Recent content by kmoeller

Well guys, I got it figured out. I had noticed that the fuel rack would only move freely when the governor connecting rod was no attached, and as soon as I put it on the stud and put the hold down nut and spring on it was kinda tough to move. After giving it some thought, I decided to loosen the...

My rebuild guy and some "Kubota Master", believe that the start spring is hooked up in the wrong spot and that the fuel shut off solenoid is bad. I find that hard to believe because I tried starting with the shut off solenoid in and also watched the solenoid with it out and it was working. As...

I have narrowed down the problem to within the governor housing. I have had the delivery valve section of the pump rebuilt. I also had the guy who rebuilt that and the injectors come take a look at it and eve he is stumped but we do know something is wrong within the governor housing. As I said...

"Syrup" was probably due to poor fuel and not changing the fuel filters for a very long time, and its spent its life in a sandy environment. Has nice clean fuel coming out now. I am 90% positive my issue is with the governor in some form or fashion.

Assuming silence means no one else knows whats wrong either. Guess I'll keep trying to figure out the issue on my own and post with the solution.

Please help, been fighting with this thing for a couple weeks off and on.

I can manually slide the governor connecting rod and it will start but idles all the way up and dies unless I keep holding the governor back. Also seems that the throttle lever and foot pedal have no effect on it, meaning, it doesn't throttle up or down. I have removed the back section of...

Ok guys, I've got a 6800 that has been giving me problems for quite some time now. Wasn't serviced for quite a while before I got to it. Changed all filters and fluids. Also began running lucas fuel additive in because seemed to have dirty fuel and wanted to clean the system. Once It got bad...