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Update on L3800 repairs. Replaced broken tach cable. Removed fuel sending unit from tank ( quite a chore with very little space to work) found float rod rusted in empty position. Took apart and freed up rod and tested with fuel guage with key turned on by raising and lowering float. Works...

)FYI Napa filter was $40 and Kubota was $18

I removed hood, steering wheel, dash, etc. Tach cable was broken 4" from engine connection. I removed, tested, and cleaned each fuse and electrical plugs, all good. Loosened and retightened ground connections by dash and engine. Pulled off fuel wire plug, on tank, cleaned and replaced. Don't...

I recently bought a pre emissions 2012 L3800 with from a dealer in Georgia that said the tractor had "only" 208 hrs on the tach. After delivery to SD I found the tach, temp, and fuel guages didnt work. The tractor and backhoe work OK, but the low hours are miss leading since the tach doesnt...

The new fuel filter I installed on my Kubota B2920 produced the nicest sound I've heard in a long time with the little 3 cyl engine going from 1100 RPM at idle to 2900 RPM flawlessly ! Thanks to Russell King and others helping me troubleshoot the dying engine problem. The dealer said he doesn't...

I have not had a chance to get a new fuel filter from dealer 45 miles away, but I will. I will also ask about the screen in the fuel control valve. I was thinking about the muffler being clogged. The tractor now barely runs and the engine dies if I increase rpms above 1000. Sure indicates a fuel...

I drained the fuel and had good flow out of the fuel filter. At my shop I removed air cleaner and had fuel cap off and ran engine and got the same engine bogging down with hunting and smoke like trying to go up a hill in high. I'll remove rubber hoses and verify flow. My Dad sold Olivers 50...

I was raking pine needles for about an hour at 1700 rpm and the 3 cyl engine with 210 hrs started to lose power and rpm dropped to 1000. The engine rpm would hunt from 1700 to 1000 and then smoke when increasing rpm. If I kept rpm under 1400 it would run better for awhile and then almost stall...

Thanks for the idea. I'm going to make myself a ripper trencher, 6 " wide by 24" deep.