Recent content by JohnDB

Thanks Henro, I'll try them.

OP are you certain a mower deck isn't somewhere else in the barn, on the property...??

Does anyone know of an English language website that collects manuals for old machinery - like my 1970s Someca K28 hay mower - and makes them freely available? Like Kubotabooks.com does for our tractors. Reason I'm asking is that I've translated the French operation, maintenance and parts...

Yeah I know, but there's no law against it :-) Probably should have prefaced my post with "I know this is an old post but ...." and who knows maybe the OP is still around somewhere. Hopefully both his ticker and his tractor are still going strong. I've always been interested in failure...

Thinking about what might have broken the crankshaft... was the harmonic balancer/detuner on the front of the crankshaft OK? I've never heard of a problem with one, but perhaps something happened to it, does your tractor have a crankshaft driven aux hydraulic pump or anything else out the front?

Do you have throttle wide open when cranking?

I had something similar after having the injection pump overhauled, it seemed to be just a priming problem. Only #1 and #2 had erratic or no delivery, rest were ok. Unfortunately I can't remember what I did to fix it, but running the engine as suggested elsewhere would probably sort it out.

Like others I appreciate your willingness to share, and other's willingness to discuss. Debate is great for getting a range of views, and in the process of reading your thread I've learned a lot. So please don't be shy about further postings on the same or different topics.

From tractordata photos looks like Fiat 450, 460, 480, and may be 500 have same nose shape as M4500, the Fiats had headlights mounted on each side of the nose, not on front. In any event the head lights can be added somewhere suitable.

If you need genuine Kubota WSM pdf for the M4500DT PM me.

@fish2fry Did you find what caused the blown o-ring? Could whatever caused it be also responsible for lack of prime? Is the new o-ring the exact same size as the original? Wondering if we are treating the symptoms not the cause/s.

Informative video, well done.

True. He's got a wonderful personality, gentle with humans, clean, friendly. Especially friendly with possums, hares, rabbits etc, even has them over for a meal or 2. Incredibly quick in a straight line and to change direction.

Good thinking. Stihl and Husqvarna look pretty close to old Kubota orange to me... The Fiat/Someca mower faded orange looks like the old Kubota faded orange too. Included a b&w mongrel in case that helps with white balance or black balance or whatever.

H'mmm, maybe I'm wrong. Thanks for pointing that out.