Loader Flipped my L48 Kubota

[MossRoad]

I dunno why but it's something I do regularly.

Me, too. On little stuff. That's experimentation and trial by error. Sometimes a good way to learn. But not on something so expensive if its incorrect.

 

[ultrarunner]

No matter how it turned out a head was needed...

I can see taking things one step at a time... process of elimination.

A friend of mine is the opposite... he would have already had a new engine on order.

Sometimes we get lucky... it's how optimists see life.

 

[MossRoad]

No matter how it turned out a head was needed...

I can see taking things one step at a time... process of elimination.

A friend of mine is the opposite... he would have already had a new engine on order.

Sometimes we get lucky... it's how optimists see life.

Knock yourself out and win a prize....

 

[Soundguy]

Me, too. On little stuff. That's experimentation and trial by error. Sometimes a good way to learn. But not on something so expensive if its incorrect.

I just hate to see a guy spend probably 800-900$ plus labor, and MAYBEE have it blow up because a main bearing got beat out. And the kicker is. it MAY start and run seemingly fine for say.. another 100 hours, THEN prematurely fail as the bearing was beat flat and because it was soft, just wore.. and then what if once wore, it spins and wipes out the crank, and maybee the cap and ?block maybee?

You know.. a related probelm that was not addressed, and then came to head later.

I've seen it on our construction equipment. We have a excavator vandalized, someone did the quick fix stuff and didn't bother checking and a week later we had to rebuild the engine.

Don't want to see other people hit the same $wall$ twice.

I HOPE the OP has no more problems, and the rest of the stuff just works out.

 

[rbargeron]

I just hate to see a guy spend probably 800-900$ plus labor, and MAYBEE have it blow up because a main bearing got beat out. And the kicker is. it MAY start and run seemingly fine for say.. another 100 hours, THEN prematurely fail as the bearing was beat flat and because it was soft, just wore.. and then what if once wore, it spins and wipes out the crank, and maybee the cap and ?block maybee?

You know.. a related probelm that was not addressed, and then came to head later.

I've seen it on our construction equipment. We have a excavator vandalized, someone did the quick fix stuff and didn't bother checking and a week later we had to rebuild the engine.

Don't want to see other people hit the same $wall$ twice.

I HOPE the OP has no more problems, and the rest of the stuff just works out.

The OP had said the engine ran if there was no coolant in it. That would indicate the crank and pistons were still whole as of then. Rolling the engine with the head off would reveal dragging crank/rod bearings. If there are damaged hidden parts in the bottom, starting it up and listening to it, checking oil pressure etc. at idle doesn't risk much except a head gasket. With the oil pan off, only the connecting rod bearings are accessible. The main bearing webs are integral so inspection requires tractor disassembly & engine removal (extra several days work with an L48).

The machine owner picks the course of action that fits his situation. Unexpected failures often involve the classic five stages of grief. Well-meaning people on discussion forums get to the acceptance stage quickly. But the owner needs to get through denial, anger, bargaining and depression before acceptance. As always, prompt cheerful refund if info is bogus. Dick B (still stuck at the bargaining stage on most of my machinery )

 

[ultrarunner]

In 1980 the power steering pump on my 1972 Slant 6 Valiant started leaking... I was working on a job in Lake Tahoe... I found out because it started making a noise.

I slipped off the belt and drove to the one auto parts store which had to order the part.

The prudent course of action would have been to replace the seal/pump.

I really had to get back to Oakland and bought a can of power steering sealer and topped off the reservoir.

I drove that car daily until 2002 and never had another problem with the power steering.

Still own the car in 2016

 

[ultrarunner]

My friend overheated his 289 mustang and damaged the cylinder heads... found some used one at the wrecking yard and drove the car several more years.

Another friend overheated her Honda... paid good money to replace the head.... engine was never the same and started burning oil badly...

 

[Industrial Toys]

Murphy seems to like torturing some of us and not others it seems.

 

[ovrszd]

Me, too. On little stuff. That's experimentation and trial by error. Sometimes a good way to learn. But not on something so expensive if its incorrect.

I don't think the OP has ignored all advice given on this thread. He may have ignored advice that I gave him. Or he may have ignored advice Soundguy gave him. Or he might have even ignored advice that you have given him. But I believe he has benefitted. I'm anxious to hear the end result. And I am willing to accept the fact that I may never hear the end result.

 

[jlgurr]

And I am willing to accept the fact that I may never hear the end result.

For me, that is the hard part.

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