50 hour service question.... Desperately need help

   / 50 hour service question.... Desperately need help #41  
"...my wife's 1993 Cutlass still has the original tires with factory air in them."

Anyone know where I can get some factory air? What is that anyway...the dirty stuff that comes out when they draw the fresh air in thru the ventilators?
 
   / 50 hour service question.... Desperately need help #42  
I combined several replies into one post - I know you don't want this thread to expand to the size of those ridiculous threads originated by Henro.

JDGreen 227:
</font><font color="blueclass=small">( What I did was, I bled some air from one of the Cutlass tires into an inverted glass jar and sealed it, then did the same with one of the tires on my 2003 JD. I swear, the air in both jars looks EXACTLY the same. My wife says it looks EXACTLY the same. )</font>
That's because you didn't cool the air - it looks the same at room temperature, but if you put it in the refrigerator sometimes the air will gel, and cause flow problems. May lead to the "Inspector 507 KATHUMP KATHUMP Syndrome". Calcium Chloride used to fill the tires does lower the gel point, preventing the I-507KK Syndrome.

PineRidge:
</font><font color="blueclass=small">( It can then be sent overseas where it will be purified using the most modern technology available to mankind. Once this clean up has been accomplished it will then be repackaged to be sold once again on the American market. )</font>
Actually I've heard that with the low dollar, the Chinese are cornering the market on scrap air, and are refining it, sending it back to us as those cans that spray air on computer keyboards. By the way, most of the manufacturing output of air from China is sold at Wal-Mart.

Inspector 507:
</font><font color="blueclass=small">( SO I guess I added some Ohio moisture-filled air in my tires. No wonder when I hit top speed, my tires sometimes go....KATHUMP KATHUMP..... )</font>
I've always thought it is better to KATHUMP KATHUMP than CHOP CHOP. If you hear CHOP CHOP, it means the air in your tires is low density air (such as helium), causing your tractor to float like a helicoptor.
 
   / 50 hour service question.... Desperately need help #43  
AndyM: At all costs, stay away from low priced but unreliable Chinese air. They are rumored to save on material costs by harvesting their raw materials from the exhausts of cows, their quality control stinks and besides they use slave laborers to produce it who are only allowed to take one breath of argon per day instead of breathing normally. No way should you countenance this kind of despicable human rights violation, which also deprives American workers of an opportunity to earn enough to breath decent air.

It is better to get genuine Kubota air, which is mostly produced in Japan and designed specifically for the tires on Kubotas. But even there, beware of bargain prices and make sure that it has an "American market" part # on it, otherwise you might find yourself stuck with Gray Market air, which Kubota warns contains the fermentation off-gasing by-products of Saki and is incapable of staying where it belongs beneath your (hopefully undrilled) ROPS.

Junkman: Hope your taking notes on this thread; ...typical of the wealth of otherwise difficult to obtain info that TbNers provide to eachother, free of charge, every day!
 
   / 50 hour service question.... Desperately need help #44  
Thanks for all the good info about the 50 hour service. It kind of reminds me of trying to change the antifreeze in my old Corvair. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
Lablovers
 
   / 50 hour service question.... Desperately need help #45  
Can't be the same. That Cutlass surely doesn't have the INDUSTRIAL rated air that is required for tractor tires. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
   / 50 hour service question.... Desperately need help #46  
"...don't forget to pay out-of-state sales tax..."

Which brings up another question: Is there off-road air and on-road air, or is it all taxed the same???

/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
 
   / 50 hour service question.... Desperately need help #47  
Off-road air is dyed.......big trouble using off-road for on-road use /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
   / 50 hour service question.... Desperately need help #48  
<font color="blue"> Thanks for all the good info about the 50 hour service. It kind of reminds me of trying to change the antifreeze in my old Corvair. </font>

Junkman is still having that problem on his Corvairs 35 years later! /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
 
   / 50 hour service question.... Desperately need help #49  
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Off-road air is dyed.......big trouble using off-road for on-road use )</font>

I think I saw some of this special, dyed air for sale on E-Bay.
It was a great deal, really cheap, but it had to be shipped from the Netherlands and they wanted the shipping paid up front. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
 
   / 50 hour service question.... Desperately need help #50  
Just FYI, the crystals are really non-poisonous. I worked for the Poison Information System and we got calls about children eating them all the time. The only real danger is choking. John, RN
 

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