Recent content by Jofang

I suggest the lights have a bad earth and are finding one through the fuel gauge.

The 2 acre lawn part of my yard is full of lumps & bumps, so much so that driving my BX or my Z122 mower is like riding a bucking bronco. I thought of rotavating it level and re-planting grass but the problem of the bumps is likely to return. My other thought is to buy a roller to flatten some...

Over the years the 2 acre of grass yard around the house has become very bumpy. The flail mower copes with it no problem, but the bumps are a nuisance and I want to buy a roller for our KB2350 small tractor. I don't know what size or weight I should look for. Our yard is a slight slope, no more...

Hi Oosik, very true, it could have become hot & possibly exploded, apart from wrecking the bottom end with no lube. Maybe I've been lazy and should have prepared the machine for long time inactivity. We never stop learning and this has been an inexpensive lesson.

Thanks Roadworthy, I found the problem. I decided to start with the basics and change the oil. I removed the sump plug and out came a litre of gas, not oil. It appears that over time the gas in the tank had found its way past the petcock and carb into the sump. Fresh oil & gas and she now runs...

I have a log splitter with what I think is a Briggs & Stratton G series gas engine with a pull cord start. Due to moving house I haven't used the machine for a couple of years, maybe even 3 years. After lots of pulling the motor will run for 5 seconds, then it dies, but what is concerning is...

I had exactly the same problem with my hedgetrimmer. It would start OK & tick-over forever but died when I touched the throttle. I must have had the carb apart four times to clean it out but the last time it was stripped I noticed the fuel line had perished and was swollen inside to almost close...

Be very careful when fitting an hydraulic cylinder without calculating the force exerted by the cylinder, as this could be very dangerous. At 3000 psi a 3 inch cylinder produces over 21,000 pounds force, almost 10 tons on the link pins.

Forget looking for air in the system. Hydraulic oil travels so fast through the components in the circuit that air has got no chance to settle anywhere. I suggest that the FEL falling 3 to 4 inches indicates the problem. Depending upon your circuit design the spool valve, the pilot operated...

Manufacturers place an hydraulic drive that is pre-set to control the power between the tractor and the machine. This way they guarantee that an end user cannot damage the machine and/or potentially injure themselves.

I have a BX Kubota and it's truly a bulletproof machine. Mine gets lots of abuse but is maintained well but many is the time I wish it was heavier to prevent wheel spin. It cuts grass easily with a 4 foot flail or 3 point mower deck, it does plowing, hole boring, saws logs with ease. However...

I have a 2008 Kubota BX2350 sub compact + FEL along with 4 acres of lawn, vineyard and mixed woodland, which provides 8-10m3 of oak & chestnut firewood each year. I have a 60cm diameter circular saw, 4" capacity chipper, 4 foot flail, a 4 foot rotavator, a 12" hole borer, 3 point pallet forks...

I have a BX2350 giving 23hp at the PTO and this is enough power to chip 4 inch branches with my Chinese no name chipper, which is quite a good machine. The problem arises with bent branches where even 1 inch branches will jam in the 4 inch inlet chute, so as others have said on this forum I'd go...

Dmacleo is spot on, use this carefully if you have a plastic inlet. Going back 40 years or more we used to start the old diesels this way before glow plugs were invented. Light the paper immediately before cranking.

If you remove the air filter so you have direct access to the air suction inlet, stuff a couple of sheets of newspaper or similar up the air intake and set fire to them whilst cranking. Guaranteed solution in any weather.