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yes, but only after the entire cavity is filled. Most dealers don't put enough grease in them and Kubota doesn't ship them with a lot of grease in them. When I was doing them professionally, the dealer only allowed a certain amount of grease/fluids/oils/etc to be used, so on something like the...

you should have to put a good bit of force on it to install it. basically I usually slip the pin into the guard a little bit, so I can still pull the guard away from the deck a little. Then using a plier, with the end of the spring that has 2 bends in it on the cover, twist the spring out at...

you need to be able to see the fuel rail pressure to eliminate that part of the equation. IOW, on the tractors, if you are hooked up to diagmaster and can log rail pressure while in a crank/no start condition, a lot of times you can see rail pressure rise and drop for each injector's opening...

I don't know if Kubota actually tells people to do that, but I certainly recommend it on all equipment that has a pto brake. Reduces wear significantly.

in my experience, 2 on your mower is different than 2 on mine. If I put mine at 2 and try to mow, I'm scalping the yard. If I put my mom's on 2, the grass ends up at about 3" in length. That's why I mentioned that. Trial and error. You want to mow as high as possible and still give you a...

does it make any difference if the engine is HOT or just started (cold)?

if you don't have a service manual, that system can be a bear to diagnose a no-crank condition pto switch LH control arm switch RH control arm switch PTO switch parking brake switch OPC switch battery wiring relays all those can cause a no-crank condition. have seen a few of them with wires...

those are pretty good tractors they did have some known/common issues, such as (but not limited to) PTO clutch brake failure, hydraulic clutch failures, I did an engine or two (failure to maintain), and all three of those can get pricey. Back in the day a pto clutch kit and an engine (with...

mowers, boats, other "toys" often SIT unused, for sometimes months. Sitting is the worst thing that a battery can do! They often get sulphated, basically the lead plates inside the battery get a lead sulphate "crust" on them, and they can't do the job that they're supposed to. Then the...

low viscosity hy-gard is the only thing that I can recommend. I've tried the TSC stuff and it makes things act weird, especially when cold. I bought one of those things (345) for my mom before I gave her one of my G1900's and she liked it for the most part. All but filling the fuel tank 4...

the numbers on the dial are just reference numbers. they don't equal inches, IOW, 2 is not 2", and 3.75 is not 3.75". That said the deck can sometimes be adjusted so that it will get close to the numbers being the actual height in inches, but that in itself is an exercise in your patience...

use an inductive tach. Tinytach comes to mind. Basically just wrap the little wire around a spark plug wire and you're done.

the tank is just an expansion tank. Gives fluid a place to go as the transmission heats up. Don't worry about it if it ain't leaking yet.

depends on the grass, the terrain and the yards' owners I prefer to cut higher and more often, isn't as hard on the mower and uses less fuel. I typically don't go below 3.75 except for the fall when I scalp it pretty good on 2 and let it go dormant.