Good post pumpguy . . . it's not all that hard.
You are right. No question. I have found injectors and ordered them at a very reasonable price that even makes sense to me. We hassled, negotiated and we are getting the Pump rebuilt for around 850.00 and that is somewhere in the ballpark at least. I got a quote from an out of state for $550.00 but no one knows them and they said it could go a little higher depending. But you are right and now I know and now anybody who wants to read knows and hopefully they won't make all these mistakes. It amazes me how some others take my comments (usually parts of them rather than the whole thought) that were simply meant to inform and twist them and accuse and throw blame around. I surely hope that it makes them feel almighty and great, for they aren't. Your comments were a pleasant surprise and I thank you for them and the effort and thought that went into writing them. That took some time and some real thinking. Thanks, thanks very much.
Now I have owned this tractor since very late 2012 or early 2013 and it has less than 60 hours on it. I owned and operated a Kioti 40 Horse Diesel for over 12 years. I used the Kioti to clear this property, desert land that was never, ever farmed or used or cleared. I used the Kioti to drill well over 1,000 post holes and the power of that little tractor sometimes took over two hours to drill one post hole through the Kalaichi - a super hard, super dense clay like collection in the soil. That was using carbide bits on the post hole driller also. I can easily account for 250 hours just doing that and the Kioti had less than 160 hours on it total. I thought the hour meter was goofy. Then I have used my Mahindra for almost a week straight at times and the hour meter reads what I said, under 60 hours. So there is some kind of criteria used to account for hours on a tractor because my two at least act the same in that regard. I generally use about 5 gallons of diesel a month and sometimes part of that is used in my Kubota.
We are over an hours drive from the Phoenix area and for someone to come out here they usually charge us $150.00 before they even get here. Our land is on an area where the road is not maintained by the county - I also feel that was a serious mistake and very stupid but again, I don't know what went into that decision so I might be totally out to lunch in a handbasket. So I either get it on and do it myself, working on the property or fixing the road or you know the alternatives. Yes I have went to the county and they passed laws to keep subdivisions like us from getting them in. Interesting? A whole, whole different story. So I need my tractor.
Now I know that I have to change the fuel filter at least once a year if not twice but the dealer told me that it was all in the maintenance and that would be at 250 hours. And I was 190 hours away from that. Stupid me thought I was good. I now know that if Mahindra has a fuel / water extraction system there is no warning of reaching capacity and it must bypass the process, again if there is one. Mahindra is ignoring me btw. I in general only buy Shell diesel which from my humble research is the best in this area. I also run Sea Foam in the diesel to control the water and it is rated to keep the diesel good for 2 years. No every last little tiny detail was not in my write up but good gracious can people accuse you when they didn't bother to try and read and understand what you are saying. This still amazes me, to say the least. And once again thanks for your response. I will follow what you recommend if there is ever a next time because that makes perfect sense. But I ran and ran my Kioti 40 horse diesel and believe me it wasn't babied like I baby my Mahindra and when I bought this **** tractor I tried to ask all the questions about what and how and when and nobody will help you. After all I owned a diesel for over 12 years already then. If they think they did, well my experience should explain that they were even in the same state, let alone the same ballpark. No I am not blaming them, I DID EVERYTHING I SAID. It was all my fault but now with some peoples kind help I am learning how to prevent this from happening again to us. And yes I did the 50 hour maintenance at the dealer. All fluids were replaced with synthetics from XADO.US. For example, the diesel synthetic oil at $25 / quart is rated to last 100,000 kilometers or about 62,000 miles. Believe me that service was expensive. But reading the comments I got in Facebook and here you know I was the dumbest most ignorant owner that God could let live in the earth. Well God bless every one of them. So lastly, I again appreciate your thoughtful reading and comments and I agree with you 100%.
