M59 Discussion Thread

[rScotty]

Just curious...

Why would this make you nervous?

What makes me nervous is that setting the valve lash means that the engine has to be rotated several times by hand in order to put the lifters at the right location to check the valve clearance.

A gasoline engine requires a spark to start, so rotating the engine by hand is safe as long as the ignition is turned off. I've set lots of those without a worry.

But a diesel is a compression ignition engine with a mechanical fuel pump and as far as I know the M59 doesn't have any form of compression release. Those things all combine to add up to a chance (small chance, but real) that it will fire when rotating a piston through the compression stroke. There's just no easy way to make most diesels absolutely safe to rotate through the compression stroke.That's what makes me nervous about setting the valve lash on the M59 without removing either the injectors or the glow plugs....and I hate to remove either unless I just have to.
luck,
rScotty

 

[MutzFarm]

Here is a thread with some pictures of our new M62. I got pictures in post one and I think thirty.
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/kubota-owning-operating/384629-having-blast-our-new-m62.html

 

[Rorym]

If anyone in the USA can provide me with the Kubota Part Number for this upgraded joystick handle I would be forever grateful...Kubota Australia cant help.
Thanks
R

 

[Rorym]

 

[mike69440]

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[Yamforlife]

Rorym - just installed the kit on my M59 - the stick comes with the Front 3rd valve kit TL2212.

 

[chickenhead]

How hard was the third function valve kit to install? Did you have to remove the rear tire? I am not even sure if the kit comes with instructions.

 

[Yamforlife]

It comes with instructions. It痴 allot easier to install when you take off the rear tire which is easy with the legs on the backhoe. It took me a day to do. Not that hard.