782D project has ended
A friend who repairs lots of Kubota engines in large commercial mowers told me I should pull the head on my D660 and make sure it was not cracked before I went too far with the 782D project. He sees a lot of them that have been cracked due to overheating. Mine came out of a Jacobsen golf course mower. Sure enough, it has multiple small cracks and cannot be used. I don't want to spend the money for a new one, so the 782 will be getting a different engine. I still have the good K321 that I removed from the 1450 when I installed a k341, so it will be now go into the 782. That will make life much simpler and cheaper too. I now have several new "spares" for the 1782 too.
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Jim
782 w/Command 18,
1862 not running;
IH 42 inch blade; off brand cart
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