Recent content by GeoHorn

Whaddya need one of those things for anyway..…? If you stay with super-sonic ammo….. they won’t hear it in-time anyway. :ROFLMAO:

The Wolf is telling it like it is. These Kubotas actually warn against using starting fluid… because of the high likelihood you’ll bend a connecting rod when that stuff pre-ignites. The compression test is the First thing to check.

@K9Ace … Don’t just “look” at it. Also “click” on it. 🤡 (couldn’t resist… I need therapy…)

When you replaced the pump…. did you also “flush” the cooling system..? …and did you use a commercial cooling system flush or cleanser..?

Whatever you choose… avoid cheap chinese wheels, discs, etc. found at discount tool places. One of my last flight-training-clients was the CEO of a major abrasives and grinding-wheel mf’rs….. who showed me some pics of what can happen when using chinese discs and wheels in grinders:

Yeah…we used to bring mercury in small vials to school and use dimes and quarters (actually contained silver back then) to “absorb“ the mercury and become slippery-and-shiney. :rolleyes:

What to do with old fuel and old oil…?? Follow the advice of well-respected authorities and published articles from respected writers, …. Like this 1962 article in Popular Science:

Loose gravel on top of a dirt road…..can teach a “city mouse” how their car can swap-ends and leave them in a ditch. I quit maintaining the community dirt road when they all drove 50 mph on a dirt/gravel road. When one of them called to see if I’d pull them out with my tractor… told them my...

My Kubota has only two safety switches: The Gear Range Selector Lever must be in Neutral. The PTO selector must be Off. I didn’t know this when I first acquired it and it got to where it wouldn’t “crank” unless I “jiggled” the gear-range-selector-lever. Digging around beneath the deck I...

I bought my M Kubota used..in 2018 …when it was 22 yrs old and had 400 hrs on it. I have no idea the age of the existing coolant…but it looked clean…and the hoses and v-belt were original, I believe. I drained it… flushed with garden-hose-water…then filled it with Prestone and distilled-water...

Russells’ recomendation…. THAT is an EXCELLENT idea. (with the PTO dis-engaged, of course, so no rotation of the shaft occurs.)

I don’t recommend exceeding mfr’s recommended service intervals. But, too “loose” is not a serious problem, IMO…. as opposed to too “tight”…which can result in burned valves. Only making an observation…not a recommendation.

Has anyone here ever done this job and found the lash to be waay out-of-spec…?? The local K-dealer says he’s seen only one (tractor) that was too tight …most required little/no actual adjustment in 25+ years of doing this job. (The smaller equipment engines are more likely to need it, in his...

I have a variety of different makes/models/vintages of implements… and as a result, a QH is of no help on them, only a frustration. It’ s not too much trouble to handle them since I’ve swapped my lower lift-arms to telescopic types. I’ve got a standard QH that takes up room in the corner of...