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- Feb 21, 2003
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- Location
- SE Michigan in the middle of nowhere
- Tractor
- Kubota M9000 HDCC3 M9000 HDC
My wife has her gas powered (gas guzzler) ZTR in case something happens to the F2880, I don't see that happening and I installed the IFJF fuel polishing filter with the Racor 2 micron element last night just in case. The IFJF base is a lot less than the Racor base and typical Chinese, they are identical in every respect as well. It remains to be seen if I'll need a second fuel pump but I'll find out as it rained here last night and is raining presently. I bought the Racor Filter from the place where you get yours btw. I'm not stupid when it comes to going with an established dealer, especially one that is recommended by someone who knows. Compared to the IFJF 10 micron filters I usually use they aren't a cheap date by a long shot but if they work for you, I'm good with that and I may remove the mechanical fan like I'm doing with the tractors and replace it with a 12 volt electrically reversable fan, the Kubby has plenty of alternator output to handle that and I figure on the tractors, I'll pick up around 10 horsepower each, maybe more and use less diesel as well. Not sure about the 2880 but I'm sure I will gain something and reduce fuel consumption as well, besides, I like fiddling with stuff like that. John Deere does it so Kubota can do it as well and you can buy in the top rad hose thermocouples that will control the fan automatically. I won't. I'll install a switch somewhere, double pole double throw that will reverse the polarity of the fan and electrically reverse it to blow out the rad (what I'm doing on both the tractors as well) so I can conveniently blow out or suck in the radiator's gunk and still provide cooling at the same time. The dealer I work at part time is very interested in the concept and if it works ( on the tractors and I'm sure it will, works just fine for John Deere), he's gonna take pictures and submit it to Kubota for them to offer it on their larger tractors as well. I won't get squat I'm sure, knowing Kubota. Concept is dirt simple other than fabbing up simple mounting bracketry for the fans and adding a switch or a t'stat controlled in hose switch to control the fan. Ain't rocket science at all. The big 12 volt fans I bought for the big tractors are a lot larger than what the F2880 would require, those are rated to move almost 3000 CFM at rated speed (2500 rpm). I looked at and considered a hydraulic drive for them but electric is much simpler, the units cost a lot less and the fabbing of the mounts is super simple as well plus in the case of the tractors, the fans can direct mount to the fan shrouds already there and the fans are dynamically balanced so minimal vibration when they are running and the maximum current draw at max rpm on 12 volts is 11 amps on the big ones and the alternators on the big ones output 70 amps and each have a Group 31 flooded cell storage battery capable of putting out over a thousand CCA. The advertised output on the 2880 is 40 amps but the fan will be a whole lot smaller as well. I think I'm good with both setups. I see the 2880 has a tube HX for the hydrostat drive. Think that will go and instead I'll install a plate type multi pass oil cooler in it's place. Maybe a Hayden swirl cool instead. I have one on my F350 truck and it keeps the big slush box in that truck cool. I've never seen trans temps over 200 degrees no matter what I'm pulling, ever. I do like fiddling with stuff so long as I can make it better. I don't fiddle just for the sake of fiddling, never have, never will.