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Found the problem. The "eye" piece it connects to is supposed to rotate in the lift arm. I took the snap ring off and pried the lift arm off the shaft and found that part is a separate piece. I was able to pound it out of the arm, cleaned the rust off, polished it and put if back in with some moly lube. Welded the broken rod together and back in operation.

Lift link keeps bending and snapping
Kubota Tractors
Replies 4 Post by taheide

[QUOTE=Chief;153368] It has been almost 3 years since I posted this thread and link.How many still are of the same opinion and support what our government originally began? [/QUOTE]<br>
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I still do! Think back to Vietnam and how many were killed in a war no one supported. Think back to the Korean War and how many were killed in a war that was never won and we are still there to this day. Think back to WWII and how many were killed on D-Day, far more than all total were lost in Iraq and Afghanistan. <br>
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I don't know if people realize this, but after WWII we were in both Japan and Germany for decades after the war was won, helping rebuild their society and government, and yes our military folks were getting killed back then too. This is no different than it was back then, it is just more in your face with the media and that there are factions out there who have easy access to explosives and gorilla warfare tactics that it seems like it is never ending. Great leaps have happened since this was originally posted, and I still feel this can be won totally with more effort. God help us if Obama gets in office and pulls our troops out.

Dealing PROPERLY with a terrorist O
Everything and Anything
Replies 34 Post by taheide

This is what I get for buying a Kubota, not enough problems to keep posting! :)

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You may want to consider a small Bobcat type for that, the CUTS are a bit underweight and power to clear rocky terrain, and also a bit easier to work withthe bobcat type for leveling and clearing than the front end loaders on CUT's. I am wishing I went with one instead of the Bota that I got, only because there is a lot of leveling I want to do, but find it very hard to do with the CUT, and I also found there are attachments for the BC like a mower deck and tiller that I use the Bota for now. Just something to consider, when I was shopping, I found a couple in the same price range as the CUT I got.

Kubota B7800 Price Check
Kubota Tractors
Replies 64 Post by taheide

"Powerstrokes are more sensitive in this area as the anti-foaming additive package is not designed to go that long without being changed."

99 and up this is true, the older models have an injector pump that isnt as sensitive to foaming. The newer engines have injectors that are fired using oil pressure, not a pump. The injectors are in the heads along with the fuel rails. Oil runs in the heads to each injector via a high pressure oil pump. If the oil starts to foam the pressure drops and the injectors fail to fire. Real messy too. If you are going to waste money on amsoil then by all means put a bypass system on, otherwise you arent getting any better protection than with Rotella T. Also Always use a Motorcraft filter for the Stroke, there are no other filters that are as effective for the Stroke than Motorcraft. I would think twice before using an unrated oil, no matter what the company that sell it says, in an engine that costs $10,000 to replace.

BEST ENGINE OIL TO USE
Kubota Tractors
Replies 36 Post by taheide

I ditched the top hook. It came with a U-shaped bracket with a flange on it. It has two hole positions, one I use for everything except the tiller, and box scraper, the other works for those two. It takes me about 5 minutes to hook up any of my attachments that use the PTO, a minute for the rest.

Speeco Quick hitch
Kubota Tractors
Replies 12 Post by taheide

I also found a few of my tech manuals from years ago with regards to the formation of sludge. Water is only a small portion of it, and that has mainly been from the 70's and earlier when straight weight oil was used and before detergents. With todays oils, the detergent and additive packages are what helps prevent sludge from forming. The detergents clean deposits off the engine parts and the additives hold those particles that are too small to be filtered in suspension. When the oil becomes saturated to the point where the additives can no longer hold the particles, sludge forms, the particles fall out of suspension and stick to the engine parts. There are two types of sludge, water borne and the hard crusty stuff that causes angine to fail. If you remove your oil cap and see brown goo on it, that is the water borne type, the crusty kind is the bad one, once it forms in an engine, it is very hard to get rid of and can lead to the destruction of the engine. To prevent it, change oil frequently, to get rid of already formed sludge, do more frequent oil changes, in a car, say every 2000 miles for about 10,000 mile should help clean up the engine. Dont use a motor flush, you might cause more damage as the sludge gets removed from the engine, it can clog up the oil pickup screen.

Here are some statistics I find interesting regarding how much stuff is created from burning 100 gallons of gasoline in a typical car engine.

90 to 120 gallons of water

3 to 10 gallons of unburned gasoline

1/2 to 3 pounds of soot and carbon

1/4 to 1 pound of varnish

1 to 4 pounds of sulfuric and nitric acid

It is the soot and carbon particles that are the main componenets of sludge.

Dino oil Kubota and sludge
Kubota Tractors
Replies 11 Post by taheide

AHH a simple fix. Nuke the middle east and blame it on the chinese.

Those puds are a bunch of idiots, global warming HA! Havent we had a few volcanos erupt in the past 20-30 years and dump tons more polution in the air than what the entire planet produces in 20 years? morons

Hey Randy You are going to get WET
Just For Fun Off Topic
Replies 45 Post by taheide

Thats not the first time I heard that. Many dealers practice the if no metal no need to replace it rule. The real reason the manual calls for full replacement is to remove any metal that accumulates over the break in period, which of course does get caught by the screen, anything finer gets caught up in the filters. It is an acceptable practice in most maintenance shops. Another thing is, by the time any real wear occurs from lack of the first change, the tractor will be well out of warranty. For peace of mind, have it changed. I do my own maintenance, so I just do it by the book.

50 hour service
Kubota Tractors
Replies 10 Post by taheide

Yep I know all about skip. I used to operate a Sideband CB and shoot skip across the ionosphere, sometime even reaching australia if I was in the right spot. The thing is, in my house my kids clock radio in his room in the basement can pick up WLS better than my truck can. I believe their tower is somewhere near I80. They pump out 50,000 watts as well. In my Vic I have no problems getting them except when I drive past this one hospital everyday where the 3 phase overhead power lines drown out AM totally. I recall driving to PA last month and recieving WLS all the way across Indiana and a small part of Ohio on a Sunday morning. Could not do that with the F350 though.

EE audio help needed
Pickup Trucks and Trailers
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Thats what I was thinking. My pins are always working themselves loose making the rear wheels click.

Kubota B1750 rear wheel instructions
Kubota Tractors
Replies 5 Post by taheide

My B2410 has issues loading my F350 Dually. It clears the bed rails easily enough, but the reach into the box is limited, I have to load from both sides since it doesnt reach the middle of the bed. When I lower the bucket, the hinge point touches the rail. The B2410 is larger than the BX23.

Can the BX23 load a 3 4 ton pickup
Kubota Tractors
Replies 16 Post by taheide

Also keep in mind that many of the parts on any tractor or car or truck are made by third parties for aftermarket repairs and such. If there is a demand for a part, a company will keep making them, if not, they go byebye. Since tractors have many unusual parts unlike cars and trucks, aftermarket parts are much harder to obtain, and most are factory only. It really doesnt make sense for a manufacturer to continue to stock parts on older machines if they just sit there. Its all in supply and demand. Eventually there will be an aftermarket jobber that may pick up a part or two to manufacture, but dont count on it.

Kubota Parts Support - Only 10-15 years
Kubota Tractors
Replies 18 Post by taheide

I have a 6' KK Finish mower on my B2410 Bota. It does an excellent job cutting my fields and lawn. I have a LOT of trees aound the house, and it took me a while to learn how to navigate the mower off the back of the tractor, and hit the trees quite a few times and the deck has held up well. The only complaint I have about KK, is the paint job sucks. If my grass exceeds a foot in height, it usually takes two passes to cut, the first pass with the deck raised to where the wheels barely touch the ground, and the second with the deck fully down. It is a side discharge, and I removed the chute on it because it does get clogged easily. Another factor is when the grass is heavy or damp, I will get a line of taller grass where two blades meet close to the discharge side. It is belt driven and you do need to adjust the tension everyso often or the belt slips and burns up. Happened to me once. A new 6' KK goes for about the same price as the used NH, and they make a rear discharge for a little more. So far the deck is still looking good after 3 years of hard use other than where the paint flaked off. I havent done any sharpening to the blades yet, but they are easy to get off to sharpen.

compare finish mowers Bush Hog New Holland
Mowers Field and Finish
Replies 20 Post by taheide

Bum, you have a pool! Thats cheating. :)

Weather or not
Website Operations Howto
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I have 18 cats, end of birds.

Springtime birds gettin it on in my grill
Everything and Anything
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You might want to consider having the farmer cut and bale it for you. Would save you some money down the road. Also if you let the horses graze in that field, make sure the manure is either picked out regulary, or spread out well to prevent the accumulation of more weeds and the killing of good grasses and alfalfa. I have a small strip that is a hay field, and I usually get one or two round bales out of it every cutting, but looks like this year there will only be one, the drought has hit us hard here.

Maintaining a horse pasture
Parts and Repair
Replies 8 Post by taheide

Hmm I see Murf has the dreaded smokem if you got em disease:D.

I have a 99 F350 Dually PSD Crewcab with a 5" exhaust and Diablo programmer. Talk about some power!!! Mileage of course has gone up provided I can keep my foot out of it. I get a pretty consistant 15+ MPG as a daily driver, I havent done any long highway driving since I added the programmer, but stock programming with the exhaust is 18+ though the mountains of west virginia and those areas. Diesels are very easy to get more power and economy out of them, but not the gassers. the most you can get out of a gasser without huge expenses and reworking is about 20HP. The cheapest improvement of course is intake and exhaust, but the K&N kit is not the way to do it. For example, take a grand marquis or crown vic. Put on a dual exhaust, free flow mufflers and an airbox and MAF from a Marauder and programming and you will get a huge improvement in performance, and economy wont be hurt unless you keep your foot in it.

As far as what huffman stated, on any engine, ingestion of dirt is NOT good no matter how fine. On a diesel with a turbo, the term dusted comes up a lot, that is when a turbo fails due to the ingestion of dirt, and usually from either a leaking airbox, or a poor filter. The way to tell is to remove the filter and run your fingers around the intake behind the filter. If you get any dirt on your finger, your filter is not working and your engine is ingesting dirt which is not good at all, no matter how fine it is, in fact the finer the dirt, the more damage it can do since it can be suspended in the oil, get past the filter and wind up between bearing surfaces. Oil Filters only filter up to a certain point, and unless you have a bypass filter system install, fine dirt that can get past a K&N, and there will be dirt getting past it until it gets dirty enough, will get into your oil and past your oil filter. K&N Filters are great for racing applications where the engines are torn down regularly and excel in those fields, but for the normal person in daily driving, until that filter gets dirty, it can cause a potential engine problem. Those FIPK are mainly for show, they wont give you anything more than a stock system will. start with the exhaust first, and I dont mean put on a fart can. A good system is either cat back or headers back.

Cold Air Intakes worthwhile
Autos SUV Trucks
Replies 16 Post by taheide

the seats in my F350 are very comfortable. Drove from Virginia to Kentucky non stop and felt just fine when I got there. OTOH if it was my 01 F150, I wouldnt, the seats are just not as comfortable, but they are much more comfortable than the Chevys. The seats in my CV Sport are very comfortable, drove non stop from New Jersey to IL and never had a problem, cant say the same for the seats in an Olds Allero! Those are like sitting on bricks, a 40 minute drive and I could hardly stand up straight my back hurt so bad, and I have heard the same for a bunch of other GM seats. Its not just the F150 that has bad seats, there are quite a few manufactureres that have poor seating. Of course the bigger the truck the better the seats :) and the higher the price :(.

Worst Puchase Ever 2004 Ford F150
Pickup Trucks and Trailers
Replies 26 Post by taheide

I grew up on the philosophy, dont get mad, get even, that and I have Irish blood in me. :) I am a very nice person, and easy to get along with, just dont p*** me off or you will see the dark side of my force.

Out of control neighbor problem
Just For Fun Off Topic
Replies 21 Post by taheide