rScotty
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- Joined
- Apr 21, 2001
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- Location
- Rural mountains - Colorado
- Tractor
- Kubota M59, JD530, JD310SG. Restoring Yanmar YM165D
I hope you give it a try and post the results.
There's been a lot of discussion but nobody has yet posted a reasonable explanation as to why Kubota aims their exhaust as they do. A popular guess is that none of their exhaust designers has ever actually driven one of their tractors.
For my part, I've followed several of these alternate exhaust pipe threads over the years & here is what I've noticed:
1. Nobody who has made a change in the exhaust has posted any negative results that I have seen - even though some systems sure do look crude.
2. Running the exhaust out the back isn't as much an advantage for going slow or in some winds.
Plus it could be a bit of a fire hazard.
3. Routing the exhaust up instead of out the back seems to work OK; but does need to be at head level or above.
4. For upturned exhausts, traditional flappers and tin cans seem about equally popular for keeping the rain out.
5. Hot exhausts condense moisture. If the exhaust goes up at any point consider putting a drain hole at the low point to reduce "diesel slobber".
6. And no, I still haven't changed mine - although it's been on the "to do" list for years now.
good luck,
rScotty
There's been a lot of discussion but nobody has yet posted a reasonable explanation as to why Kubota aims their exhaust as they do. A popular guess is that none of their exhaust designers has ever actually driven one of their tractors.
For my part, I've followed several of these alternate exhaust pipe threads over the years & here is what I've noticed:
1. Nobody who has made a change in the exhaust has posted any negative results that I have seen - even though some systems sure do look crude.
2. Running the exhaust out the back isn't as much an advantage for going slow or in some winds.
Plus it could be a bit of a fire hazard.
3. Routing the exhaust up instead of out the back seems to work OK; but does need to be at head level or above.
4. For upturned exhausts, traditional flappers and tin cans seem about equally popular for keeping the rain out.
5. Hot exhausts condense moisture. If the exhaust goes up at any point consider putting a drain hole at the low point to reduce "diesel slobber".
6. And no, I still haven't changed mine - although it's been on the "to do" list for years now.
good luck,
rScotty
