yeah, we have to pay for all of Neil's wonderful videos...just kidding.
I just wish Messick's was closer, what a pleasure talking with people who actually are experienced and knowledgeable.
I'm not a mechanic so I need my local Kubota dealer and buy parts there fairly regularly to keep the relationship solid.
Often the parts guy knows what is broken, heck they have to supply their own shop so they know what parts move.
Then you get this nice air filter put in front of you and it says 78 bucks and you start getting dizzy....
sounds like a solenoid that might not have been spec'd heavy duty enough, like those stupid capacitors in our hvac systems
that always seem to blow on the hottest possible day. Since the trucks carry a bunch of them, that tells me something...
get the part number, Google it for a sanity check, and if Messick's is in line, or only a little higher, they definitely earn your business.
I don't use Ebay at all but if OP does, sometimes you can get super discounts. I do worry that the cheap Ebay oem filters came out of a box
in Louisiana after Katrina...
