2manyrocks
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I left the hood open on the MX all winter in the shed and also used dryer sheets. Didn't see any nests when I looked earlier this week.
Emails and cancelled checks have saved me several times...I once ran into a similar insurance coverage situation on a $100k Freightliner OTR tractor at work. The new-ish truck was totaled in an accident. The insurance company said we had never had it added to the policy. I found the emails to and from our local insurance agent requesting coverage and his email response that he would add it. He failed to follow through but the insurance company honorEd the claim. Good faith on their part.
So, by contrast to that saying, "Everything wants to kill you in Australia," it's just the starlings in New Zealand?In New Zealand it is almost impossible to get fire insurance on a tractor due to the number that get burnt every year due to starlings. The favourite nest site is the exhaust manifold. You MUST pop the hood to stop starlings as they hate open space around the nest.
NOTE a starling can build a large enough nest to be a fire hazard in 20 MINUTES.
A farmer stopped for lunch and 20 minutes later went out to carry on with the job. He spotted a starling fly out of the tractor and popped the hood and found a partly built nest. The insurance companies pushed this story hard to raise awareness about the bird problem.
I did start fixing the tractor (should not have waited for Kubota for a year to settle)that new of a tractor I would think it's going to have a ECM,engine control computer. if it were mine and the wiring was burned really bad & would buy a wiring harness for it and if it doesn't fire up after that you will need a ECM too. you may get by with just a engine harness unless it is fried under the dash too.
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ENGINE & HEADLIGHTS HARNESS (UNDERHOOD)
Part # 3C111-77216
3C111-77213
-replaces #3C111-77213 HARNESS,WIRE(MAIN)
$2,036.60
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MAIN HARNESS, WIRE(MAIN) (UNDERHOOD)
Part # 3C111-77217
$1,649.56
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I opened the Engine ECU and found plenty of +5V power all around the board's ICsGreat news.
Of there's no +5V line into the EPU main connector, then you're probably right in assuming it's on that board. If you can locate the bad regular, it's probably a $7 part from DigiKey at qty.1. Anyone with reasonable soldering skills could swap it. It would be nice if Google could turn up a likely culprit for that error, and perhaps a schematic and board layout.