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    Tractor won't start Original 13 year old battery died

    I use a regular 12 volt battery tender type charger (suitable for say a motorcycle or ATV), and it has a pig-tail connector hanging out of the front grill. Make sure, however, of three things: have an in-line fuse between the positive and the pig-tail plug, have a cover for the pig-tail plug...
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    Kubota B7800 won't crank - intermittent fault.

    My Kubota B7800 was giving problems: sometimes it wouldn't crank, or would stop when I took my weight off the seat (even when the PTOs were de-selected, i.e. not in use), and once stopped it refused to crank, though it might do so after an hour or two. At first I suspected the control unit...
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    Tractor won't start Original 13 year old battery died

    My B7800 still running well on the original battery (Yuasa) after 9 years! I always keep it hooked up to a battery tender when not using it - I think that helps a lot.
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    Keeping mice out of the wiring.

    I am fed up with mice chewing on the electrical wiring of my Kubota B7800, and of the nets they build. So I have found an answer which doesn't mean buying a cat! I don't know if the idea is new, most probably not, but it does work! I have found that if I pull up the rubber cone shaped cover on...
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