Recent content by Gus1957

You could have either made a split arbor out of brass and held it that way with no cost. Having a Bridgeport is a great machine. What lathe do you have?

It never had a knock. I usually don't wear ear muffs operating this tractor, but the monotonous drone of mowing for hours is annoying. And at 69 my hearing is already fading. Wish I didn't have them on when this happened to get a better sense of incident. It never had white smoke and still...

Pulled oil fill cap and does have excessive blowby Opened radiator cap and no bubbles Engine runs smoothly with no noise-knocking. Starts right up. Prior to this event tractor engine didn't knock or have white smoke.

No holes in block or leaking out oil. Coolant was good. Didn't hit anything.

6' Woods brush hog mowing a hay field not cut yet this year to get weeds down. Set to leave stubble 6" high. Tractor had been running 3 hours with no issues. Constant RPMs with no bogging. Running in low range 2nd / 3rd gear. Stopped to go get more diesel fuel. Cooled down about 1 hour. Only...

What is the difference in the transmissions please?

Hello, Would like opinions on a 48 HP tractor for this price? Gear transmission. Probably not loader compatible? Seems like a good deal for a tractor using 3 pt hitch implements like rototilling before seeding. Your thoughts please . TY

Now that my BH77 is back working I wanted to dig out the rock I had to keep lifting the mower deck for. Found it to be big to lift out. So dug the hole to the side and flipped it sideways and reburied it in place. Hope it stays down there till after I'm dead. If I really need it out of there I...

Hello, I'm willing to pay $50 along with a Flat Rate shipping bag cost. I can use F&F PayPal I want a valve that has failed, but never taken apart. I want to measure the inside parts. Spring , shafts and O-rings.

Dan, I talked with a Kubota engineer in Texas that also worked in Japan and he agrees with you that it is a pressure relief valve. He was baffled why the service tech didn't use gauges and follow the WSM. He had me remove both lower relief valves and check ends for dirt and functioning. I...

Dan, Are there photos in the WSM on how to hook up the pressure testing equipment and the procedure for each valve? I have a 3,000 PSI oil gauge. I there a link to the WSM that I can access? As it stands now the Kubota Service Tech that came didn't have the fittings to hook up to the valves...

1.Trying to better understand the relief valves. Internally they are only a based on strength of the spring. If there is no dirt or metal contamination - what could be wrong with it after 100 hours? 2. Tech said he could take valve bank apart here and with pressure relieved removing the 1st 2...

Dan, Based on your comment here then it would be the upper relief valve that is open since when I swapped the lower ones the boom worked properly for 5 hours ? Does that make sense? He said the parts person told him that when you get the valve body block it comes with bot relief valves in...

05/12/2026 Kubota road tech was here to trouble shoot boom problem. > FYI: I switched the pressure relief valves from the stabilizer to the boom to be able to continue working that day. And after 5 hours boom in control went totally dead. Had to lift boom with my other tractor to get boom into...

Hi Dan, I'm going to add the update to the Repair Section thread I started since the Kubota road tech was here today. TY