Recent content by gbirky

A buddy of mine is having trouble with the 3pt hydraulic valve assembly on his YM1500D. He says that the "shuttle valve" doesn't move freely in the housing and causes the 3pt to act unpridictably. He has polished the housing and the "shuttle" with very fine crocus cloth, but still cannot get...

I'm in the process of putting a 48" JD mower deck (from an LT or LX 185 I'm told) under my YM1110D. The deck fit, but the front tires were going to rub the deck, so I decided to move the front axle forward 5". Attached is a photo of the deck with the tractor in the background. By the way, I...

JD 54\" Hydraulic Snow Blade I just finished mounting a JD 54" hydraulic lift and angle snow blade to the front of my Yanmar YM1301D. I thought you guys might enjoy a couple of photos. This blade was originally briefly used on a JD 317 garden tractor. It hadn't been used for at least 25...

JD 54\" Hydraulic Front Blade on my YM1301D I just completed the installation of a JD 54" hydraulic lift and angle front blade on my YM1301D. It uses the loader hydraulic valves. I made a removable adapter which mounts on the tractor with 4 pins. I attached a photo of the blade on the...

I would like to get an extra set of wheels for my YM1301D so I can put the original 8-16 rice tires on them for winter use. Does anyone know if the center hole and lug bolt holes are the same as wheels for the YM1401D? I can measure them to compare if someone has the measurements. Also...

With cold weather and snow here in Western MD, I find that starting my YM1110D can be a challenge. I want to put a block heater on it, and can get a lower radiator hose heater locally. The problem is that the lower radiator hose is very short, and has 3 bends in it - very little straight...

I have a buddy who has had a YM2210D torn apart for about 2 years. He is finally getting it finished up, but cannot remember how the air cleaner is mounted. Does anybody have any digital photos of the 2210 air cleaner mounting who could post it here?

Not that it really adds much to the final evaluation, but I got curious enough about the units used to rate power on these Japanese tractors to search the internet. They are all rated in PS which is pferdestarke (or literally power of a horse). I found it at this web site. It is actually very...

I am in the process of rebuilding a Yanmar 2T72 engine (in a YM1110D), and need to replace a sleeve. I have removed the original sleeve and am waiting for a replacement. My rebuild book for the engine says to "apply sealing paint or grease" to the outside lower part of the sleeve where the...

Guys, Over the last week, I have gotten the tractors out to till with. Attached is a photo of my helper tilling for our garden. He had a great time! (And so did I).

OK all you diesel mechanics and experts... I pulled the head off of a YM1110D (2T72 engine) because it was running poorly. I expected a leaking exhaust valve on one cylinder. I wasn't prepared for what I found. It looks like the cylinder head rusted badly inside the no 1 cylinder. I haven't...

Guys, Here's a picture from my garage on Monday around 10am after the 2ft snow we had. I had plowed around 8-10" from the driveway once on Sunday around noon. This was the additional 16+" that fell between Sunday noon and Monday noon. You can see a little of my 1301D over on the left in the...

I normally would never do anything like this, but one of the major contributors to this board is being flamed over on the jplan discussion board. Here is a link if you care to chime in and defend one of the good guys. The thread is something like No More Parts for Yanmars.

I have finished mounting the lower lift arms and mounting hardware for the 3pt on my YM1301D. All that is left is the upper link mount. I haven't figured out the best way to put the upper link mount on the tractor. I attached a photo of the rear of the tractor where you can see two lower holes...

With cold weather on its way, and the difficulty I had starting my tractor last winter, I want to install a block heater in my YM1301D (engine is a 3T70B). Does anybody out there know a specific block heater that will fit this tractor? I would guess that the closest US model is the YM169D...