Howdy everyone, this is my first post on this forum. I’ve lurked around for a bit looking for information at times but since I’ve got a tractor now, I figure it’s time to join the family.
A bit of background info: I’m from down in south Louisiana, and I spent lots of time in my youth on tractors but never owning one. I’m an engineer by paper and a master tinkerer by nature. My paw in law had an old kubota sitting outback his house under oak tree for as long as I’ve known him. One day I asked what his plans were for it, and he pretty much said if you can get it running, you can have it.
Got to tinkering, oil looked good, air filter looked good, rad looked great, antifreeze was gorgeous, but the tractor looked like shit....
Dropped a battery in it and turns out the starter was shot... $100 and had it spinning over
This is where it gets fun. I’m not sure what works and what doesn’t on the dash, or electrical system for that matter....the Tach doesn’t work (not sure yet why), the oil pressure light works, but after 5-7 min of cranking it puffed some whiteish blue then black and roared to life.
The Trans has issues...Appears that 1 & 2 grind and pop, but the rest of the gear work fine—-will worry about that later.
Loaded it up on my trailer and took it home. Let it sit on the trailer for a week due to weather, but went to start it up this morning and holy molly it took forever to start. It’s 45f outside, held the glow plug switch for 1min three times during the course of trying to start it, until it finally started to catch and die and finally fire off.
I’m assuming the glow plugs aren’t working...how do I check them?
Can anyone point me in the right direction of trouble shooting with a few pics?
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A bit of background info: I’m from down in south Louisiana, and I spent lots of time in my youth on tractors but never owning one. I’m an engineer by paper and a master tinkerer by nature. My paw in law had an old kubota sitting outback his house under oak tree for as long as I’ve known him. One day I asked what his plans were for it, and he pretty much said if you can get it running, you can have it.
Got to tinkering, oil looked good, air filter looked good, rad looked great, antifreeze was gorgeous, but the tractor looked like shit....
Dropped a battery in it and turns out the starter was shot... $100 and had it spinning over
This is where it gets fun. I’m not sure what works and what doesn’t on the dash, or electrical system for that matter....the Tach doesn’t work (not sure yet why), the oil pressure light works, but after 5-7 min of cranking it puffed some whiteish blue then black and roared to life.
The Trans has issues...Appears that 1 & 2 grind and pop, but the rest of the gear work fine—-will worry about that later.
Loaded it up on my trailer and took it home. Let it sit on the trailer for a week due to weather, but went to start it up this morning and holy molly it took forever to start. It’s 45f outside, held the glow plug switch for 1min three times during the course of trying to start it, until it finally started to catch and die and finally fire off.
I’m assuming the glow plugs aren’t working...how do I check them?
Can anyone point me in the right direction of trouble shooting with a few pics?
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