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Think on an old Entec, if you take the top panel off you can remove the cylinder head leaving the exhaust manifold and inlet manifold still bolted up.

On the rocker cover you should have a decal with the engine model and serial number. Give this to a Kubota engine dealer and see if they can supply. Generally, if the rad has blocked and the engine has overheated properly you will of cracked the head. We have done loads over the years. Usual symptoms are compression gasses in the coolant, very hard to start cold and white smoke on crank. Whizz the head off, you can usually see the cracks across the combustion chamber. You can re use the head bolts. Always good practice to get some cardboard and lay your components out in the cardboard exactly how they came off. You could refit a 1305 or 1505 if required. But most used engines are knackered. Compression wise, serviceable limit from Kubota is 327 PSI. Ideally you want more towards 400 PSI.

Very rarely a Kubota engine will blow the head gasket.9 of 10 times they'll crack the head.

More progress. Cross leg booms in. Wear pads and rams to go in shortly. Hopper fitted. Wiring looms going in.

Very cool!!

With gang mowers you'll need to be cutting every week or two. As a rough rule of thumb you'll be able to reduce by about 50% per cut. If the grass is over say 8-12 high inches you have no chance. The only cylinder mower which will cut slightly higher grass is hydraulic powered fitted with the 4 bladed cylinders which Ransomes offer.

Engine back in, hydraulics going on.

Few items being bolted back on. New bottom feed roller, bearing housing and bearing fitted. Anvils in good condition so just cleaned, rotated and refitted.

When it shuts off, is it an instant shut down? Like you have turned the key off? Or does it die slowly?

A couple of months ago we were asked to rebuild a customers 19-28 SafeTrak MK2 and incorporate a colour change. Here is the progress so far. This is the first of two machines. In the workshop about to be stripped Engine coming out Cleaned off. Stripped Stripped Latest equal pressure stop bar, same as the EVO range Ready for re assembly

Just call Forst. They should know if its had a genuine chassis change.

We are now an FSI dealer

We can do blade sharpening.

Price increase on it's way 🤣

You are welcome to send them into us. Check our website for address. www.gagroundcare.com