Jaimes Beam
New User
Hi,
I have a 18 year old Belarus 310 (Four wheel drive with a Cab) It"s
actually a grey market
PrayTrac 3604. I don"t use it much, except for spraying and
mowing my orchard. I"d be
surprised if it gets more then 100 hours/year.
I replaced the muffler a couple of years ago, with a can style
muffler from a Belarus parts
source. The problem is that unlike the original muffler which has
a rounded top, the
replacement has a flat oval top with a raised lip...
Well, this winter, after less then two years the top of the muffler
rusted through,
and despite my religiously putting a bucket over the end of the
exhaust, a bunch of
water got into the exhaust through the top end of the muffler
can, and I didn"t realize this
before I started the tractor this spring.
After the obligatory fussing with the starter, batteries, and
replacing the battery cables;
it started after a few gurgles. I couldn"t remove the exhaust
because the muffler is welded
onto the manifold, and the studs holding the manifold on are all
rusted; I don"t dare try to
get them off, and have them snap off on me!
So originally it ran fine; I ran it for about an hour to burn-out any
water in the exhaust etc.
But when I tried to start it up a week later, it ran very rough, and
smoked a lot. It did start
right up, though. I shut it down right away. I"ve since changed
the oil with Rotella diesel
oil 15w-40. One reference says it should take 7.5 qt, and one
says it should take 11.5 qt;
which is it?
Also when I removed the oil filter cover, I found a NAPA Gold Oil
Filter 1151 instead of
the centrifugal oil filter I was expecting. Any idea if that oil filter
will work? I don"t see
how it would work; the oil flows from the center to the outside
through a paper can filter,
but being as the oil filter cover is dome shaped on top, I don"t
see how the top of the filter
can be sealed.
I have some Marvel mystery oil I was going to dump into the
cylinders through the injectors
and maybe under the valve covers and play with the valves to
make sure they aren"t stuck.
Advice? Comments? Do you think it"s totally toasted, or are the
Belarus rough enough
to weather this?
Thanks, Jim.
I have a 18 year old Belarus 310 (Four wheel drive with a Cab) It"s
actually a grey market
PrayTrac 3604. I don"t use it much, except for spraying and
mowing my orchard. I"d be
surprised if it gets more then 100 hours/year.
I replaced the muffler a couple of years ago, with a can style
muffler from a Belarus parts
source. The problem is that unlike the original muffler which has
a rounded top, the
replacement has a flat oval top with a raised lip...
Well, this winter, after less then two years the top of the muffler
rusted through,
and despite my religiously putting a bucket over the end of the
exhaust, a bunch of
water got into the exhaust through the top end of the muffler
can, and I didn"t realize this
before I started the tractor this spring.
After the obligatory fussing with the starter, batteries, and
replacing the battery cables;
it started after a few gurgles. I couldn"t remove the exhaust
because the muffler is welded
onto the manifold, and the studs holding the manifold on are all
rusted; I don"t dare try to
get them off, and have them snap off on me!
So originally it ran fine; I ran it for about an hour to burn-out any
water in the exhaust etc.
But when I tried to start it up a week later, it ran very rough, and
smoked a lot. It did start
right up, though. I shut it down right away. I"ve since changed
the oil with Rotella diesel
oil 15w-40. One reference says it should take 7.5 qt, and one
says it should take 11.5 qt;
which is it?
Also when I removed the oil filter cover, I found a NAPA Gold Oil
Filter 1151 instead of
the centrifugal oil filter I was expecting. Any idea if that oil filter
will work? I don"t see
how it would work; the oil flows from the center to the outside
through a paper can filter,
but being as the oil filter cover is dome shaped on top, I don"t
see how the top of the filter
can be sealed.
I have some Marvel mystery oil I was going to dump into the
cylinders through the injectors
and maybe under the valve covers and play with the valves to
make sure they aren"t stuck.
Advice? Comments? Do you think it"s totally toasted, or are the
Belarus rough enough
to weather this?
Thanks, Jim.
