Recent content by Jrainw

vette62 that's great! My dealer couldn't find individual latch numbers, only a kit that was quite a bit more than that.

I was just really careful to line it up and not disturb it when putting the head on. She's been running about a week now and doing great. Almost no blowby from the crankcase vent so I'm happy!

It looks like gaskets 1G962-03310 and 1G962-03313 are not interchangeable. I tried the later part number on my early (2004) RTV and the compressed thickness is too thin, couldn't turn the motor over by hand to set the valves. I tried it because the ebay seller of the head threw in a couple of...

The bolts went through the holes easily with the misaligned gasket but it is a good trick. I've done that with a lot of V8 intake manifolds. The best part is I've had great help, my 10 year old Amelia loves wrenching, she was not upset at all that she could put it together this time and I'll...

Well, as bad as it is I'm going to be honest here and let y'all know I'm gonna get two attempts at installing this head. Apparently the gasket can shift enough when you are installing the head to allow a piston to hit the gasket. Everything went together great. I cranked it over by hand and...

Got my new used head from ebay, hopefully I will have time to put it together later. It has fewer valve cover bolts but otherwise looks the same.

New used head bought on ebay, when it gets here I'll try to post some useful info about the install.

I must say I'm really impressed with how the RTV is put together. I've ran a repair shop for 22 years and this little engine and accessibility so far is great.

How do I know what model my RTV is? The VIN plate shows RTV900, serial 14XXX. I'ts a 2004 with hydraulic dump and full cab, orange.

I'm not too upset. If the seller had told me it had a cracked head I would have still bought it. I've known him for years and he drinks enough he probably didn't remember what happened. It sat for a year in his barn and all he could remember was that it died.

I couldn't resist so I pulled the head tonight, surprisingly easy job. Rods are OK but the head is cracked. I'll make a quick attempt at posting pics. Anyone have a head for sale?

Since I bought the thing I haven't run it for more than a few minutes at a time. Hauled it to the farm Saturday and after about 20 minutes it died, overheated. Combustion gas blowing out the radiator and water coming out the exhaust. Gonna pull the head tomorrow after work, hoping I didn't...

It was funny, the instructions with the latches show a Kubota windshield. They are made by Curtis cab and sold by a lot of OEM's.

I purchased a used Kubota RTV 900 with the Kubota cab and the windshield latches were broken. The Kubota cab is is made by Curtis and parts aren't easy(at least for me) to find. I ended up ordering Cub cadet latches CI-9SV-WL1 and they are an exact fit, and cheaper than Kubota. You wouldn't...