ishiboo
Platinum Member
Looked at a little B7100 4x4 today showing under 400 hours on the clock. No deck. There is a BEEFY subframe attached to a very large hydraulic plow with up/down and side/side cylinders. The plow itself is a Bolens and looks like it was welded to a Kubota subframe that's quite beefy.
The guy wants $3100 firm and there are several issues, besides the fact there is no deck:
1. Hard start. Would not start when cold (51 out today) without ether. Runs great when running. Starts again when hot. When you attempt to start it, it blows white smoke but won't start. A shot of ether and it's running well.
2. Small diesel weepage around the injector lines on the IP. I'm assuming this is either the lines themselves need to be tightened or it just needs new copper washers?
3. No idea whether or not the glow plugs work, but the indicator "wire" didn't get hot. I'm assuming no. This of course could be a contributor to #1, but I'd think a diesel with 400 hours should start without glow plugs when its 50 out.
4. The decompression lever is not hooked up, I realize that's for starting as well. I played with it and it seemed like the engine spun much faster but it still didn't catch without ether.
I tested everything I could - everything seems in working order. 4wd works well and the diff lock does as well. PTO engages fine with the PTO lever. 3-point lift can lift the arms no problem.
Any ideas? I need to make a decision by tomorrow. There are few Kubota's around here, let alone for that price, but I'm afraid I'm buying myself problems. $3100 seems like a fair price to me if those issues were started, but he will not come down and there are no like tractors around here. (Next one is 5 hours away and has a deck for $6000 and 4x the hours.)
The guy wants $3100 firm and there are several issues, besides the fact there is no deck:
1. Hard start. Would not start when cold (51 out today) without ether. Runs great when running. Starts again when hot. When you attempt to start it, it blows white smoke but won't start. A shot of ether and it's running well.
2. Small diesel weepage around the injector lines on the IP. I'm assuming this is either the lines themselves need to be tightened or it just needs new copper washers?
3. No idea whether or not the glow plugs work, but the indicator "wire" didn't get hot. I'm assuming no. This of course could be a contributor to #1, but I'd think a diesel with 400 hours should start without glow plugs when its 50 out.
4. The decompression lever is not hooked up, I realize that's for starting as well. I played with it and it seemed like the engine spun much faster but it still didn't catch without ether.
I tested everything I could - everything seems in working order. 4wd works well and the diff lock does as well. PTO engages fine with the PTO lever. 3-point lift can lift the arms no problem.
Any ideas? I need to make a decision by tomorrow. There are few Kubota's around here, let alone for that price, but I'm afraid I'm buying myself problems. $3100 seems like a fair price to me if those issues were started, but he will not come down and there are no like tractors around here. (Next one is 5 hours away and has a deck for $6000 and 4x the hours.)