782D - Learned something new today
 

I've had my 782D for several years now. I change all filters every spring and it's ran great until a couple of weeks ago. It would be running fine, mowing and then sound like it was running out of fuel. I fill it before I use it each week and was certain that there was fuel in the tank so I figured fuel filter..

I bought a new fuel filter and picked up an oil and an air filter while I was at the Kubota dealer, thinking it couldn't hurt. Well I changed the fuel filter, and oil and went to change the air filter and found it was packed with a mouse nest. After installing the new filters, adding oil, and bleeding the air from the fuel lines it fired right up. I ran it for about 3 hours and it ran without missing a beat so it was $55 well spent:beerchug:

Now what I learned is that I'm missing a screen that goes into #2. I have the plastic piece but no screen, I never realized it was missing. I'm probably going to see if I can make one from hardware cloth until I can find a good used one.

Anyone know what size the mesh is? I have some 1/4" hardware cloth, it will at least keep the mice out.

Also, what holds it in?
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I can't help ya with the correct part, but for a very similar thing for a piece of factory equipment we made pre-filters out of stainless steel sink strainers. They're about $4 at the store.

http://www.amazon.com/LDR-501-3340-S...=sink+strainer

:Wave: It looks to me that they installed the screen and roll the edge to hold it in. If you can the unrolled edge, 1/4" hardware cloth should work fine for a mouse determent. I do not know how you can re-roll the edge, you might try just crimping it over. :American Flag 1:

I am missing the same screen on my 882. The guy I bought my 882 from had 2 782d's and they both had the a screen. It looked like nothing really held it in. The screen seemed to be cut mabe an 1/8" bigger diamerter than the hole and you push the screen in the hole with only one finger in the center of the screen so it bows the screen and holds it in place. I'm not sure if that's the way it came from the factory but that was the way these two 782d had them.

One of my diesels has window screen material covering that opening with a hose clamp around the outside to hold everything. Seems to work fine for me and haven't noticed any issues. The main function is to do exactly was happened to you, keep out the mice and other vermin, especially their housing supplies....... The air filter does the filtering.........:biggrin2:

Mine came out of my 782D years ago. I luckily happened to see it on the lawn when I was cleaning the deck. I ended up taking the whole plastic piece off of the tractor and putting a bead of silicone in the recess where the screen was, then putting the screen in the silicone and laying another small bead on top of the screen. I left it on the workbench with the screen facing up and a weight on it over night till the silicone dried. It's been on there since then no problems.

Thanks guys! The silicone idea is a good one, hadn't thought of that. It should hold up fine.

It's always WAR with them mice:BB&YS:

My garage is surrounded by tall grass that I only brush hog once or twice a year so that doesn't help with the mice situation. It's also got plenty of spots for them to get in so I'm constantly catching them. I set a trap at each door about every time I'm out there (with peanut butter) and I usually have a mouse in both the next day.

There's also 2 or 3 stray cats I see all the time as well as a bunch of hawks so I don't use poison, afraid it might hurt them. Every time I find a nest of mice I chuck them in the pond and watch the fish gobble them up:biggrin2:

Get more spay/neutered stray cats (make sure you fix them) and glue a filter on that thing! :)

Should work fine.

you need a cat like mine, ive never had a cat kill as many animals as the one i have now. shes pure evil and lives for the hunt.

Yep, OUTSIDE cats are great as long as they're not feral, you don't name them, and are fixed. Cats will kill a boat load of stuff. Just give them water on a regular basis and somewhere warm-ish to sleep in the day (any pallet built "buidling" with some straw will work) and you're golden. Feed them just enough that they are still hungry and they'll hunt to beat heck.

Your pet shelter will love you if you say "I'll take anything with all its claws and is fixed that you got. I want barn cats." You'll get 20 in a month, no problem. All of the "problem pets" that they get that pee on/or tear up furniture automatically get killed, so you'll be the first call in that case.

Just make sure they're FIXED... and try to run off other cats that aren't yours with a shotgun. Otherwise you'll have 300 inbred cats in about 4 years.