My First Real Tractor!

[winston1]

Why not just take a smaller cut? Must not be a heavy duty or it would likely pick yo the front end of your tractor.

 

[Kustrud]

Why not just take a smaller cut? Must not be a heavy duty or it would likely pick yo the front end of your tractor.

I have not even seen it yet - picking up tomorrow AM. Was more so worried about stress on the clutch due to starting/stopping such a large radius/diameter blade.

 

[HoyeTractor]

I just got a working 6' bush hog for free. I eventually will get a nice one and want a 4'. For now, can I just cut one foot off of each blade and use it as a four footer so I do not stress the tractor?

I think your biggest problem will be the mower's weight. Unless you add a lot of bumper weights your front wheels will probably not touch the ground. A 6' mower will stick back a long way from the rear tire (pivot point) and it will have a lot of leverage.

 

[Kustrud]

Ahhh good point!

 

[clemsonfor]

Yeah understood - was just curious I guess.

On a new note - I have noticed in some videos of Yanmars running that the crankcase vent tube seems to have a little smoke coming out of it. I do not believe mine does. Is it supposed to always vent something, or OK if I do not see anything coming out? How can I check to make sure my vent tube is not plugged/clogged?

I also pulled my exhaust manifold off and it was pretty "dirty" like oil or sooty water. Kinda what you would expect in a diesel manifold I guess?

As little to no blow by as possible is what you want. That vent is just a direct passage into the crank case. Any combustion gasses that get blown by the rings as "blowby" ends up in the crank case and that vent is there so that the crank case does not become over pressurized. Some slight blow by and a drip every blue moon is normal. There is a lot of rotating mass in there and oil getting slug all over like a hurricane in there. It should not look like a little exhaust pipe blowing diesel exhaust out of it. But if it does have a slight wisp of smoke out of it its no big deal they will run for a long time even with minor blow by.

 

[clemsonfor]

Why not just take a smaller cut? Must not be a heavy duty or it would likely pick yo the front end of your tractor.

I have not even seen it yet - picking up tomorrow AM. Was more so worried about stress on the clutch due to starting/stopping such a large radius/diameter blade.

if it is heavy duty you wont be able to lift it! I would not cut the blades as they are expensive and if you can re sell it you would want them intact

Oh and yes black sooty exhaust is normal on a diesel as long as its not extra caked up or anything

 

[Kustrud]

Ok got it. I don't think it has any. How can I tell if that tube is clear though? Take it off and compressed air? Just want to make sure there's no wasp nest or anything in it.

 

[Kustrud]

Tube clear, no blow by!

Water pump installed and temp is LOW at around 170-180 after 20 min at any RPM!

Is it ok to run around 1800-2000 RPM now that I have a water pump?

 

[4get gto]

Tube clear, no blow by!

Water pump installed and temp is LOW at around 170-180 after 20 min at any RPM!

Is it ok to run around 1800-2000 RPM now that I have a water pump?

Why would you not? Check it out.

 

[Kustrud]

AHHHHHHHHHH! It never ends! Alright, so this may not be a big deal. But I pulled the cap off the radiator after running it for a while, with just STRAIGHT water. It NEVER did this before the water pump, not with straight water, not with antifreeze mix, etc. It was always extremely clean. Now I figured the water pump would stir up some nastiness inside the block (which is why I pulled the cap to check it) and I am really hoping that is all this is. I am thinking the water pump rushing water through there just stirred up all kinds of crud that has sat untouched for a while. I wiped on a paper towel and it is NOT oily at all nor does it smell like oil or fuel. Smells like antifreeze still and wipes off like water. Should I just run a few flushes through it, refill it, run tractor, repeat, etc.??