Hey Y'all,
I purchased this Kubota M4030SU with a front end loader and 5' cutter for $3500... Yes, I knew there were going to be problems. When I purchased the machine it was running and was able to drive it on to the trailer slowly had very little power. I found it odd that the previous owner turned the exhaust pipe so it was facing the ground. I soon found out why he did that there was a lot of burning oil and it was even shooting out oil from the exhaust. Seeing it run made me feel a little bit better purchasing it because who wouldn't at that price right? I was thinking it might be a stuck piston ring because it was not used very much in the past decade. So I forked over the money and went on my way. Has anyone else had this problem before if so what was it. I am really hoping I made a descent purchase that wouldn't be to much of a pain to get operational... because lets face it life is easier with a front end loader. Before I dive into tearing the engine apart and rebuilding it I want to find the Workshop Service and Repair manual so I have some reference. I have went through a lot of link, threads and forums with no real luck finding anything reasonably priced. If anyone has a PDF of the service manual that would like to share or knows where I can get one that's reasonably priced that would be amazing. Any other information on this tractor would be great to have because I also have to fix the hydraulics
I purchased this Kubota M4030SU with a front end loader and 5' cutter for $3500... Yes, I knew there were going to be problems. When I purchased the machine it was running and was able to drive it on to the trailer slowly had very little power. I found it odd that the previous owner turned the exhaust pipe so it was facing the ground. I soon found out why he did that there was a lot of burning oil and it was even shooting out oil from the exhaust. Seeing it run made me feel a little bit better purchasing it because who wouldn't at that price right? I was thinking it might be a stuck piston ring because it was not used very much in the past decade. So I forked over the money and went on my way. Has anyone else had this problem before if so what was it. I am really hoping I made a descent purchase that wouldn't be to much of a pain to get operational... because lets face it life is easier with a front end loader. Before I dive into tearing the engine apart and rebuilding it I want to find the Workshop Service and Repair manual so I have some reference. I have went through a lot of link, threads and forums with no real luck finding anything reasonably priced. If anyone has a PDF of the service manual that would like to share or knows where I can get one that's reasonably priced that would be amazing. Any other information on this tractor would be great to have because I also have to fix the hydraulics