Got The S373D!

[duwem]

I picked it up yesterday.

It came with some extra parts and a haban deck with a whole pile of brackets. Anyone have installation instructions? No idea how it is powered, I found some haban literature showing drive off the rear pto, and others off the front of the tractor.

Here it is in its original resting place where I saw it 2 years ago followed by the trailer ride home.

 

[duwem]

After a few hours of tinkering with it and cleaning the entire fuel system out I got it running last night. Everything works as it should: all 3 speeds of the PTO, diff lock, 3pt goes up and down, 4x4 works (lever to disengage does nothing but I'm working through that in the other thread, all 3 gears plus the high low. Starts good.

Front tires are very cracked but hold air. Will have to replace in the future.

There was on hydralic leak where the steel line goes into the transmssion, but I found a missing sealing washer, and it happened to be in the under seat toolbox. Installed it and it fixed the leak.

Muffler was rusted out BAD and had holes everywhere so I bought a farmall one.

With all the other fixes and a bath, here is a teaser picture, hoping to have the exhaust adaptor welded up tomorrow so I can run it with the new muffler.

I can also turn it horizontal like the original since the flange is square.

Once I get the exahust done I will pull it outside and take some good pictures...

 

[skylarkguy]

Really nice looking machine, congrats and have fun

 

[PILOON]

Think you'll find vertical (maybe even an extension) is best to not breathe sooty fumes.
If you do stay vertical install a flapper cap to keep water from getting in there.

 

[284 International]

Hey, terrific! Even if the mower winds up being unusable, you made a good purchase. What other bracketry or gear box does it have? Did you check on any of the 2wd machines for a mount on the PTO or under the belly? If you didn't look, go check and see if there is anything usable or salvageable there; the mystery may be solved when the missing components are on the other machine.

I'm a Yanmar guy, but my 2 Mitsubishi/Satoh tractors are really nice, and in some ways superior. Good job! It's really satisfying to take something that's a piece of junk to another and make a usable, functional piece of equipment.

 

[duwem]

They were out of that size rain caps when I went in today for the muffler. I will get one or do a slashed cut.

There was what appears to be some sort of engagement lever with a switch on both other s372's. I grabbed one of those. I got a whole pile of brackets and stuff, but no gearbox or clutch or anything, belt is missing and the blades arent there.

One of the tractors was rolled, the other one is another lower hour machine. He is keeping both though with plans to get them running. One had a second hydralic with remote couplers he would not part with.

Overall I have been happy with the tractor thus far, now I need to find something to use with it.

 

[284 International]

I would be interested to hear your comparison of the S373 pulling your disc plow vs the John Deere garden tractor. I don't know what model your JD is, but they're probably about the same size.

Your fabrication skills are excellent; your disc plow is a thing of beauty.

 

[duwem]

Funny you should mention its size vs the JD because yesterday I lined them up for comparison pictures:

 

[284 International]

I'm interested to hear a review/comparison of those two machines. They seem to be fairly comparable in terms of size and weight, but with a little bit different approach: A heavy lawn mower that is beefed up enough to serve as an agricultural tractor, vs an ag tractor shrunk to be able to do lawn care/garden type tasks. Will your disk plow fit the Beaver?

 

[duwem]

Most of my attachments for my JD's are Cat 0 3pt, so I will either make a "quick hitch" that has spacing for cat 0, or make up a new set of arms with 5/8 bushing and the right width for cat 0 and a cat 0 top link with some bushing to make it fit the tractor. I have some arms bent up and 5/8" bushing already as I was going to build a 3pt for another tractor...

I have a 332 Diesel John Deere which is like a 318 in size. Its a 16hp 3 cylinder liquid with cat 0. I also use it to pull the disk plow and a 12" moldboard, so that will be another baseline tractor for this one.

 

[duwem]

I got the exhaust adaptor all finished and welded up. Turned out good, hope the vibration does not break it though. I may add a strut from the muffler to the mounting bolts.

Here is a video of it running with the new exhaust setup:

Mitsu.mp4 video by duwem - Photobucket

Its a little loud, I will add a flapper or some sort of a tip to it to direct it forward, or mount the whole muffler horizontal for a front exit if needed, but like the "stack" look.

Everything is back apart and painted with black high temp paint.

 

[skylarkguy]

that tractor sounds pretty good. The exhaust work looks excellent. I understand the advantage of the vertical exhaust but for me it would present some clearance issues as I was working under trees etc. Nice job.

 

[oliver28472]

Excellent, always good to have a new member with these skills that can help the rest of us. Glad this is working out.

 

[Freakingstang]

Congrats. I just picked up a beaver s370d yesterday. Mine is a Satoh and has the exhaust on the passenger side....I'm going to fab a stack for mine too. Mine also has the optional front electric pto. I plan on putting a small loader on mine.

 

[284 International]

That looks like a nice unit. The front weight looks...ample! Also, fuel prices in your area are 50 cents a gallon cheaper than here.

 

[Freakingstang]

That looks like a nice unit. The front weight looks...ample! Also, fuel prices in your area are 50 cents a gallon cheaper than here.

If that was directed towards me, that isnt a front weight...It is a cover from the front Electric PTO. It was an option on these units and from what i'm reading on them seems to be pretty rare?!

 

[duwem]

Nice looking tractor!

 

[oliver28472]

I thought it was a weight also. Good looking machine!

 

[Freakingstang]

could you take some detailed pics of the three point hitch? Mine has the cat 0 arms, not sure if it is "factory" though because the pto gaurd is missing bc of the cat 0 mounts. Mine seems to have the Cat 1 bar underneath the diff. I think I just need the new cat 1lift arms... I took some kubota B5000 lift arms on it (in the pic) they are not correct by anymeans. I'll need to either make a set or findsome used ones somewhere

 

[duwem]

Here is a picture I have saved. Let me know if you need more. I thought I saw literature some of these tractors were cat 0, but yours does not look factory.