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<blockquote data-quote="Tazza" data-source="post: 35388" data-attributes="member: 82"><p>The problem with the older style machines is the hour meter can keep ticking along if you don't turn the key off. They use the pull cable shut off s if you forget it can keep ticking away. They do have a charge pressure switch that turns it off, but some owners when things don't work right wire the hour meter up directally so when the key is on, the hour meter is too. I have done this myself due to wiring issues.</p><p>As a general rule, a Kubota will do 5-6,000 hours before it will want a tidy up. If it still starts and runs well, don't worry about it. If its for personal use, even a high hour engine will do its job. It may be a pig to start in the cold, but when its running and doesn't pour out smoke it will serve you well. I had a machine with about 6,500 hours. It had burnt out glow plugs because of lower compression, but when it started (after installing new plugs) it worked all day. Fired right up when warm, no massive amounts of smoke when under load.</p><p>Hours are only ever a guide. Thats why when people sell them they say X hours showing. This does not mean they are genuine hours though. Even newer machines you can't be 100% sure they are genuine hours. If you blow up a computer and replace it with one from a lower hour machine it will show the lower number but has done more.</p><p>What issues does your machine have?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tazza, post: 35388, member: 82"] The problem with the older style machines is the hour meter can keep ticking along if you don't turn the key off. They use the pull cable shut off s if you forget it can keep ticking away. They do have a charge pressure switch that turns it off, but some owners when things don't work right wire the hour meter up directally so when the key is on, the hour meter is too. I have done this myself due to wiring issues. As a general rule, a Kubota will do 5-6,000 hours before it will want a tidy up. If it still starts and runs well, don't worry about it. If its for personal use, even a high hour engine will do its job. It may be a pig to start in the cold, but when its running and doesn't pour out smoke it will serve you well. I had a machine with about 6,500 hours. It had burnt out glow plugs because of lower compression, but when it started (after installing new plugs) it worked all day. Fired right up when warm, no massive amounts of smoke when under load. Hours are only ever a guide. Thats why when people sell them they say X hours showing. This does not mean they are genuine hours though. Even newer machines you can't be 100% sure they are genuine hours. If you blow up a computer and replace it with one from a lower hour machine it will show the lower number but has done more. What issues does your machine have? [/QUOTE]
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