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    Forward Exit Horizontal Exhaust??

    The exhaust on my Mahindra 4550 side vents about 2.5 ft forward of the brake pedal, well placed for fumes to waft across the driver. A Hamiltonville Farm video on youtube gave me the idea of using an 18" flexpipe to point the fumes lower. That didn't make much difference, so I took a 6' flexpipe...
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    Rotary cutter left elevated

    My wife did me a favor and put the 4550 in our new barn for the first time. It's an 80 min drive, one way, and I was too busy yesterday to go with her. She realized though that she left the rotary cutter elevated rather than lowering to the ground. Is it mechanically stressful or damaging to...
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    4540 exhaust

    I ran about 78" of flex pipe from the under-hood exhaust pipe to the back of the tractor as a tailpipe, just proof or disproof of concept. Since I'm running out of ideas I also got a 3M 7502 half-mask respirator with multi-gas/vapor cartridge P100 filters. I wonder if anyone sees any...
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    Oil & Fuel  Do fuel treatments make fumes worse?

    i wonder if anyone has any insight or experience with this questions, whether diesel additives such as to remove water make exhaust fumes worse?
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    Engine Coolant Temperature Gauge 4540/4550

    Do you think I would also need a new "hose pipe radiator inlet-EPDM" , or the existing should be fine?
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    Engine Coolant Temperature Gauge 4540/4550

    I bought a 4550 w/ 400 hours recently. After a couple of uses I noticed that the engine temp gauge is dead. There's no local Mahindra dealer. The nearby Kubota shop suggested I look for a loose wire at the sensor(s) that extend above the radiator. Any sensors do not appear to be above the...
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