Kubota B7100 Tractor Repair Part 2- Fixing Seized Brakes, Replacing Broken Dozer Frame Bolts.

I bought this Kubota 4wd diesel tractor a few months ago as a non runner.
The previous owner had left it out in the rain without a cover over the exhaust, rain water entered the engine and it hydro-locked when he turned it over.
In the previous video I got the engine running, but It has had a hard life and is quite worn out.
In this episode I will fix the seized brake lever, replace all missing frame bolts and improve the exhaust so it can't let rain water into the engine.

[@rhondasweeney7271]

I laugh so hard when you say to the chickens, "Don't come in here and shit on my tools! " Thank you for sharing! 😊

[@ralgith]

Same.

[@mwilkins1180]

Keeping it real 😄

[@CharlesManch]

But but..... Whatcha doin in here!

[@viriato8566]

Chickens aren't particularly bright so you need to remind them constantly.

[@WillMasters]

@@CharlesManchhens are so curious, always getting into everything

[@jonwright8291]

The joy it brings me on a rainy miserable day in England, to see that you’ve uploaded just a 14 min video is unreal 😂😂 cheers Marty!!

[@alanlake5220]

I second that

[@H4rleyBoy]

Raining up in Yorkshire too, and an hour of Marty is nearly enough.

[@wtxza12]

Same here (NL)!

[@rapido2963]

Watching here in Sussex UK while the rain batters the windows!

[@TheOtherBill]

My English friend told me once that's the only type of day England has. In his exact words "You can tell when it's summer in England because the rain gets warmer."

[@jmwn2174]

I can't even describe how relieved I am to see that monstrosity of an exhaust extension finally gone. It's been bugging the hell out of me since the first video.

[@davidclarke3450]

Thanks for the video !

[@caveweta]

Can’t wait for part 3. Onya Marty.I want to see that raft trip.

[@Vault57]

5:48 Vicious little velociraptors. Coming into your shop, hunting in a pack. Vocalizing about the best way to take you down...they are too chicken to take you on alone! 🙂

[@josephking6515]

So that's how all the 10mm tools go missing. 😲 Those little basturds. 🙄

[@NickManCuso59]

Hi Marty. Something tells me your chickens have done their business on your tools more than once !

[@tujuprojects]

Diarhea into toolbox.

[@MartyT]

Yes a runny one in the middle of my socket set 😂

[@terrytopliss9506]

Certainly wasn’t a well maintained tractor before you got it Marty. Thanks for the video.👍👍

[@amossnowdaharleyman9179]

Straight up ol' skool mechanicing. Fun to watch.

[@stevenjohannesen88]

Another great Vlog, and your talent as a chook whisperer! Cheers from across the ditch, 🦘🦘🦘❤️🇦🇺

[@BigAmp]

Happy chooks good to see.

[@everestyeti]

I know some doctors who could learn from your bedside manners. Talking to your patient and reassuring them is always a good move. 👍

[@gerry-p9x]

Really sometimes. I have the smartest. Conversations. With. Myself

[@josephking6515]

Mmm, I would not be reassured if my doctor said he was just going to tighten my nuts. 😲

[@akda5id]

And when the nurse comes barging in, "Don't you dare shit on my tools"

[@larrygingerich2585]

Not on mine, you don't!😂😂

[@thomasbroker69]

As ever beautiful to watch Marty. Lovely job on the brakes !

[@IR-nq4qv]

The further people live from the main hub, the more resourceful they become. You're a smart lad Marty, always thinking outside the box

[@douglasharley2440]

on behalf of all the world's old machines, much thanks! 🫡

[@MartyT]

Thanks mate, much appreciated

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

In case you missed it the first time- 5:50 "GO ON, DON'T SHIT ON MY TOOLS" 😂 Classic Marty T. speaks to the chickens. Laughed out loud 👍

[@townsville69]

The raft journey sounds like it will be a fun adventure.

[@jamesbull890]

It's always puzzled me since I found out the engineering standard for thread depth for screwing into a casing was 1.5 d which means one and a half times the diameter of the stud or bolt. Considering the quality of some castings and machining I would have thought they'd need much more. Thanks for another great video.

[@stanleygallman7800]

Marty T just wanted you to know that I really appreciate and enjoy watching your videos with a person knowing pretty much what they are dealing with and you make it all look so simple. Great job and thanks for sharing 👍🏾

[@willtricks9432]

Second time around for me watching your repair on this tractor, I am looking to buy one soon and getting a look around what they can throw up is a bonus for me, Thanks again.

[@milcommguy5927]

Good job

[@StephenCole1916]

As you were saying this bolt was loose and that one was loose, I was thinking "I hope he goes and checks every single other nut and bolt" and you said that you would do that, made me feel a lot better about the project.

[@ruaraidhmcdonald-walker9524]

Brakes are small because they're running before the reduction gears so they're running at higher than axle speed. More effective despite the smaller size as the gear ratio effectively multiplies the braking torque!! Great to see you flying on with this. Vile weather over here so always good to see a Marty video! Time for some boating in the sun soon Marty?

[@MartyT]

Funny you should say that, I just took the kids out in the new sail/rowing boat yesterday, I'll be making a quick vid about fixing the split oar and testing it on the water

[@ruaraidhmcdonald-walker9524]

@@MartyT Excellent! Some sun and sails will be great. Some tractor boating will be good too….

[@gbentley8176]

Been mulling over this machine since your first video.Reminded me of a conversation with the then new UK Kubota dealer in the seventies. The tractors were engineered for rice field and wet terrace work and of a size and simplicity, that the farmer could work on it in the small huts that were used on their properties at that time. I think they got it about right considering the mini tractor market that they spawned. Best wishes from the UK.

[@alskjflaksjdflakjdf]

I remember my Dad having a similar conversation at a farm show in Canada in the 80s. I have driven Kubotas doing golf course maintenance, and thoroughly enjoyed them.

[@bmortlock1956]

Suggestion: A 50/50 mix of Acetone & Automatic transmission fluid. Makes a great rust buster !!! 😎

[@wwfeatherston]

Used to use 50/50 deisel and kerosene

[@robbierobot2979]

Good on ya Marty

[@mlsargent51]

I smiled to myself when you pulled out the cordless impact! Made my day!

[@craigsudman4556]

Wow that was a lot of loose nuts, good thing you caught them Marty. Looking forward to seeing the "Ole girl" run again. Great video thumbs up.

[@fredsimmons2793]

Salute Marty,I'm watching this right before bedtime,it's my nite cap.

[@schrodingerscat8621]

When you were loosening up that brake mechanism, you were rolling up a piece of sandpaper when you were sanding in the hole. I’ve made a tool for just this situation by taking a half-inch piece of dowel, cutting a slit into the center down about 3 inches, so you can insert a piece of sandpaper, then you can put the dowel in your drill and clean out holes with ease with little effort.

[@MartyT]

Very smart

[@davida.p.9911]

Amazing to be able to disassemble machinery without a shop manual. 👍 And reassemble it. That takes a lot of skill. I also see someone sacrificed their Zebra striped shirt for a shop towel....very brave. 😅

[@gordonagent7037]

Marty I love your vlogs, you certainly are a clever bugger and cover a wide topic spread, really enjoyed the electric conversion on the 4 wheeler as I learned heaps, if I have any complaints, the length of your vlog isn’t long enough.

[@Shagnasty]

Hi Marty, glad you checked her out for loose bolts. Can't wait for part 3. Thank you for sharing this video.

[@easttexan2933]

Outstanding !! Anxiously awaiting the "put it back together" video lol. Thanks for sharing.

[@MartyT]

I'm waiting on the new gears, should be here any day now

[@micromacmacca1170]

I’m loving this video. We have the exact same tractor but with a bucket on the front. We also have the grader blade but can’t have on while the bucket is on.

[@Jack_C_]

Nice one Marty. Bit of trivia, the muffler can be made to point straight up by undoing the 4 nuts on the manifold and rotating it 90 degrees. I believe this was so you didn't blow exhaust all over your crops. There was a chrome extension tip on the end originally, very similar to what you made.

[@Corey-dy2cq]

You can fix anything!

[@TKM1951]

It occurs ,if you drag it home . It’s eventually going to be another excellent find . Cheers from Canada

[@francistheodorecatte]

the blade frame on my father-in-law's kubota built tractor has the bolts loosen up constantly. I had to teach him to torque them up every couple of runs down the driveway in winter, because they were backing off even with some threadlock on the bolts.

[@johndeerekid167]

So that's why my Kubota manual says tighten frame bolts every 50-100 hours

[@MartyT]

😂 Worth checking, it only takes a few minutes

[@Chr.U.Cas1622]

@@MartyT 👍👌👏 Definitely worth checking! Best regards, luck and health in particular.

[@tomasdevine7756]

Yea but most of us just drive till its kaputs lol ​@MartyT

[@danestormfeltz7815]

@johndeerekid167 I have a suggestion, I would put some Loctite on all those bolts. Cheap insurance so that they wouldn't loosen up and back out on you again.

[@zarb88]

a bit of locktite would seem to be a better answer

[@paulcooper9135]

Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦

[@williamwales6619]

Thank You for update. As you say the old girl hasn't had a lot of love and attention. It will get it now. Later 👍

[@shaneeaston4027]

I see you found an old pair of tiger pattern pants from the rag bin. You must have been notorious at the disco in your single days.

[@garymallard4699]

I was wondering whose those were ? too 😂 🇨🇦🤓🤙

[@kenfrazier616]

great to bring the machine back for good use

[@petegraham1458]

Missed seeing the kids and the dog! Enjoyed following along with the repairs!

[@davehine724]

You are the best Marty T!!! Thanks for putting these vids up for us.

[@craigsowers8456]

Always enjoyable watching you (and your Chickens) work ... good on ya from the French Riviera !

[@allenhenry1113]

Wow! Now you have tightened them, and you could mark them so you can keep an eye on them for losing them. Great job you are doing . 👍👍👍

[@alanlake5220]

Little old tractor getting some much needed overdue Marty Love

[@richardphelan8414]

Great seeing one of your Videos they are just so informative and full of useful information Thank you Marty

[@Chr.U.Cas1622]

Dear Marty T. 👍👌👏 Well done again and as always (video and work). Best regards, luck and especially health to all of you.

[@marxtuf]

Great video and gotta love them chooks. I'm surprised that you didn't give the same love to the left brake as the right. Just for piece of mind.

[@AndrewHCann]

Excellent video Marty T :) nice TLC everything on Kubota tractor before other parts and see needs also don't need !

[@bruceleealmighty]

Like that you get everything up and running in reasonable condition then go back and make the unit whole. Looking forward to the building up of the cracked out casing and LOCTITE on anything visible. Just have to love the remote farmer 'make due with what you've got attitude'.

[@ΑκαρνάνΚάππα]

Another little tidying up done for now. Thanks Marty T for the meticulous check up on the Poor Old Kubota.

[@mischef18]

The fix is coming along nicely bro. Not a lot of preventive maintenance has been gone into this little beauty sadly by the looks of it. Safe travels. Ken.

[@hh-qc7rp]

Great inspiring stuff.

[@corlissmedia2.0]

Great series! Really enjoy watching these repairs.

[@cikame]

Watching restoration videos i'm so used to seeing screws and bolts seized to the point of sometimes snapping off, never seen one where everything was loose :P.

[@smalltownMainer]

back when i got my yanmar one of the first thing i did was go over it all checking bolts, all engine and trans/rear end bolts were good, but some front axle and loader related bolts needed to be tightened with one bolt needing to be replaced, also tightened the steering box.

[@netrioter]

Wow..that thing was a deathtrap. Its good you found all those loose bolts

[@c9ckl]

Another cracking upload Marty. Love your work, Chap. Greetings from S Devon, UK.

[@zzota]

The brakes aren't what you'd call 'accessible'! Well done for sorting the seized one.

[@jafo9346]

Tremendous job Marty, diagnosing and repairing that Kubota. After watching your videos for a few years now, I know I can expect nothing less. Cheers!

[@Trey4x4]

Love it keep sharing your adventures Marty! *Cheers

[@erik_dk842]

Thanks for posting these videos I have the same tractor, but the lever for 4WD is broken off, as well a the high/low lever, luckily it's in 2WD high.

[@MartyT]

Should be a fairly easy fix to weld the lever back together?

[@erik_dk842]

@@MartyT The shaft for 4WD won't budge in the gearbox housing, I need to split the tractor. The hi/lo is in the cover with the gear shifter and has been loosened, now I think about it.

[@Colorado-Tinkering]

Thanks!

[@MartyT]

Thank you!

[@haichyou2930]

Excellent job as always Marty 👍🏻

[@matui6983]

Wednesday night just got better👍👍👍🇳🇿

[@Mr_Yorkie]

Wednesday morning just got better 🇬🇧

[@joerodrigues3816]

So happy your back mate great video as always mate hope you and your family and friends are well

[@PaulineDace]

The broken casting o0n the brake fram could be made good with metal filler. Clean the area thouroughly, wrap the bolt in cling film and put into place, fill the damaged area with filler of your chice. When it is all set, take out the bolt and grind the area to shape. Good episode.

[@michaelseymour3534]

Going to be a dandy little tractor - love your channel.

[@robertburns3014]

That little tractor will come in handy on your island. It's small, but those diesel engines produce a lot of torque. Of course you know all this very well! Thanks for showing us your work. I do enjoy your channel!

[@williamskk1]

Enjoyed the episode! You are great at re-engineering things!

[@AppalachianRancher]

Anytime I have a shaft like that that's frozen up, I soak it in vinegar overnight. That usually eats out the rust pretty good.

[@MartyT]

I wonder if the orings would have let the vinegar in

[@AppalachianRancher]

@MartyT I thought about that but from the amount of rust it had seemed like moisture was getting in there somehow. Thanks for the reply . Tennessee here.

[@bigbird2100]

Great video 👍 The bolts could be replaced by locktighted bolt studs and then wire lock the nuts, lots of work but cut's down on maintenance 😅

[@Frank-Thoresen]

Great comment. I thought about it too

[@danielstrachan8988]

This will be a great tool on the island😁😁👍👍

[@LeMecanoDuDimanche]

I see exactly why the exhaust was mounted like that, and I am affraid you will get fumes in the face. that's the setup I have right now and sure enough, I smell exhaust everytime I use the machine. I plan to make a vertical straight pipe, but shorter than the one we saw on yours, and with a kind of valve at the top, you know. great video anyway, you made me save some time already because I'll have to change my rear brake pads some day. thanks

[@aw738]

I've seen you use that grease gun tip for several years. Here in the US I think that type is really uncommon. It would only be used on flush style fittings. We mainly use couplers that "lock" over the fitting.

[@tutekohe1361]

Love the chooks!

[@mrclaus859]

Thanks Marty

[@bishopkinlyside8477]

Hi Marty wow what a good job you’re doing mate no managing director obviously hasn’t come out the check up on you. Probably be good to do the other brake with the grease nipple, but other than that she’s looking good mate. Keep up the good work. Love the videos Cliff from over the ditch in Logan City Queensland Australia

[@87mini]

I got a good laugh out of your chickens - my reds were the same way, as curious as can be! I had one who would come up behind me when I had my arms deep into a machine, then she'd leap up and land on my neck or shoulders!

[@coolissimo69]

Always great fixes, suponcered by Macguyver.

[@terryrogers1025]

Enjoyed the video, always some on equipment that can be improved or needed to checked over, should be a good little tractor when you get back together and running. Thanks for the video, appreciate your time and effort in making them.

[@warrenvalentino5763]

Great video! I Love watching your videos and your attention to all of the details. i would put a grease fitting on the brake on the other side of the tractor. Awesome call on checking all of the nuts and bolts.

[@willtricks9432]

It came with enough spare exhaust tube to keep you going for a while Cheers

[@rolandtb3]

Finding missing or loose bolts and tightening. Improving a design and function by adding a grease nipple to lubricate shaft o rings. Shortening the muffler, adding a muffler & elbow. Them darn chickens and tools!

[@alalit]

The frame bolts always work loose on mine. It's a fairly regular check. When I got it, there were as many missing. Oh, also the rear wheel pins sheer off. I always try to have a couple spare.

[@davidm2645]

Good call on the exhaust pipe. My wife raises chooks but I don't let them in the shed. They have to stay in their coops.

[@randy5411]

From Washington state. Another interesting video. Thanks, Marty.

[@csnelling4]

Thank you Marty 👌

[@myfixesandrepairs6842]

kubota will always kubot 😁

[@bardricmacgregore4863]

Nice video. Was informed and entertained. Thanx mate.

[@coachman290651]

Hi mate pull all those chassis bolt clean the thread holes and replace with loctite they done it once they will come undone again

[@Wheelloader__]

Cool video Marty.

[@MichaelHolloway]

neat project - I've never seen the inside of a transmission (or a brake shoe activator).

[@taurota1554]

outstanding

[@davem1633]

Another great video👍. How about checking the other brake? Its linings might be worn as it has been doing all the work for goodness knows how long, and I am sure it would appreciate a grease nipple as well 😀

[@vinkelnisse]

Nice job!