I'm so excited I got my first tractor Monday. It's a b7100. It has turf tires / golf cart tires on it. Originally I wanted Ag tires because well it's a tractor. I'm starting to like the rims for the turf tires. I think I'm going to just keep the turf rims and put R4 tires on them. Since there are no R4 that will fit the 10" rims I'll have to go to the 12's. I don't know if I can find a 4 bolt 12" inch rim that is ~ 7 inches wide....
I'm wondering if I may be able to go with one of the 6 lug rims. Two if the holes are straight across from one another and I could just drill two more holes. I'm not sure if the holes will be the same distance apart as my current ones. I'll look into it and take some measurements. Another thought is for me to turn a couple of 4 to 6 lug wheel adapters. I'll figure it out.
Known Problems:
He started repainting it!!!! The orange is ok. But he was changing the Kubota blue to Gator Blue (purple). Yeah that is what I want a tractor that is Gator orange and blue. I'll take care of this right away.
Battery is Bad. Already replaced...
Throwout Bearing is bad. Makes an awful noise and won't completely disengage the clutch. I'm afraid the pilot bearing is trash as well. I hope the tranny input shaft is ok. I'll split the beast this weekend and see what it looks like.
Right rear break is non functional. It has new breaks. I'm suspecting the lever mechanism that spreads the breaks may be frozen. I'll pull the wheel off today. FYI - The guy I bought the tractor from sent the brake shoes off to NC clutch and Break and had them refurbish them. Costed him 90 bucks with shipping. He got them back in 3 days.
Hood, seat base, muffler and protection plates behind the foot boards are rusted out. No worries - I'll pull them off and add some metal to them. I'll just replace the seat.
Front rims need to be switched to 12's - I'll figure this out later, after the major stuff is fixed. I suspect the golf cart tires may not be the right size. I won't run it in 4wd until I have time to do some calculations.
Throttle Mechanism is frozen together. Fixed this already. A little pb blaster does wonders.
I paid $1200 for it. I think I got an ok deal on it. I"m not really sure. Everything else works great. Starts right up and doesn't smoke. All the gears work well and are quite. PTO is good and rear hydraulic are fine.
I'll add some pictures in a little while.
I'm wondering if I may be able to go with one of the 6 lug rims. Two if the holes are straight across from one another and I could just drill two more holes. I'm not sure if the holes will be the same distance apart as my current ones. I'll look into it and take some measurements. Another thought is for me to turn a couple of 4 to 6 lug wheel adapters. I'll figure it out.
Known Problems:
He started repainting it!!!! The orange is ok. But he was changing the Kubota blue to Gator Blue (purple). Yeah that is what I want a tractor that is Gator orange and blue. I'll take care of this right away.
Battery is Bad. Already replaced...
Throwout Bearing is bad. Makes an awful noise and won't completely disengage the clutch. I'm afraid the pilot bearing is trash as well. I hope the tranny input shaft is ok. I'll split the beast this weekend and see what it looks like.
Right rear break is non functional. It has new breaks. I'm suspecting the lever mechanism that spreads the breaks may be frozen. I'll pull the wheel off today. FYI - The guy I bought the tractor from sent the brake shoes off to NC clutch and Break and had them refurbish them. Costed him 90 bucks with shipping. He got them back in 3 days.
Hood, seat base, muffler and protection plates behind the foot boards are rusted out. No worries - I'll pull them off and add some metal to them. I'll just replace the seat.
Front rims need to be switched to 12's - I'll figure this out later, after the major stuff is fixed. I suspect the golf cart tires may not be the right size. I won't run it in 4wd until I have time to do some calculations.
Throttle Mechanism is frozen together. Fixed this already. A little pb blaster does wonders.
I paid $1200 for it. I think I got an ok deal on it. I"m not really sure. Everything else works great. Starts right up and doesn't smoke. All the gears work well and are quite. PTO is good and rear hydraulic are fine.
I'll add some pictures in a little while.
