Fitch
New member
- Joined
- May 16, 2004
- Messages
- 8
- Location
- So. Central Pennsylvania
- Tractor
- John Deere 770, RTV900W, Kubota ZD21, New Holland LS160
I have a 2004 ZD21 with 1,566 hours on it. It uses about a quart of oil between oil changes. I keep the transmission overfilled because it's a low serial number. The deck was recently rebuilt (gear box died and outer spindles had bearing failure because of seal failure). It had recurrent hot start problems. I installed a heat shield, part is standard on the new ZD1021, between the starter solenoid and the exhaust manifold which reduced the solenoid temperature to less than 130F and solved that problem. I haven't had a hot start problem since installing that heat shield. The shield installation is a piece of cake though it does involve drilling two holes. For some reason the picture showing the shield on my mower came in rotated 90 degrees to the left. The picture on the right shows the shield on the ZD1021. I ordered the part from Kubota.
Other than that, the mower is working great.
Fitch
Other than that, the mower is working great.
Fitch