Ratman

Pic of OP’s cylinder, i think it should clean up, fresh piston and rings etc check as Spud suggests and should be good to go.

If oil level is still max or below then just doing the seal should be fine, just inspect the pulley for being cracked, can be hard to see sometimes but like i say not unheard of. Get him to reset valve clearances too, an odd tight valve clearance, usually on inlet valve can cause injector dribble, noticeable on start up with exhaust smoking but will clear within a minute once cylinders reach temp. If level is over max then you may have a possible injector issue.

Reading your first post again, are you saying there is more oil than normal according to the level on the dipstick? i.e its reading over max. Or, are you suggesting that because the front seal is leaking you would expect a lot lower oil reading on the dipstick? even if the crank seal is passing and forming a pool it won’t give a significant oil level drop for a good while, oil leaks always look and suggest worse than they are at first. if your oil level is above max then it could suggest an injector issue which is not unheard of on kubota’s. They can be a nightmare to get out sometimes which can result in head off and a send away job. They are pretty bomb proof regards cranks, big ends, mains etc unless they have done colossal hours of work, even with bad maintenance and lack of oil changes in my experience. In which case i’d just sort the head and injectors and not bother with a full overhaul. If it has done colossal hours etc then its up to you regards cost of doing a full overhaul against the age of machine and other ware and tare items that go with it.

I’ve had cracked pulleys on kubota’s before, yanmah’s too causing seals/oil leak issues, have changed seals in situ where accessible

Yes, as per Stubby’s abbreviation in his earlier reply “cush drive” meaning cushion drive, dampens the forces when torque/drive are applied.

Running a Rock Machinery 12T electric splitter at home for noise reasons more than anything, keep the neighbours happy and draw less attention etc, in to its 3rd year of use now, no issues, good tool up to now 👍

Have a word with a local haulage repair place that runs arctic tip trailers, see if they have any old teflon body liners/ sheets knocking about, to them they will be knackered/thin, to you they’ll last you ages if not forever, cut to your specs and fit em yaself.

Post some pics, gives people a better idea of whats going on / possible to do 👍

Have you checked the clutch side?

Position wise option 2, central to the room then, knock out the chimney breast upwards and reinstate a fresh lintel higher up, then rest is just a standard install to your tastes/requirements. i.e liner down chimney for top or rear connection, which ever you want, then do your breast and inset to whats your intended design, job done.

Does that part resemble a likeness to your setup? If so can you get at it with your setup to make it operate and see if its doing its job as it should? Hard to say when your not physically sat looking at your setup.

Legend!!! 😂 Very nice it is too! Do us a nice pie and pop it the post please 😉

What a nice outcome mr j, pics please 😁

Some setups have a little pop up tab that gets depressed when the steering wheel comes back round off lock to cancel the signal, they can be a separate lump from the stalks themselves, but attached to them if you know what i mean. The tabs can break or the contacts that they sit in can go weak and so the tab doesn’t make contact with the steering wheel to activate the cancel. Drop you column covers off and get ya torch out to see if you have this setup.

Yup! I’d go with 🛎🔚 too! 🤠

Naa, stronger the better!!! Yorkshire tea for me always. Stand a spoon up in it 🤪 just bleach it once a month or so once ya start get floaty bits in it, and rinse thoroughly with boiling water afterwards 👌 bit of build up adds to the taste!

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Its just getting used to it i suppose, i’m a bit useless with computers etc, hammers and spanners for me! 🤠

I’m using an iphone and a bit lost with it thats all at the min, i’ll work it out in time i guess 🥴 mobile version app was ace and really easy to use / navigate

Is the mobile version lost forever steve? 😳😭

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