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So I've just picked up this c141 and it has a deck with it which appears home made. It weighs a ton and looks very well built. Thought it may be of interest to see before it goes on eBay after a wire brushing.

We were sold this and told it was a 1958 rj-58 but then told it may be s 1961 model can any one help? I’m in the uk and looking for parts to restore

The Kubota B6100 Story go's on. The three cylinder D650 engine has had a few issues in this tractor but once it gets running it was fine and had loads of power. Howevery starting has been an issue loads of smoke and loads of heat plugs. I overhauled the diesel injectors and this had no improvement. I relented and purchased a diesel compression tester. At very best i was getting around 220psi on the best cylinder. The book states it should be up around 400 to 460 psi. OPPS !! After researching the costs I could purchase the parts from ether Kubota or a chines copy company. I was advised to go genuine. I turns out that I have a very early engine 000236. As the bits are on order the clean up begins. I am going to have new liners pressed in and all new bearings ,seals and gaskets. Will update as the build go's on

Will look in the morning it was in a junk yard for scrap and I grabbed it

perhaps you should be asking why the rod snapped? Usual cause is lube failure of the big end but the apparent condition of the crank pin doesn't support that. Next comes over-speeding.. Any sign of governor issues and are the balancer gears correctly timed?

I had to put a new top on my rear discharge deck some years back. Contemplating making a new shell for the side discharge I have.

Very solid looking bit of kit

Very Interesting development in this tractor. It is not a 1965 David Brown 990 Selectamatic, but rather a 1964 David Brown 990 Implematic. The Model number is H990/UA, s/n 471597 (December 1964). The "U" the model number means it was special for the American market, and why it has 990 Selectamatic tin on a 990 Implematic tractor. There was an import deal with Bolens to the American market. The reason for the color change was to make them look like Bolens tractors. The "A" meant it is an agricultural variant. The Implematic had the 6 speed Hi-Lo with 2 more speeds in reverse and the Selectamatic was a 12 speed 4 range (low slow, low, high slow, high), with the ability to up shift from 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 2nd to 3rd and to downshift from 3rd to 2nd in any of the ranges without stopping. The David Brown 990 Implematics made for the European market were red with a rounded front hood. Still the engine and drive train are extremely proficient for agricultural work. And on the collector side a very unusual tractor here in America as CASE was selling a comparable tractor at their stores and had the benefit of a huge name recognition here compared to David Brown. In another interesting piece of trivia the management of David Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times in 1947 offering for sale a High Class Motor Business, which turned out to be the sale of Aston Martin. David Brown acquired Aston Martin for £20,500 and, in the following year, Lagonda for £52,500, followed by the coach-builder Tickford in 1955. David Brown subsequently concentrated all the Aston Martin manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell. The David Brown years saw production of the legendary DB series of Aston Martins, which were featured in some James Bond films. David Brown also had connections with Vosper shipbuilding, and Delapina and Radyne machinery. Both car companies were sold in 1972 to Company Developments Limited, when Aston Martin was in financial trouble, for a nominal £100

The rear castor's plastic rollers were starting to show their age. So I decided to make two new ones. A nice piece of oak was cadged of a joiner friend and rollers turned up in the lathe. I think they should last a while.

Just had a look at this 14hp k321 and looks like the rod had snapped and damaged the crank. The bearing plate it spinning but im not sure if its from damage or being removed. Everything else inside looks ok to my very untrained eye.

I am not sure on the WH. I would look to see if there is a metal tag on the chassis or engine bay. Chances are they would have disappeared by now.