Recent content by Curbster

Well, I may as well throw in my 2 cents:) I never have to start my 185 with the throttle wide open, in fact this will create very hard starting, from my own experiences. Also, I agree with the fact that these darn things are really hard to bleed and get going again if you run them out of fuel...

Well, it looks like you did a fine job by trial and perhaps error, but if the end result is a working tractor, then you did the right thing! Most importantly, you have gathered knowledge!:)

Well, I don't know about your problem, but I sure wish I could swap my rear end for one that would fit those small seats a bit better! :D

Hello there, I also have an older 185DT that I recently had to change the clutch in. There is an inspection plate on the right side that allows you to see inside the clutch housing. Assuming you have one of these, take it off and have a long look see inside with a good light. Have someone step...

There's nothing like the sound of those grinding gears when you are attempting to do fast shifting, (or fast anything!) with those square cut gears like the old trucks from the forty's! Actually, I have no idea if they are square cut or not as I have pretty much rounded them off anyway! They...

Nice Job!! Great tools and machines you have in your garage, and of course, better yet, you obviously know how to use them. The driveway looks wet - is it raining again on the " rock " ? If so, send some out here as we're burning up again this summer!

I don't know about the backhoe part of things, other than I have seen many on Kubota tractors, but I do have an L185DT and it is a marvelous little workhorse! After many years of hard use and dare I say, somewhat abusive operation, at times, I am now in the process of installing a new clutch...

Come to think of it Vic, you're probably right on the shipload of used iron from Japan, because quite a few of the mini, and midi - excavators were obviously imports as all of the decals inside and out were in Japanese only. No sign of any English stickers in the cabs, and once again they...

Yeah the pumps would look good with Kubota orange, but I meant the Cat 426 hoe that I bought at the auction! :) It looks fairly good next to the L185!

Mr. K - I couldn't refuse bidding on several rubber tired backhoes - JD 310's - fairly new 2005, but well houred up, as I really needed a loader/hoe that is big enough to handle tandems and gravel pit operations, but, these units went way too high as far as my pocket book was concerned. I did...

Well, it was sunny on auction day, but it rained the day before so the grounds were pretty wet. First of all, I did not think the tractors were in very good shape. They all looked well worn and a bit tired. Not worth a whole bundle of money. Strangely enough most of them sold to someone in...

Yes indeed, a pillow properly positioned in a tough plastic bag certainly assists in cushioning tender parts! The seats on these old bowsers were not designed for comfort, so after I welded the darn thing back up a time or two I figured an extra padding would be appreciated. I was right! :) I...

The old oily armpit trick eh? Yes indeed, anyone who has ever fiddled with oil changes has had the stuff running down yer arm hoping to get to a rag before it passes the elbow, AKA - the point of no return! Our old cat 950 loader had such a plug that you couldn't escape that first rush of motor...

Yeah Vic the snow sort of sneaks up on us over here, usually at night when yer sleeping, so it's always a surprise in the morning! ;)

I don't know anything at all about farms and tilling and such, but you would have to factor in how hard the ground was, and the grades of the slopes. Five hundred acres seems like a big area to me, as I live in an area where you rarely see more than ten or twenty acres of flat, farmable land...