my kubota rebuild

[mattbatson]

update:
worked on getting the clutch back on...

making my own clutch alignment tool



it is in and centered....



torqued to 20ft lbs



the release bearing was not going on without a fight...
here is it after about halfway on...


so a little convincing...softly...with wood and hammer



and it looks to be completely on and flush



tomorrow I bolt the bell housing back up and continue with the reassembly

 

[mattbatson]

started the re-mating of the clutch cover to the engine....

got it close...



cant forget the 4whl drive...gotta have that for the slippery hills of western NC



hot ****...got it



bolting it up



now that the tractor is back in one piece, it is time to start hooking up all the hydraulic lines...







for some of these that need a rubber hose,

I plan to replace will all new hoses. I'm going to call and price it at the dealer, but might also look for an alternative. I imagine they are low pressure lines, but not sure that heater hose would suffice...with coming into contact with hyd fluid and all...

updates to come

 

[sixdogs]

Very impressive work. Wow.

 

[mattbatson]

Very impressive work. Wow.

my first tractor, but I've worked on cars for many years...
I knew the disassembly would be easier than the assembly, ha ha...so I took lots of pics.

I ran out of motivation a while back, and progress slowed to a snails pace.

However now I'm ready to finish this project.
My problem is that it all became a little overwhelming as I'm kind of a perfectionist, but if I tried to make the whole tractor perfect, it would take me about a million hours....there is just too much to do.

so right now I'm just going to concentrate on getting it running, and then I'll worry about some of the other aesthetic stuff later...

thx

 

[JRL305]

Nice write up. Isn't there supposed to be a pilot bearing in the end of the crankshaft for the transmission shaft to ride it? Maybe I missed it but the end of the trans shaft looked a little rusty.

John

 

[mattbatson]

Nice write up. Isn't there supposed to be a pilot bearing in the end of the crankshaft for the transmission shaft to ride it? Maybe I missed it but the end of the trans shaft looked a little rusty.

John

Hey, it isn't rust, but is rustoleum rusty metal primer.
You know it has been so long since I put the flywheel on, that I do not remember what it looked like...but I don't remember a pilot bearing.
I've done flywheels on cars and they do have pilot bearings....

this project sat for so long...I really don't remember

 

[mattbatson]

I had a hyd line that ran along the frame, bolting to the frame before going up to the oil cooler...and being how I am, I couldn't fathom leaving the frame there with chipped paint and rust spots....
so I hooked up the wire brush onto the drill and went to work, and then laid down some rustoleum rusty metal primer



I didn't go all the way down the frame right now, as i'm trying, really hard, to stay focused, ha....so just did the part that the hyd line bolts up to, since it would be difficult after installed to do this...



Kubota blue laid down...


measuring my new hyd hose line for cutting


new hose hooked up and hose clamped


here is the metal line that I painted behind, where it hooks up to the cooler...the old hose is still installed. I cut it off and found my two heater hose sizes didn't really fit this one. So off to the auto parts store tomorrow for more hose sizes. Also ran out of hose clamps in the right size, so more of those also.




bear with me, I'm hopefully not annoying people with these posts. But, I've found that doing this keeps me thinking about and working on the tractor.

 

[mattbatson]

I went to the auto parts store to get heater/radiator hose to replace hyd hose but had no luck.
the heater hose is much thinner walled and there weren't any sizes that I could use



so it looks like I'll be going to the dealer and keeping my fingers crossed on pricing

so I moved onto other things tonight instead...

starter went on really easy


but there was some damage on the bottom bolt hole that I had forgotten about...but I think it will be okay



there was a bit of rat's nest wiring off the starter...will deal with that stuff later though



bolted up another hyd line under the tunnel...



test fitted the power steering column...but it needs to be cleaned up first...


put the foot plates, or whatever their called, in place, but not bolted down as I need to see where everything fits around them. I hate taking stuff off and on when I forget to do something in order...



looking more and more like a running/together tractor!

 

[sixdogs]

This is impressive and inspirational.

 

[mattbatson]

This is impressive and inspirational.

well I had no choice, ha ha
My plan was to buy an old tractor, and while running it, I would restore it slowly.
what I got was a tractor that had deep issues, requiring an almost complete teardown.

I can either take this on, or pay somebody a crapload to do it for me, or call my 4500 bucks a wash and sell it for parts...

I chose option 1. But not with excitement and joy, ha