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    Trying to improve my sprayer..... electric PTO? Crazy right?

    A thing probably alot of small farmers are familiar with or maybe I'm not privy to something but whenever I use sprays that are granular it's the same process every time..... fill tank, add chemicals.... go walk around for 20 mins while it mixes then come back and go spray. Repeat for all 10...
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    M5N-091.... someone screwed up and it wasn't me.

    So..... was doing my my yearly matinance and checking my front end fluids the differential and what I guess would be called final drives is all connected so I usually check the sides and don't check the middle "check" plug. I was so confused at first because I couldn't find a drain plug for the...
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    What in the heck is this on my intake?

    Why is there a line going from the fuel filter pair directly to the intake nipple.... was doing a modification and was like..... ok so unless I'm mistaken this is going to just suck a little diesel into the intake at all times. Really primitive lift pump?
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    Re-Turboing the old perkins t6 354.4..... I think

    Years ago we got a perkins 3544 that we put a pump on, it works good but if you run it too hard the stack can start to glow which I caught before it went too far. Also burns a bit extra fuel... not much just enough to be detected by a tech. So one day I looked up the seriel number...
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    Black diesel? (Not in a tractor)

    So every year I have 300 trillion metric tons of used oil that ends up sitting in my barn for years until someone will take it. Then I spend tons and tons on heating oil for greenhouses and such. I know you can buy super expensive waste oil burners but I have also seen videos of people making...
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    JD water pump

    Just a quick question.... in most JD water pumps how much clearance is normal between the impeller and the suction side of the pump case. I was having flow issues but couldn't see issue with the pump so was going to try to take the impeller off. Undid the snap rings and tried to tap the shaft...
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    PTOs get stuck, it's common but could it be bad?

    I find it very common (atleast around here) for Ptos to get stuck, won't slide then won't latch then won't unlatch... ect. Generally when they get stuck attached I just unhook everything else and slowly drive away, drive shaft comes apart and I got to my shop to get it unhooked from the...
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    John deere 7130 impossible issue please help.

    If you are looking for a mystery then this is it, I have been trying to figure out the source of this issue for 2 years now with even JD themselves left baffeled.... I have a JD 7130 that has air behind forced into the cooling system, not exhaust, not fuel mix.....air, First of all there...
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    M5n-091, front axle (not an issue just curious of function)

    I always noticed the way the front diff works on this tractor if you are turning it makes quite an obvious sound. Always has and isn't anything bad I am 99.99% sure it's normal so I'm just curious why the internals sound this way. Basically it sounds almost exactly like the sound of a salamander...
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    Love the tractor, nightmare with the bobcat style quick couplers

    I love my Kubota M5n091 but my do I hate thoes bobcat style quick couplers.... every spring I take the loader off and ever fall I put it back on. Every fall atleast one of the fittings leaks really bad and needs to be replaced.... I get one attach/remove cycle out of thoes expensive couplers...
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    Plugged intercooler, anyone have this happen before?

    I have this in off topic as it's not a kubota tractor but this is still interesting.... My one tractor was having issues such as screaming hot transmission and an error light saying charge air temp high... I went through many things of thinking it was the 3rd water pump that cools thoes things...
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    Any welders here?

    So on the farm I do lots of welding, more welding, endless other repairs and some hard facing. I usually choose my welding current based on what works and got pretty good at judging it. I got a new rod, stoody 35, hardfacing rock picker teeth. I'm not perfect enough to get it to self peel but I...
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    Perkins fuel line..... please help.

    So my the fuel line on my perkins t63544 that goes between the filters and the inlet of the injection pump had a leak thar was a crack. Need a new line but.... dosen't seem to exsist, then I lost the fitting on the inlet of the injection pump that goes from the steel line so like a 6-7mm...
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    Hydraulic oil compatability, Jd oil, Generic, Kubota...ect

    So here on the farm until we got our kubota orchard tractor we used John deere hygaurd hydraulic oil in everything, even the hydrostatic kubota mowers do just fine with it as well as new holland tractors. I was told that this newer tractor has to have kubotas hydraulic fluid so that's what I...
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    Flat face style couplers.... garbage or somthing else?

    So I have only had my orchard tractor for a year... maybe 2 and although theres been alot of little dumb issues like loose fittings and things out of adjustment...couple faulty parts ect... overall it's a very good tractor and is holding up better than my previous orchard tractor but for some...
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    Another post about the old perkins t6.354.4

    I posted about this engine many times before due to it's buring oil and wanting to spray oil out the dipstick. Part of that was the starters on these are terrible outdoors and this is an irrigation pump... so before we got it the dipstick had been broken off and repaired which I assumed it was...
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    Dealing with irrigation pressure loss over distance and hills.

    I'm not sure how many other farmers have this issue but on our farm a big irrigation problem is pressure loss over distance. We are on a hill so from the pump to the highest point is like 60-70ft high. 6 inch underground irrigation pipe, no issue running sprinklers and lots of them as they...
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    Farmer with HVAC knowledge?

    I'm sure some of you fellow farmers have dealt with many types of hvac units, especially thoes with rental properties... anyone ever run into the issue with a heat pump (specifically daikin) having a board failure and will always ramp down to idle a few mins after starting and just stay at...
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    M5n-091 Error "ENG P-204B"

    I'm not sure what it means and how to fix it but my tractor was working fine, just started it again on this cold day and I get this error as well as the symbol for regen with a ! Across it as well as a countdown timer. It's odd because that last part usually refers to low DEF but it's full...
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    M5n-091 loose loader joystick

    Anyone know how to adjust the amount of play/dead zone on a kubota loader joystick? I'm guessing there is a way to get rid of the cable slack? My bucket tilt is fine but the up and down is a huge dead zone. I was actually plowing snow earlier and wherever keeps it tensioned slipped again so...