wanting to pretty it up and fix unimportant things. I bought new pedal covers. Is there anything special about Kubota ROPS...

This could be Obama or even late Bush fuel. I have no idea. My impression is that the owner was too lazy to use both tanks, so he ran the right one dry over and over. If so, it suggests he didn't use it all that often. No intelligent person wants to fill one tank over and over when he can fill...