Recent content by Tyke51

Here's what I'm going to try. This is from Tractor Supply in Wauconda, IL. It's 26 oz for $16.

It might be that the unheated barn on a cement slab where I store it over the winter is part of the problem. The slab gets wet from condensation on warm days in early spring.

I have a circa 2006 G2160 diesel lawn tractor. I buy 2.5 gallons of fuel about once a month during the warm months and mix in a couple ounces of Sea Foam and another couple of Diesel Kleen injector cleaner/cetane boost. I don't use it from late Nov to April. Every 18 months to 2 years, it...

You make a good point. The oil is pretty brown. In my defense I would say i've been distracted by all electrical trouble starting the machine over the years. That was my original post on here. Those damn interlocks. Now I keep it on a trickle charger and it starts (mostly) more reliably.

Can someone point me to a video or instructions on properly changing the HST oil for this tractor? I have 5 qts of Kubota UDT2 on hand and a Kubota filter is coming in the mail. I think I see the drain plug but don't see a strainer.

9/19/2017 update I brought a friend over to troubleshoot my Kubota. You guys had suggested that I find the problem and fix it. Weeks ago, I had cleaned and sanded the spade connector with the small wire on the starter solenoid and it started fine for several weeks. Problem solved, I...

I have a circa 2006 G2160 lawn tractor with a 60” mower deck. For years now, I have had intermittent starting problems. Even when new, the interlocks didn't always work as expected, such stopping when I rose up off the seat with the mower engaged. If I wiggle the switch under the seat or...