Mini 4x4 Kubota Tractor with Major Issues.. Can We Bring It Back to Life? 

Please never stop making these videos, they’re my absolute favorite to watch

To add to your list of tricks: if you put the three point lever in the "lift" position, put a screw diver through the hole in the PTO shaft, and move it back and forth, it will lift the three point manually. I've had to do that a couple of times to move a dead tractor.

just hearing your child's delightful, tinkling laughter makes this vid a 10

Love the feathered apprentices wandering under the tractor.

I've always admired your calm approach to fixing problems. Never any ranting or swearing like a lot of the "will it start" gorillas.

Watching these videos takes me away from reality…. A comfort zone.

For the life of me a cant understand why people cant put an old tin can or plastic drum on the exhaust stacks if their tractors, its not rocket surgery.

Sweet tractor, please take us along on the transmission repair.

@0:08 - Marty, mate, it's high time you finally got a tractor. I think it's one piece of equipment you have been missing out on! 😄

Marty the balloon trick was worth the price of admission and your Daughter loved it it tickled me to see he walking around with a Purse over her shoulder

A Dad getting his kicks at the end there! ....good to see. Nice little tractor.

We can't, but Mark can. 😄

Looks like a B-70. I resurrected one from someone's scrap pile years ago. Had been used by a landscaping business and run into the ground. Did not take much to bring it back and I used it for several years. Tough little tractor that always hit 'way above it's weight. Lost it in divorce and I have often wished (strongly) I had it back. Congrats Marty!

in a year or so this would be the perfect machine for the wee man to chase his dad around, another nice find. Marty you're pretty lucky to be in the right place at the right time when it comes to deals, 4 wheel drive, a definite keeper.

I have a tractor like this, without that handy looking front hydraulic blade. It’s a gem. I just need to keep the battery on trickle charge and it starts every time. My tractor is a b6100dt, 3speed, 4WD, 3speed rear PTO. Its motor is a 650cc diesel. It’s a handy little thing and economical. Don’t put that upper pipe on it as it’s not meant to be there, unless you put a flap cap on it to keep water and other things like wasps out. It will be worth cracking her in half, to check clutch, main shaft seals etc. I was lucky to get a shop manual with mine and I scrounged a parts guide too. I think you can still find them online.

I cannot WAIT for the transmission rebuild video! Thanks so much for bringing us along Marty, your videos are so meaningful to so many of us!

Marty, the dad. So lovely. Thanks mate. So wonderful. Your family is so beautiful. Heartfelt. Cheers.

Your daughter has really grown. I remember you coaching her not to tell Mom that you brought another broken tractor home. And that was years ago.

The birdsongs in the background of your videos are amazing.

When these machines need a doctor you're the best!! I love watching you work. You get to the core of all mechanical problems so methodically and logically. I and so many others I'm sure hope you never stop doing your videos. You are a great mechanic, instructor, farmer, father and husband!

I had one of those little 3 cylinder diesel kubotas- used it and abused it for over ten years and it never let me down! They are very robust if given even a caring look once in a while!! You’ll love it

I enjoy watching you fix the problems but also listening to the birds you have in the area.

kid laughing with enjoyment at the end was great,,,,

I hope you include more bloopers at the end. Seeing what goes wrong, or how you had fun, is just as enjoyable as seeing what went right. :D

If he'd had replaced that pipe with a glass tube he could have used it as a rain gauge. My first Kubota was almost exactly like that one and I think it had more than 4,000 hours on it when I finally sold it. Tough as nails, but no roll cage spooked me. Thanks for the video!

Well done! Kubota B7100 HST-D has been the main work horse of my little property for over a decade. Power and abilities of this machine will surprise you. Biggest little tractor you'll ever own.

I'm pretty sure the Kubota gave the same squeal of delight as your child at the end when it saw that it was MartyT coming to the rescue!

Those squeals of laughter are priceless!

another great one from a great Dad ☺️, loved the balloon trick, I know your kids are happy.

Goodness, i LOVE these old mini Kubotas! Please continue with more on this little bugger!

What a lucky little tractor.

nice job, as soon as I saw the exhaust extension I knew it was hydro locked.

My heart sank when I seen that water come out of the exhaust.but good job another cracking little tractor saved

Marty T is the National Treasure of New Zealand!!! Marty T should be teaching and passing on his knowledge to future Mancanics!!!

As soon as I saw the vertical exhaust pipe, I called it.

Watching your son and dog run for their lives made my evening 😂. Another great video.

best dad of the year goes to you marty

✅ ~ the importance of putting a tin, cowl or flapper on a vertical exhaust pipe, a small flapper would look great on that 😉

The two things I like most about your videos are the kids and the birds singing.

Awesome, sometimes you get lucky, that was a real cool trick with the balloons at the end.

I really like those little Kubotas.Good job on getting it running without bending a rod or blowing the head off. Thanks for another enjoyable video.

They roll over quite easily due to the narrow rear end, best to make an anti roll bar, take care Marty 👍

These Kubota's are borderline indestructible.

my first thought was "sweet deal"...until we found out the engine wouldnt turn....then when that water poured out the exhaust i was back to sweet deal again i knew it could be saved at that point 👍....you are a grand master at finding sweet deals

I always have to watch the new MartyT video when its released, I stayed up at 3am just to watch him save another machine and put it back to work, great job Marty.

Another magic fix. Way to go Marty. Kids loved those balloons mate, was waiting for the ear shattering kaboom. 🤣

MARTY T. you are a master at reviving those old machinery. thank you for your videos. GERRY G. from canada.

Hard to believe the rings didn't rust solid to the cylinder walls. You got lucky my friend.

Can you imagine having this machine and letting it sit without an exhaust cap/soup can/bucket/anything to protect it from water getting in?!? I'm not trying to high road anyone, but dang. In Ontario these things are worth around 4-6k.

The bird life in the background sounds amazing

Great games you play with your kids. You can definitely verify your chickens are free range.

One day you are going to have too line up all your gear for a photo opp. Better still, produce a Marty T Calendar, with a little story for each months pin up.👍

Marty is the engine whisperer, so of course it was brought back to life!

My first instinct was to cut that exhaust pipe and turn it down, but the last minute of the video showed me just how wrong that would have been! Thanks, for more great stuff!

My workmate Joe the painter has part ownership of 8 racing greyhounds but keeps getting more. His wife thinks its 2. You'd get on well with Joe, Marty and you could discuss your metal greyhounds!

My first though when you said it wouldn't turn over was Hydro Locked. I was responsible for several large generators in my working career. One was a 500 KW Diesel supplying a data center. During one of its regularly scheduled exercises it didn't turn over. there had been corrosion in one of the cylinder liners and consequently cooling water filled the cylinder. Being a critical device, I had to quickly arrange a backup. This was just after Hurricane Sandy hit the east coast. I found an emergency Generator in Indiana, 700 miles away. They were able to get it there overnight. It was a 750 KW in a 40' trailer. My electricians were able to get it hooked up within hours. The generator rebuild took around a month. I had another that wasn't quite as critical hydro lock as well. It was a smaller in line 6 cylinder. The exhaust on it ran uderground to a well filled with rock to discharge any water that got in the well. Over time the well silted up and during a rainstorm water backed up through the exhaust and filled the engine.

Marty can bring any mechanical dinosaur back to life. He's New Zealand's Richard Attenborough of Jurassic Park fame.

21:40 The sound of happiness !!!!!!!!!!!

I learned to drive a tractor as a kid on one of these. Great little machines.

Great place for kids to grow up. Their friends will love coming up there!

One more top quality vid from Marty again.

How the owner never thought to put a tin can on the exhaust is beyond me ?

I love this little rig it's weighted up just right it won't do anything crazy or fast but with a skilled patient operator there's not a lot it can't do

2:16 The one arm(horse)power tractor going in reverse! 😂

Top notch mechanical knowledge to bring back life to a severely abused machine.

Amazing that you do all this without a proper workshop!! You are my hero!!

Love watching these videos with my kids. Thanks for all the work you do making them.

Those three cylinder Kubotas are pretty bombproof. They are used to run the refrigeration units on the big tractor trailers.

G,day Marty T from Sydney Australia. Great advice from your son: "turn it off". I like your new small tractor, very handy. 🇭🇲🌏

Those are great little tractors , had one for many years, a B6100D with a front loader, used it in the horse barn and arena, could drive through a 4 ft door in the bard and had a back blade, and harrow for the arena and pulled a dump trailer for barn leaning, wish I still had i as I traded it up for a larger tractor, always ran great kept clean fuel in it changed oil regulary wished I had it now !!!

thank you very much for good entertainment. 👍🤗👍🇸🇯

Keep it coming marty

As soon as you took the exhaust pipe off and the water poured out, I thought the same you said! Love your videos. Cheers, Stuart

Even your chicken seems fascinated! Great video :)

Nice to see the children and the dog , everyone is looking healthy and happy! Best to put a can over the top of the exhaust! Nice trick with the balloons!

Love the balloon clip at the end… and the tractor part was good too 😊 … thanks Marty!

That’s the best ending to a RU-vid video that I have ever seen !!

Marty has one heck of a nack for finding other people's cast offs and getting them operational again. That's one really nice tractor. Especially with a 4 way dozer blade and rear pto takeoff. Can't wait to see an episode of him tearing down the tranny and rear end. Later one of him changing the engines rear main seal to fix that oil leak. Or maybe it's the oil pan leaking. Watching him figure that out would be a joy.

Lucky those little Kubota engines are John Wick! Those mini tractors still go for huge money in good order. I've had a turning brake drag on one and I thought reverse had gone so you might be lucky there too.

Loved that last bit with the hot air balloon.

That balloon at the end was great!

Always a pleasure Marty, thank you = )

Thank You Marty for doing all these videos I’ve learned so much

Hi Marty, good to see the daughter coming out and supervising you. Sure you’re doing the right thing I don’t know where the managing director is. He’s not there today must be playing. Keep up the good work. Love your Videos Cliff from Logan City Queensland Australia 🇦🇺🧑🏾‍🦽

Awesome ending to a great video 👍 Well done Marty; mechanic and father/teacher. Kids don't forget these moments of fun/learning-something made clear by the genuine laughter we heard. At 65 and a father of three, I look in hindsight [now], to the most valuable lesson-knowing Christ vs knowing about Him. God bless.

I've had a B7100 like this for a few years, bought it off a bloke on the Banks Peninsula for the price of the Fieldmaster Sabre hanging off the back. Very similar front blade setup to yours, which was a NZ factory option with the backhoe kit. They like a really good glow but are easy to start even with a cooked battery due to the decompression knob on the dash. For a tiny 750cc 3 banger it works hard and you really have to try to get it to quit. One thing to look at would be the tyre diameters, those front turfs look pretty big in comparison to the rears, which could be contributing to the transfer case issues?

Great save. Got lucky on that one.

love it when u get lucky Marty, could just as easily been a pile of scrap, nice one.

Another lucky find..You seem to find all the abandoned tractors and bring them back to life..Good job Marty and videos entertaining.. Steve S.Coast NSW.

Nice little tractor for the kids to learn to drive!

Best tractor ever invented

Marty the Magician works his magic, again.

Fantastic work, Marty, and your kids are wonderful, enjoying the rural life.

It’s always a great day with another post from Marty!!

I love the laugh from the kids!

Those 3cyl 20 odd hp Kubota motors are worth an absolute mint.

Another great find where I live they still be asking 8k or more for that tractor. Great work and great video.

G'day mate. I had to laugh when you started up the tractor. Frightened shit out of the chook.😂

The kids with the balloon! that was so cute!

Marty's line of reasoning is always spot on, definitely bringing these old machines back into action are the best videos. Greetings from Brazil!