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The tractor is used to blow snow ( front mounted) whne I come up to our cabin. I do that infrequently ( 3-4 weeks) so there's usually quite a bit of snow to deal with. And the tractor has been sitting on the cold. I did some digging into my collection of documents and found a "owners manual)...

I have a B5100 - same steering issues - a bit wobbly. But up here in the Great White North parts are super hard to find. And in winter a small block heater in the lower rad hose run for 2-3 hours, makes for easier starting

I have an older ( 50 years) b5100, small 2 cylinder 12 HP engine. I have tried a rad hose block heater - now twice - both have failed after 1 winter. There's no water pump - a thermo-syphon system. A conversation with a Kubota tech suggested an oil warmer or crankcase heater. Except most are...

There doesn't seem to be blow by from the engine when running , even after an hour or two to heavy snow blowing - no blue smoke , or black smoke. I will follow up with the glow plug testing and the injector work, once I get up north and the snow has gone away. Likely won't have to do much...

I've had the B5100 for about 7 years. It is a manual transmission, and I use it mainly for snow blowing in winter and for pulling a wagon around our rural property in summer / fall and to drag / level the 3/4 km gravel driveway ( I have a bigger 1952 Massey 30 for grading the driveway) . So...

The block heater I bought from the dealer has a built in thermostat. I used it for 1 season, next season it seemed dead. So I bought a second. It was dead after about 1 month. I checked the first one, it was(or seemed) good - checked it with ohmmeter. It went in OK, then worked OK for about a...

One of my front tires has a couple of cracks that seem to go right through the tire . I've called around several tire shops and the local Kubota dealer and no one can find a replacement. The other tire look to be in good shape no cracks. I mainly use the tractor in 4WD with a front mounted...

Filling the tires is good, but for sure, don't let this happen to you http://www.mytractorforum.com/32-massey-harris-massey-ferguson/1216433-tire-rim-corrosion.html That calcium is bad stuff. OK for the environment once diluted (fertilizer) , but tough on metals of any sort. Only found out...

I'm not far from you in Muskoka, and my orange tractor is so fuel efficient that I would be concerned about the bottom third of the barrel. I try to buy fuel based on seasonality, so I get winter grade fuel and summer grade fuel. There are savings to be had, but I suspect that only applies...

The blower is 42 in width, and when working on the LOW speed of the PTO throws the snow about 25 - 30 ft into the bush. That's why I got the machine in the first place. I run at about 80% full throttle and try to never let it bog down so the impeller is spinning fast. It worked well for the...

Yes there is a quarter turn twist in the belt as it comes off the electric clutch pulley, around the idler pulley (which is spring loaded to supposedly keep the tension) , then another quarter turn to the snow blower drive pulley, and then finally another quart turn back down to another idler...

The 3 rd thumbnail shows belt on my blower . http://www.orangetractortalks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23383 There are 2 springs on either side of the rails at the front of the rails but I could not figure out where they are supposed to attach. You can see one of the springs in the picture...

I have a 42 inch front mounted blower on a B 5100 4wd. I bought it last year and last winter it did a great job. I really like the front blower because it lets me use varying forward speeds and my neck ain't as flexible as it once was. This year, was good too , until the drive arrangement ATE...

That was last winter . And part of the solution to sneux is the snow fence, but I did not get pictures of it. So here they are. I also made a short video of the terrain before the white stuff has fallen and obscured everything...

Now that the cold weather has started , I wonder about using the glow plugs after starting. I have a 25 year old B5100 - 2 cylinder. I usually count 10 clicks on the glow plug timer and make sure I can see the glow plug indicator is glowing. It usually starts firing on 1 cylinder and making...

Last year I did something about keeping the blower up to where I needed it to be.Here's the result Before i used the wheels, it was always digging into the gravel - I hate the ticka-ticka-ticka noise going through my machine...

The dipstick is firmly attached , in fact VERY firmly attached. So firmly that is does form a tight seal. I eased the stick out ever so gently, until the seal was "broken" , waited , and then pulled it out. Sure enough, the oil level was OK. So, yes, - there was ( or is) an air lock in the tube...

That sounds like a plausible explanation - Frankly it's disconcerting to pull out the dipstick and see almost no oil. I'll try some way of letting the dipstick "breathe" miro

I noticed that if I pull out the dipstick , there is only a smidgen of oil showing on the tip of the stick. I then clean it, then reinsert it, it shows oil level normal. I discovered this just after I had changed all the fluids etc once I got it home. So far there my oil light has never come...

I don't have an issue of the motor bogging down under load, it's just that the other tractors operate somewhat differently. Thank you for the info , now I know what to expect. miro