Mitsubishi MT372 tractor overview and 1st run

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  • Опубліковано 20 жов 2024

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  • @lmoore5264
    @lmoore5264 2 роки тому +8

    In early 1986 I took a job at the local high school. I mowed 28 acres with this model tractor for 11 years. The fellow who did the lawns with it from brand new ran it over a hill and into a pile of cinder blocks while mowing and tore the belly mower up pretty bad. That was the mess I inherited. After 4 years we replaced the belly mower with a 4 ft finish cut mower on the rear. I mowed with it in the summer and pushed snow with it all winter. Oh the hours I spent on that tractor. I did suffer some permanent hearing loss because the engine is quite metallic sounding. In tall grass the exhaust pipe points forward so it would belch smoke back in my face and turn my skin black. I ran it out of fuel out in the field one time on an slight uphill slant and while trying to get the fuel system bled out I got an eye full of diesel fuel that caused me some permanent eye damage. I should have worn ear protection and eye protection but I was in my 20's and gonna live forever. It was a constant cycle of mowing from one end of the campus to the other and just as you finished it was time to start the cycle all over again. There were no major problems with it at all, but at one point there were some issues with the hydraulics not wanting to drop the mower. One time while mowing the football field the grass was quite tall after a week of rain. I was clipping along pretty good when out of nowhere the tractor and mower about jumped off the ground. One of the juinior high students had left a green colored lead shot put in the tall grass and I never saw it. It's years later and there I times I am mowing with my Kubota B7100 (which looks alot like this Mitsubishi) and I will be reminded of my old friend I spent all those hours with. We solved alot of problems together out there mowing. I don't know where it ever ended up. I transferred to another county job and it was shortly after that they replaced the old Mitsubishi with a 755 John Deere. But that old MT372 is permanently etched into my mind.

    • @jjsmachine
      @jjsmachine  2 роки тому +1

      Wow what a wonderful memory of it all! Unfortunately I don't have a belly mower for it. I did try my 5 foot finish mower and it just couldn't handle it. Been on the lookout for a 4 ft one but they seem rare. Thanks for sharing your memories, I really appreciate it.

    • @directapprec
      @directapprec 2 роки тому

      i got one also..
      you r the William Henry Dana of the compact diesel

  • @chrisfiat
    @chrisfiat 4 місяці тому +1

    pay attention to your glow plug inductor wait till it glows about 30 to 40 seconds before you crank

  • @russelldavis5297
    @russelldavis5297 3 роки тому +2

    Hope you have found by now your hood is setting on your battery cable is y it is high on the left side

  • @byoder0420
    @byoder0420 3 роки тому +2

    I just bought a Mitsubishi tractor its an older grey tractor. It starts but once I start running the tractor it dies. Have you had any issues with yours?
    Thanks

    • @jjsmachine
      @jjsmachine  3 роки тому

      No I haven't. Just hard to start in really cold weather. Does it die when just sitting or when you try to move? Can you accelerate while just sitting?

    • @byoder0420
      @byoder0420 3 роки тому

      @@jjsmachine
      It will die just setting and while running. It ran this morning while just sitting in the shop for 45 minutes then started pushing snow and it died. It seems like a fuel issue but I'm not sure. If I can get it figured out I think it will be a great tractor.

    • @jjsmachine
      @jjsmachine  3 роки тому +2

      @@byoder0420 definitely sounds like a fuel issue. I'd start with draining the bowl in case there is water. Then I'd use some fuel treatment that helps clean the injectors and see what that does. Also check the fuel tank for water and dirt. You may have to drain and clean it out.

    • @richardwright8902
      @richardwright8902 3 роки тому

      Where can find parts?

  • @douggregory887
    @douggregory887 2 роки тому +1

    Does it have live power(PTO)? Are filters(oil,fuel,air) available/easy to get?

    • @jjsmachine
      @jjsmachine  2 роки тому +1

      Yes a 3 point hitch and live PTO. Have not done service yet as not due, but the filters on it are known brands

  • @ajoywood6277
    @ajoywood6277 3 роки тому +1

    Great video!...I wonder do we need to step on the clutch while starting the engine?

    • @jjsmachine
      @jjsmachine  2 роки тому

      Yes always have to step on the clutch when starting

    • @jtmoney416
      @jtmoney416 2 роки тому

      In case you leave it in gear, which is common practice when you shut off the engine with a manual transmission. You’ll probably destroy the motor if it’s in gear and you hit the starter. Most vehicles have a clutch switch that makes you clutch when you starting

    • @jtmoney416
      @jtmoney416 2 роки тому

      In case you leave it in gear, which is common practice when you shut off the engine with a manual transmission. You’ll probably destroy the starter motor if it’s in gear and you hit the starter. Most vehicles have a clutch switch that makes you clutch when you starting

  • @rslowe44
    @rslowe44 Рік тому

    how too change hydro fluid and gear oil

  • @rslowe44
    @rslowe44 Рік тому +1

    where can you get tires and parts

    • @jjsmachine
      @jjsmachine  Рік тому +1

      Tires and parts all require some research and cross reference sleuthing. Tires, filters and belts/hoses being the easiest. Parts are hard. I have found some entire tractors that I have tried to buy for parts unsuccessfully. Even though they were rusting hunks, owners felt they were worth more because they could be restored. So still searching. Good luck.

  • @fattonyd232
    @fattonyd232 2 місяці тому

    How well would it skid logs?

    • @jjsmachine
      @jjsmachine  2 місяці тому +1

      @@fattonyd232 If properly weighted on the front, the 3 point could lift smaller diameter logs and then you could pull them along but the logs I mill go up to 30 inches and just over 16 feet long so I use a much larger machine for that.

    • @fattonyd232
      @fattonyd232 2 місяці тому +1

      @@jjsmachine I have some log hauling trailers but weight is starting to exceed my 86 Honda big red