red1955bird
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Hi. Not sure if this is hi-jacking MasterMikes thread, but we may be in the same/similar wagon. I just bought a 2005ish DK45S with engine problems. Daedong 4A220LXB. This purchase is probably not the best decision I have ever made, but definitely not the worst. So... the back story on this machine is it came off a chicken farm in NC and was purchased by previous owner for the loader which turns out would not fit his model Kubota. Machine has just over 3K hours according to proof meter. Does meter work??? Who knows at this point. Woods 1016 loader with quick attach bucket, 4X4, etc. Machine is covered in chicken manure so if one thing is true it is that this did indeed come out of chicken house. Supposedly sold as not running when he bought it, but PO did get it started. When I went to look at the machine we did start it up and it did not sound too horrible. Seems that cylinder #4 is not lighting off, and there is a knocking sound, and white smoke. So i think there is potential for a cracked piston on #4 and low compression the cause of white smoke (unburned diesel). Not sure but someone may have been making this engine snort ether. Not sure where I will start my diagnostics on this thing. May try to do a compression test on #4 and see if that cylinder is indeed bad. Could be a problem injector or something with the pump plunger on that cylinder. Not knowing anything about this heap I will probably pull the oil pan and look for metal and inspect rod & main bearings also. Tractor also has other issues.... loader control is a joystick that uses two cables going down to control valve on transmission, something is boogered up with the cables???, chicken farmer robbed the radiator off before selling it to PO so has an old Ford 9N radiator rigged in it by PO. Head light assembly missing. Starter dropping out when trying to start so not sure if starter solenoid going bad or if PO's battery was too weak to keep it held in. Ya, so got my work cut out on this one. But myself just like MasterMike is finding out there is not a whole lot of info. out there on Daedong, Kioti engines for these machines. Seems like they would fit into the "Grey Market" tractor segment without much North American support. I'm sure you can go to the dealer for your needs and pay out the waazoo for OEM parts and service. I'm not gonna do this unless necessary. The Kioti brand and other rebrands if any of this same machine is such a small segment of the compact tractor market that identifying and finding used or aftermarket parts for your model is difficult. I'm sure there out there, but where??? I will also look into the possible compatibility of Kubota engine parts for this type. My 1st move will be to get an operator, shop, and parts manual for this model. So fingers crossed hopefully this machine can be fixed without too many headaches and too much $$$. More to come on my new to me piece of Kioti DK45S. P.S. -- How do you insert pics in the post??? (Insert Image Icon did nothing???)
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