Kubota B2920 Starting Issues...

Pro-Tips: Tractor Maintenance #243

So, those of you out there who ALSO own Kubota B2920 HST tractors (hereafter known as the FarmAssaultVehicle-29 or FAV-29) may one day come upon a situation where you can't get your tractor to start after you've been operating it in some 'challenging' conditions.  Seems that one can get enough dust on the hydraulic arms that return the HST 'Forward-Reverse Pedal' back to neutral thus preventing the pedal from cleanly reaching the 'rest/neutral/stop position'.  If the pedal isn't perfectly in the neutral position, when you try to re-start the engine, it won't work as that is a "safety" check (you can't start the engine is the pedal is depressed in either direction) that the engine checks on before it allows the starter to turn over.  So, if you find yourself with a Kubota B2920 that won't start and you can't figure out why, try putting the key in the ignition, heating the coils, then turning the key to start it as you normally would except at the point the engine would normally try and turn over, rock the "HST go-reverse" pedal back and forth till the engine turns over.  Worked for me and saved me having to have the B2920 shipped back to the dealer for warranty work.