this is pt three on this left for scrap 3 cylinder kubota diesel tractor that needs a bunch of love, so lets fix the electrical, frame, and busted up hood.
I would definitely not mind if there are even 2 more Kubota tractor episodes coming. It's a really great little, versatile machine and deserves a bit TLC.
Dear @@tarstarkusz ??? What regular stuff? Thank God that, besides rodent crap and carburetor cleaning, there is not much regular stuff on this channel. Amongst other things that's why I have watched and will watch absolutely all of great Mustie1s videos. Best regards, luck and health.
watching your tin work is really fun. your sense of humor and conversation with the watcher while making choices makes me feel like i am in the shop with you. Thanks for hanging out and we'll see you next time.
They were built to be used in Japanese rice fields, and when they got over 5 years old, Japanese environmental laws required them to be retired or they were HEAVILY taxed. That's why so many were shipped over here as "gray market" in the 1990's and early 2000's!
A little secret from a guy that has owned about 45 diesels, instead of filling the filter with diesel, fill it Seafoam. It will run fine and for about 3 minutes your injectors get a bath and come out the other after it's run through squeeeeeeky clean.
That is a simply genius idea. I've worked on and maintained many diesels over the years and that had never occurred to me. And this is coming from a guy who used to gravity feed his car's carburetor pure carb cleaner once in a while to keep all the passages in it spotless. Thanks for sharing.
@@getyourkicksagainYou bet. Happy to share experience. We've never had less than 14 tractors on the farm and then all the trucks and spray rigs. Lot of diesels to maintain.
Right on. It expected to just remain there, dead, or forever in limbo. Kind of like the crane Jonathan W rescued recently, from the woods. It fought him every step of the way out of its grave because it was convinced it was dead and/or its ultimate fate was the cutting torch. 😆
Before you started drilling that thick steel with that harbor freight bit I gave that bit a slim to no chance of making it through that steel. You learn something every day!
I think someone had the loader up high, had the cross brace swung out for some reason and then dropped the loader down on the cross brace. That would explain the mangled frame end at the right front and why the right frame is lower than the left frame.
One of the wires coming from the plug on the alternator needs to be connected to a positive voltage source(keyed source otherwise it will keep the alternator energized and run down the battery.) and it will energize the alternator to charge at an idle. I had to research and do this on an 8n Ford tractor I have that was converted to 12V. That's why you have to turn up the idle to get it to charge the way its hooked up now.
Weld the nut towards the front on an angle and drill your holes in the root of top angle. Let the angle sit on the back edge of the battery, one leg on top and one leg down the back. Then your hold down will pull down and foward.
Great episode. Never mind the mechanicals, I was surprised the paint on the top of the hood withstood so many years upside down in damp soil. Kudos to Kubota.
You don’t want to solder, if you don’t have to, in a boat or vehicle. Adhesive lined crimps installed with a good crimped, is the best solution for a vibrating environment.
Best option is the weatherproof crimp Connectors. You crimp then heat shrink. The heat releases an adhesive that binds the wire sheath to the plastic crimp connector
On our old Massey I would always change the oil, get it running, shut it down and change the fuel filter quickly (careful with the glass bowls). I would fire it up and slam the throttle open to blast by the air pockets. That old Massey, once it got air in the system absolutely sucked to get running again, I would have to crack open all the injectors, fuel pump and fuel block. I never had a machine as bad as that Massey but that old girl was a absolute work horse
Just a little bit of info … a fully charged 12 volt battery has a 12.6 volt reading each chamber has a voltage of 2.1 volts. Therefore 12.6. If it is charging you should have a voltage of between 13.7 and 14.7 volts. If it is to high you could have a voltage regulator problem. If less than 13.7 you may have another problem… bad connection or a short or a bad ground!
Worst I had was a JD 830 twin . If it ran dry then you needed 20 gallons of fuel in the tank , sometimes it would prime with the starter , other wise you hooked a tractor in front and pulled it , needed to get it spinning about 1000 rpm . If you were trying to finish the last little bit of summer fallow after dark with no dash lights , running out of fuel was common , and you had to be pretty quick on the hydraulic lever or the cultivator was left in the ground and it took a bit of time with a jack-all and sledgehammer to get the drawpin out
Watching the hood straightened is very satisfying. Sheet metal is so much easier to fix compared to today's plastic. The tractor is looking really good.
I would have gotten an air filter before worrying about the hood, or even much about the crossmember. as long as I spray waxed it, it could even live outdoors without a hood or just with it put on top to deflect rain when parked. I find I can see better without the hood anyway.
Good morning......Sunday morning, coffee, breakfast and Mustie. Now my day is complete.👍👍👍😁😁😁 Love these videos. Better than anything on TV. Keep wrenching👍👍👍I also loved the Mustie Meditation clip at the end with the rain falling and the view of the covered bridge 👍👍
In the marine community, Kabota engines are loved. There is a company that takes these engines and makes them suitable for the marine environment. They are sold under the Beta name. They have very solid engineering and cruisers love them since parts for Kabotas are available just about anywhere in the world. This is a LOT more convenient than trying to have a part shipped many thousands of miles and going through customs.
Mustie, you can still pre-fill horizontal oil filters. Fill the filter to the top when you start the oil change and let it sit. The media will soak up all of the oil and none of it will spill out when you install it. It isn't a "full filter" but it is something. Thanks for the videos!
I had a straight-six engine in a car that had a sideways spin-on filter. I just got good at keeping the filter spinning while I tilted it up sideways and brought it toward the threads. If you kept it spinning, the oil that you filled it with, wouldn't pour out. This also worked to some degree of success to removing the old oil filter, but it was inevitable that you'd get a dribble while removing that one.
Lmao ! I would have left as much of "the pissed-off look" on it as I could have. I bet there are folks out there who would pay good money to give their (insert machine name here) an angry, or "pissed-off" look.
If you don't have a pair of parallel-jaw pliers, definitely get some. They're super helpful for straightening/flattening wrinkled or bent tabs and sheet metal. It's like having a handheld vise. The Knipex ones are great
Enjoy watching your skill and ability...was pleased when the face fluff vanished but it seems to have attached itself to the back of your loaf of bread!
I would change the alternator to a Delco with a one wire voltage regulator. That always solves the messy wires ! All you need is the battery wire hooked up. Not to mention, they're the easiest to REBUILD lol
I heard that Kubota parts are expensive, I don't know, what I do know is that the Mustie 1 laugh is priceless. already looking forward to the next Kubota edition.
Yeah, a Kubota looks nice on paper compared to the expensive green machines, but they can be a nightmare to maintain and service. Expensive parts, parts not available, ludicrous service procedures, nightmare work to replace certain parts. Sometimes it's better just to buy another one than to fix the bloody things.
Mustie, I have to say you are not one to give up. You also inspire me to get off my lazy butt and get to it, of course after your video is over and I have 1 more cup. of coffee. Your friend from Ohio.
Mustie i am enjoying thid kuboto restoration project i am 66yro and you have inspired to stsrt turning wrenches again i ust to be a briggs service desler long long ago.
Actually I've found these are really easy to prime the fuel and injectors. Open the bleed screw above the filter until the air is out, then open the bleed on the injector until the air is out there. Then it's just a matter of any bubbles in the injector lines which will generally work out without much effort.
The older Ford tractors and Caterpillar equipment I used to service invariably had a small pump handle you unscrewed out, cracked the lines up top and pumped till they squirted diesel around the threads. Screw the pump handle back in, crank it and it would start up right away. I take it newer equipment no longer has these pump-to-prime handles?
@@getyourkicksagain Both of my dad's Deere's have the pump levers on the mechanical fuel pump so you can bleed the air out of the fuel filter when you replace it. My little kubota with a 18hp 3 cylinder came with an electric fuel pump, so all I have to do is to open the line at the injection pump and turn the key to run. The electric pump pumps the air out for me. Whenever the mechanical pumps go out on dad's deeres, I'm going to install the electric fuel pump (the one in the frame under the truck's driver's door) from a 1990's gm diesel pickup to replace the mechanical pump so it's easier to prime out all of the air!
Really great series on this tractor just needed some Mustie attention ,would love to see you do a industrial pant job on it though ,my uncle used to do it to the tractors on the farm just tape up the dials and the tyres and just hit it with a paint gun ,great work Mustie 👍👍
You got the re-prime fine! Them Kubota diesels are a bit picky replacing the fuel filter. Usually I end up just bleeding at the injection pump, with the screw you pointed at. You should try getting a Kubota equipped light plant. They are set to a required engine speed.......
With the modern diesel filled with "bio" crap I always throw some injector cleaner in the diesel filter when I change them. I also throw a good amount of bacteria killer in the tank and run it a while before replacing the filter and on every fill it gets a dose to keep bacteria away. It's the same as the ethanol in the gas/petrol.
I also add two quarts of a cheap engine oil to my five gallon can BEFORE I fill it with diesel to add the lubrication that was removed when they took the sulfur out of diesel fuel.
one thing about the alternator: you could put a larger pulley on it.....but it just could be corrosion inside that is preventing it from getting good magnetic flux between the coils on the armature and the magnets. it could just be tired as well.....
Wouldn't a larger pulley on the alternator make it turn even slower? I think it would either need a smaller pulley on the alternator or a larger one at the crankshaft.
@@hiscifi2986 I can read the ad, professionally farm fixed, one or two new/used parts, fresh mech wire and nylon tie straps, oh and the starter is partially melted.
Thanks for an interesting section. Nice to see how this tractor is renovated instead of being scrapped. The sawiness of this machine is the rear axle which is only stored in the gearbox housing. If you load it too hard, the gearbox cracks at the bearings. Hope it goes well with spare parts and the renovation.👍🏻🙂
