mattbatson
Silver Member
I've been fixing my recently purchased B1750 for the past few months, and have been posting it on a couple of forums, and figured I would add it to this one too.
the thread is here... http://www.mytractorforum.com/showthread.php?t=209875
all my future updates will show up here on this forum though...
Hoping this can help others.
Long story short, I bought this tractor sight unseen from a tractor auctioneer in TX and had it shipped to me in FL. I had seen a video of it operating and when I got it, it appeared to be fine.
However, I uncovered a hornets nest of problems, including a cracked cluth cover (the main frame tunnel in the center of the tractor), heavily damaged clutch/pressure plate, bent flex plate, tranny hyd filter screen filled with metal shards, and bent FEL....
I'm in the process of fixing it all :confused2:
onto the ongoing saga.....
ok, took delivery of my 700 dollar used clutch cover today...
rusty from sitting in some salvage yard in alabama for many years...
took it to get sandblasted and is now sitting in coat of Ospho as there was still some rust that the sandblaster missed...I may take it back to have them hit it again, as the inside has a few spots still. I have other things off the tractor needing blasting, so will take them in too.
my brand new flexplate...shiny
bought some paint from lowes for the dark grey on the clutch cover...I think they matched it up pretty well, and got a half gallon for 26 bucks as opposed to 35 for a pint at kubota.
plan to apply with a paint brush
I removed the rear main seal/carrier, and started scraping off the old gasket material...takes two paper gaskets and then the main seal itself..
I noticed on the inside of the crank hole there is a rubber gasket thing that looks like it has seen better days...not sure what it does, but will look up in the manual and call the dealer about it tomorrow.
moving along...need to pick up the pace or it is never going to get done, ha ha
the thread is here... http://www.mytractorforum.com/showthread.php?t=209875
all my future updates will show up here on this forum though...
Hoping this can help others.
Long story short, I bought this tractor sight unseen from a tractor auctioneer in TX and had it shipped to me in FL. I had seen a video of it operating and when I got it, it appeared to be fine.
However, I uncovered a hornets nest of problems, including a cracked cluth cover (the main frame tunnel in the center of the tractor), heavily damaged clutch/pressure plate, bent flex plate, tranny hyd filter screen filled with metal shards, and bent FEL....
I'm in the process of fixing it all :confused2:
onto the ongoing saga.....
ok, took delivery of my 700 dollar used clutch cover today...
rusty from sitting in some salvage yard in alabama for many years...


took it to get sandblasted and is now sitting in coat of Ospho as there was still some rust that the sandblaster missed...I may take it back to have them hit it again, as the inside has a few spots still. I have other things off the tractor needing blasting, so will take them in too.

my brand new flexplate...shiny

bought some paint from lowes for the dark grey on the clutch cover...I think they matched it up pretty well, and got a half gallon for 26 bucks as opposed to 35 for a pint at kubota.
plan to apply with a paint brush

I removed the rear main seal/carrier, and started scraping off the old gasket material...takes two paper gaskets and then the main seal itself..

I noticed on the inside of the crank hole there is a rubber gasket thing that looks like it has seen better days...not sure what it does, but will look up in the manual and call the dealer about it tomorrow.

moving along...need to pick up the pace or it is never going to get done, ha ha