Recent content by Mith

Evening all. Just thought I'd share a pic of where this tractor ended up. Ended up using all the drive system, and adding a hydraulic driven jet impeller for water drive. Fully amphibious!

Just an update to this. Managed to sell the tractor to a guy who specialises in amphibious vehicles. Working with him we have made it into an amphibious rescue craft. Pretty cool bit of kit. Once all the paperwork is in place to protect it I will post some pictures.

Cut 1 lawn so far this year, hoping for some sun on Sunday to get on another. Cant wait to get out on the tractor this year and start earning some money!

Hi, the return hose just needs to return the rear transmisson as I believe on your tractor the rear axle serves as the hydraulic reserviour. You can put a fitting on the fill cap to return into there, anywhere that will get the oil back into the transmission. We tend to run them a bit overfull...

I havent had the time to really do anything to it. Its just parked in a barn. I am currently trying to sell it, £5000 if anyone is interested!

The fuel stsytem has been cleaned / replaced as necessary. As in my previous post, there does seem to be a good flow of fuel from the injectors. It wont even fire with a squirt of wd40 in the inlet. What has me is the smoke from the rocker cover. Seems that the smoke from the combustion chamber...

Hi guys, long time no see. Got a problem with a kubota 3 cyl engine in a digger. It spins over, chuffs out black smoke but wont fire. Occasionally it coughs but it wont stay running if you let off the starter. The injectors had a bit of carbon on the tips, but seem to get a good fuel flow...

Seems you arent alone Doc, not been able to find any information on it whatsoever. Apparently my tractor wont have enough power to run it well, so it looks like its the scrap or sell option. I'll put in in the corner of a field for the time being and see what happens in spring. I'll grab a...

Hi Brian, hope you are keeping well. Havent forgotten I owe you a beer for that Ferguson manual! Picture I now have, so far no-one has a clue about it.

I have acquired a Vicon ZM242 mower conditioner as part of a lot of equipment. I have fettled with the hydraulics and that appears to work. Chucked a PTO shaft on it this afternoon and it span up OK. I know nothing more of the machine. Google doesnt come up with much on that model number...

Never shorten a ROPS, they are made that tall for a reason (to stop the tractor rolling all the way over if you are unlucky enough to tip it on its side).

Success! Still got a few bits to hook up, like the line to the trans for the regen on the bucket circuit. Bucket is rotten on the bottom, all the hoses need replacing and the pins are quite worn. This I all knew when I bought it and considered it in my offer. Other than that it seems to work...

Thanks JD (I was hoping you would see this post). Be back in a bit.......

I had always been keeping an eye out for a loader for my tractor ever since I bought it, just to make it more useful. Anyway, a chap came in at work looking for a hydraulic fitting. Found him one, and we got chatting etc. Turned out he was taking a loader off his tractor and lived just down...

This is my largest one