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Grandpa's old farm workhorse. I'd like to get it running again, but it's sat for over 10 years. Definitely needs new battery, had old gas sit in it the whole time, fuel tank rusty, air filter disintegrating, muffler rotted through, and radiator cap missing so the radiator is full of junk. The...

I have a 197X Kubota M4500DT, trans/hydralic fluid all seeped out from sitting. Manual calls for almost 8 gallons of SAE 80 but I doubt they mean the modern SAE 80 gear oil. I'm thinking some type of modern trans/hydraulic oil is the ticket, the question is - which one most closely reflects...

The old 70s M4500DT has sat for a couple years, went to start it and all the hydraulic/transmission oil drained out. Manual calls for SAE 80 but I don't think it takes 8 gallons of gear oil, I think it's referring to a type of transmission/hydraulic oil. Any advice on what is the modern...

Hello all, First post, looks like a great forum here! Just marking the beginning of what im sure will be a long job - restoring this 1978 Kubota M4500DT It is in great mechanical shape, and really only surface rust. What I plan on doing first is taking off all the sheet metal and...