Recent content by Thrawn

Could be a bad pilot bearing/bushing or damaged input shaft.

I'm needing to know about the interchangeability of the 2cyl Z500 and 3cyl D600, namely the flywheels. Are either of them counterbalanced in any way to match their respective engines? What this all boils down to is: if I need to use the flywheel from the Z500 on the D600, can I?

The only problems you'll encounter running vegetable oil in your diesel motor is a increased possibility of gelling in cold weather (especially if it contains animal fats from cooking meats) and plugged fuel filters if it wasn't fltered. Although I have no idea if it'll work in newer engines...

Heh, got it running :) Turned out something still wasn't working right in the injector pump and wasn't firing one of the injectors. Thought it was the injector at first since fuel was definitely getting to it (great resource this site, as much as I fool with engines, taking the injectors out...

Just picked up a Kubota B5001E yesterday, previous owner had no luck in getting it running, needed some quick cash, so we picked it for 200 bucks. Even came with a belly mower. :D I have a couple of other Kubota motors, one two cyl and a three cyl, off some industrial applications and figured...