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    Craftsman GT5000 Engine Cuts Out, Struggles, Then is Okay

    Hi All, My second problem (besides the choke cable sticking in another post) is the 25 HP Kohler engine in my (mother-in-law's) 2004 Craftsman GT5000 intermittently, but frequently during mowing, cuts out, then resurges back to operating RPM. It does this intermittently in all modes of...
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    Craftsman 2004 GT5000 Riding Mower Choke Sticks

    Hoping someone might be familiar with my problem with the choke on my GT5000 Riding Mower. This has the 25 HP Kohler engine. It is a pull out to choke, push in for normal operation knob to the left of the steering wheel. There is flexible metal cable inside a plastic sleeve - and there is...
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    Shop Vac Suction at Hydraulic Fill Port?

    Hey Folks, Stopped by my local tractor dealer to pick up some items and mentioned to a sales guy, who I've been impressed with as pretty sharp in the past, that I was considering changing my Kioti DK40SE's two hydraulic filters. I mentioned reading here about the loss of fluid and he said I...
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    400 hour Service Advice

    Hey All, I have a 2013 Kioti DK40 four wheel drive, hydrostatic tranny, I bought new. I had the full recommended 50 hour service done by my dealership, which changes out all fluids and associated filters. Since then I've averaged 50 hours of use every year - some moving of dirt and gravel...
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    Calculating Your Predicted Rollover Angle

    Hello All, Here is the bottom line...the sideways rollover angle for my Kioti DK40 Hydro FWD, with FEL positioned with an empty bucket parallel to the ground, and Tartar 6 bush hog - and in all likelihood most similarly equipped stock utility class tractors - is above 40 degrees. Add 4 spacers...
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    Cruise Control and Mowing Uphill

    Fellow Safety-Minded Forumites, I'm about to start my second ever bush hogging adventure and do my hills again (those cursed hedge apple saplings are shooting up again), and in the interim I've been scouting this forum and researching wheel spacers (will order some today) for cautions. One...
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    Floor Jack Rated Lift and Safe Practices?

    All, I'm new to the forum - been enjoying reading for several months, then bought a new tractor with FEL and a 6' bush hog a few weeks ago and joined the forum. My first tractor! I am lucky to have experienced tractor owning neighbors, but there is nothing like this forum to search for advice...
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