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    Engine Stop Solenoid bx23s

    The 29 dollar solenoid from ebay works perfect. Plug and play , no drama . It would have cost a lot more than 29 bucks just to get the tractor back to the dealer from where it broke down . So for those that tried to offer help ... Appreciate it. To the rest of you helpful fellows ...... Well...
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    Engine Stop Solenoid bx23s

    Keep drinking that orange kool- aid ....... Bwahahaha
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    Engine Stop Solenoid bx23s

    I dont think so tim.. Anyways ...$29.95 for a new stop solenoid on ebay... I'll let ya know how it does , My bet is it will work as long or longer then the oem 127 dollar kubota pos
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    Engine Stop Solenoid bx23s

    let's see ....brand new tractor with less than 175 hours on it Complete driveshaft failure at 11 hours Blown head gasket and bad water pump at 80 hours . And the solenoid failure at 170 hours . Yeah they're built with quality components for sure .... Bwahahaha
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    Engine Stop Solenoid bx23s

    I need a new stop solenoid .... Kubota part # 1J025-60010 Is there anything out there that works . The kubota part is 130 bucks ouch I've seen ones on amazon for b series tractors for 40 bucks Any leads ....????
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    What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

    The little BX23s is a beast at rv destruction .... The land pride grapple was worth every penny.
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    bx 23s smoking white

    Was mine... Head gasket blew Water pump failed and dealer said it overheated.... But the temp gauge never went past normal operating temp
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    Glasses on line

    Zenni optical for the win, the wife only buys hers from zenni Never disappointed.and the prices are gteat
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    Smoky start up

    I got the tractor back yesterday from dealer...all they said was water pump failed . Yep under the hood sits a brand new shiny silver waterpump. It might be my imagination , but I swear it runs smoother now than it ever has.
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    Smoky start up

    Well the tractor is still at dealer waiting for parts... The cause of the head gasket failure , was the water pump failed and let tractor overheat and resulted in blown head gasket. Funny thing is the temp gauge never and I mean NEVER Indicated anything other than normal temp. The most it was...
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    Smoky start up

    I wish , hahaha They ordered new head gasket ... Hopefully they have it done and repaired in short order........ I'm betting 2 weeks to do what can be done in an afternoon , as you say you gotta love warranty
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    Smoky start up

    As suspected .... Just got off phone with the dealer ship , MB TRACTOR it's the head gasket ....
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    Smoky start up

    It's at the dealer.... It's going to be warranty And 99% certain its head gasket....it comes out of the roughness on idle after 5 seconds or so and then the white cloud starts (it's really bad and getting worse) The filters and fuel is fine I had the rad cap off this morning and at idle, ice...
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    Smoky start up

    I'm going to be changing the filters today and draining all the fuel and replace with fresh. But there is a lot of white smoke until the temp gauge comes up a bit.. I'm really suspecting a blown head gasket maybe...... But the oil looks good and no oil in antifreeze., as well as no sign of...
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    Smoky start up

    My bx23s has 90 hours on it and up until the last tank of fuel has always started up perfect (no smoke) Now 95% of the time when you start the tractor it starts right up but runs very rough for 10 seconds or so and blows a lot of soot and smoke, then it comes right out of it and runs perfect ...
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    300 dollar wheel spacers "Really?"..

    Was quicker and easier to just make the bolt heads be 11/16ths
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    300 dollar wheel spacers "Really?"..

    I used wheel spacers from amazon . On my 23s the jeep ones 5x 4.5 not hub centric ones . Although there was a glitch .... The kubota lug nuts fit in the holes no problem . The 2 lug BOLTS fit also but the hex doesn't leave any room to get a socket on it I solved it by milling a smaller hex...
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    LandPride,What are you using for shear bolts

    :D oops dyxlexic....lol
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    LandPride,What are you using for shear bolts

    McMaster carr sells a bag of 25 for under 10 bucks Shipping will run about 8 bucks So 25 / 18 = approx. $1.40 each And 8mm is basically 5/16ths inch 8mm= .315 5/16 =.312
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    Toothbar for LA340 QA-bucket question

    You need the kubota hard edge on the bucket . Then when you order the pirhanna bar for bx (Just order the bx bar) It's made to fit over the kubota wear bar it works perfect on my la340 qa loader bucket