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    Looking for a part number.

    Good evening everyone. I have question, I'm looking for the crankshaft pulley for a Z482 engine. In particular, the one that has the 3 bolt holes tapped for a pto shaft. Its similar to the one in the photo, though thats a different engine Anyone have the part number for this part? Thanks.
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    anyone familliar with denso injector nozzels?

    Just asking around for some knowledge of some nozzel numbers. I'm in the process of rebuild yet another engine, but have hit a brick wall rebuilding the injectors. it seems Denso no longer makes the original DN4PD1 nozzels. Just for kicks I tried a used one from another rebuild, number DN4PD62...
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    Back on agan....finally

    Its good to be back on ott. Had a lot of personal thing going on keeping me from logging in, so I though Id say hi and see whats been happenning.
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    Gasoline in the crankcase

    Went to exercise the generator this afternoon and notice the last time it was ran, someone left the gas on. started to to the pre run check list, breakers off check, cords unplugged-check, gas in tank, nope add gas - check, oil level - uh thats not normal....... To see what was going on, I put a...
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    cracked head or blown head gasket?

    Good Evening, A while back I rebuilt a 2 cylinder (Z482) engine for a generator project, well the project has been indefinately grounded for now. In the mean time I would start it from time to time to keep oil on all the moving parts. As I dont have this in any equipment, there is no cooling...
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    Any car gurus here?

    Any car mechanics here, looking for some possible casues of a thumping sound related to speed. I checked the usual stuff, ball joints, tie rods, all looks good. no odd driving conditions. no obvious defect in tires. any ideas on a 2008 caravan.
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    Black heating oil???

    Got a question to ask the good people of ott. Anyone ever come across home #2 heating oil that's very dark purple to black? I just had to re-bleed my furnace line after a freeze up and took note of the color. I know they dye it red for ID purposes, but have never seen it like this. No grit, no...
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    Sheilding gas

    Good evening, I'm getting things together to do some body work on my truck. Some of this includes welding in new panels. I'm just curious as to what sheild gas I should be using. It seems that pure argon or 75% argon / 25% CO2 seems to be most used. All the metal will be 22ga hss steel. Also...
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    losing prime to injectors.

    Good afternoon everyone. I had my little kubota (Z482) out for a maintence run today and it seems to have developed an issue. Since the last starting last week, I now have to bleed air out of the injection lines if it sits more than a few hours. I rebuilt this engine last spring and it has been...
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    Winter project

    Good evening, Well now that its getting cooler and things are slowing down some, I figure it's about time to start my latest project. A while back I refreshed a 2 cylinder Z482 engine (with much help from people here, thank you again) and decided to make a 3 - 5 KW generator since in it's...
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    oil pressure question

    Good Morning, I have an oil pressure for anyone. The last few times I started my engine, I noticed it took maybe 10 - 15 seconds before oil pressure was indicated. Once it showed, it shows good pressure and fairly steady around 60 cold 40 hot. Just asking so I don't ruin a fresh rebuild. I'm...
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    Chrysler 3.3l losing oil

    For the past couple of months now, my moms minivan has been mysteriously loosing oil. Not a lot, about a quart every 3 weeks. After checking the usual culprits, I have nothing. No oil in coolant, so I'm assuming heads and head gasket are ok. No puddles or spots on the ground, so no bad leaks. No...
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    Z482 coolant flow

    Good evening, I have been refreshing a z482 engine and recently managed to get it running well, although it has been short runs. Today is the first time I have run it for an extended time and all looks good, but I have a question about how much coolant should it be pumping. Since this is a...
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    Diesel truck input

    Evening everybody, A question popped into my mind this morning driving into work, "am I driving to maximize mileage?" As for the ride its a 2000 ford with the 7.3L powerstroke, and auto trans at 220000+ miles carrying about 500 pounds of tools through various styles of driving (city, freeway...
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    browning split bushing and pulley

    Good aftrnoon, I was given a 3 phase motor with a browning bushed pulley. It does run, but looking for information on the pulley as far as what belt type (a, 5v, ect). I have searched the part number stamped into the side and have turned up nothing. Maybe an out of date number? what is...
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    engine mount bolt thread

    Would anyone know what the thread is for the engine mount bolts are on a Z482? I know they are 10mm, but neither of my 10mm taps (m10 x 1, m10 x 1.25) seem to fit. Just looking to purchase some new bolt for an up coming project. Thanks.
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    New owner of Z482 engine.

    Hello, I was refer here by someone on another forum who said if I have Kubota questions this is the place to go. I will say right off I'm new to servicing Kubota products but am no stranger to the name, reputation or engines in general (gas or diesel) and mechanical things. I recently picked a...