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I just purchased this small tractor and have been doing general maintenance that has has not been performed in a long time. Tractor is showing 670 hrs of use. After repairing the wiring for the glow plugs it starts great but the linkage for the stop knob is broken, missing parts to hold it to...

I have my meter and will check glow plugs tomorrow. I used solder type lugs, cleaned wire ends for he battery connections and have good solid clean connection. I pulled both cables from the tractor and found where the positive cable came through the frame was cut and damaged from being pulled...

I put a new battery in it today and it started after a little preheat. The glow plugs must be working as after I held the key to the left for about a minute it sputtered and ran when started. i can hear something running... fuel pump maybe with the key on but still no glow or even warm on the...

I am interested in keeping the tractor original but I do not see the battery available with the SAE round automotive type terminals, only the L type more modern style and being that the ends are damaged on my cables anyways I will have to cut them off and replace them with L type connectors. At...

I think mine is the rear mount battery type located behind the radiator in the upper dash area. The original cables are the large round post type but the replacement batteries all seem to have the flat type. The ends are damaged on the original cables and I may try to replace the ends with...

This is the first Kubota tractor we have owned and was hoping for some input and advice. The previous owner started it where we picked it up and drove it on the trailer. He had a hard time starting it and after several attempts and finally taking a battery from his own tractor it did start...