Kubota owner: G'day all.
My 14yo son is wanting to attempt to restore an old B6000 that's be sitting a few years now on the farm here. Wanting to start with an engine rebuild. I'm sure as no mechanic. I was wondering if it's something we will fumble our way through ok? or if there is any vids or help guides to get or advice anyone has we would really appreciate it.
Intelligent Tinkering: The Kubota B6000 is a good candidate for this, although there is some new gear that will be needed: jack stands and good sockets and calipers and so on. This is all a nice excuse to go Christmas shopping for yourself. It certainly isn't so heavy you need a winch to split it. You can manage with jack stands and a floor jack. The difficulty will be when you encounter a seized fastener or some procedure that requires a "knack" you don't just have. You can spend hours, days even, just trying to shift one seized nut, if you don't have the reservoir of technique and gumption that experienced mechanics build up over decades. What I would suggest is finding a "spare" mentor for your son that does know these things to hold in reserve when you get stuck. There's no shame in this. All the experienced and able craftsmen were callow youths themselves once, and some cunning old bar steward took pity on us then (while others gave us the brutal hazing we probably deserved!) As for videos and such, you need a manual for a rebuild because you need the specifications. And make sure you have a machine shop in the vicinity that will do the specialized work on the case and other components: boring, line boring, and so on, and that you can source the oversized components. Machine shops are kinda thinning out the last few years and those that have survived are getting more specialized. Look for one that still has old guys that can use manual, not computerized equipment. There won't be a program for this machine.
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