Buddy!!! Nice machine! Go get a vented catch can and route your crankcase breather into it!!!! Normally it is directed back into your throttle body and will mess up sensors and stick your throttle plate!!!! New throttle body is almost $900 and a PITA to replace (or $$$$$ if you have the shop do it!) DONT lift it!!! To much for the axles, unless you do portals (~$1000 a corner!!!) I don’t dig the glass because I use the hell out of my front trunk!!! Lots of guys complain that the stock tires wear really quick. I got some MaxAuto tires (same exact profile) and I’ve got around 500miles of street riding and they still look new! Get seat covers because the stock seat rip really fast!!! I LOVE my 4010 trans! I’m already in the market for another, this time new!
Thanks for the advice! Where did you get your vented catch can? How quickly with the factory setup gum up? I know you said not to lift it but I will have to in my situation. My "driveway" (overgrown skidded trail) has several rocks that are unavoidable and I've already dented the front skidplate to the point it bent enough to hit the front driveshaft lol so it's got to get lifted up. Just a 2 inch lift with some 25" tires for now.
Same for me about the front glass. I only use the mule to work my garden. The front storage allows me to carry tools on board to take care of maintenance stuff that pops up. My mule is 5 years old and original tires are good. I find they hold air real well. I have had to add air only once a year. It's the engine thing that pisses me off. Vehicle engines are supposed to idle. No excuses.
I think I said before that I got some MaxAuto tires for mine and they are holding up really well to road use, but I watched another vid where the guy had Sedona Buzzsaws and they seemed to dig really nice!!! Reviews said they hold up to road use, so I might get a set! Make a video of the Mule tackling the driveway!!!
I'm looking at the kenda bear claws now for mine. Biggest set of tires I can get without different wheels. I'll make a video this weekend with it on the driveway
@@ParkerMotorWorks If you have the Bearclaws on for your next vid, please spend a little time on them, let people know if you like them, and get some good closeup pics of tread and sidewall lettering.
I wanted a Defender H8 when I was looking at buying in 2016 but they were on back order so I bought a 4010 SE 4X4 Mule instead and have not regretted it. All steel cargo box was one of the selling points on the Mule. Check oil dipstick daily/weekly. Moisture will accumulate on the dipstick because of routing and inadequate crankcase ventilation. If dipstick is not cleaned at least weekly, it will rust and can rust apart where it is riveted together. My second one broke last year. This i caused by the long horizontal routing of the tube across the engine bay. The drum brakes take a little while to break in but work fine once they do.
@@ParkerMotorWorks No, I just got lazy and did not pull the dipstick and clean it often enough. Excessive idling can attribute to this too. Again, the dipstick tube should have been designed differently. I have had a problem with the rubber stopper on the dipstick swelling up while checking or changing the oil.
If you don't mind and have a second can you want my next video about this mule and let me know what you think. Love everything about the machine until the motor oil fill started looking like paste.
I like it! For my orchards, its narrow width would be perfect. The status symbol around here is the big, tall, wide polaris ranger.. to drink beer and tresspass on the farms. Got to be at least 800+ CCs to putt around with the wife, dog and beer cooler too. They figured out this farmers black 08 5.4L F250 CAN and WILL keep up with them, even if it has to catch air and get sideways now and then to do it. Haha
This is the first thing that I've bought that was small lol. But for out here I think it'll be perfect. Only downside is the 620cc. Wish I could get the bigger motor options in it
@@ParkerMotorWorks with the 25mph top speed, I'd say it's geared well for its engine and utilitarian purpose, even with slightly bigger tires, should serve you well.
I have a 2018 Mule 4010, it's been good up until the last year. I am taking to the shop, the emissions crap they have to put on them have ruined them unfortunately, in the process of removing all of it. I bypassed the crankcase breather that recycled the blowby into the throttle body. I am really disappointed now, less than 200 hours on it. I wish now I had opted for the diesel model a the time.
I definitely would've gone diesel if they still offered it. I was also thinking about their mule pro diesel but I really dislike every aspect of the body and cab
@@ParkerMotorWorks Emissions BS is killing the ICE, the clowns who pass the regulation don't know a thing about how to maintain on work on this craziness. I wish I had gone carbureted.
Ya currently my motor has produced a ton of frothing like stuff only at 35 hours. Oil smells like gas and dealer had told me everything's fine and it's just condensation but others with the same machine has told me that's never happened to they're so I'm waiting to see how this plays out
@@ParkerMotorWorks the quality of crap being produced is horrible. We plan on driving our vehicles until they fall apart for this reason. When the Japanese stuff gets bad that tells you something.
I bought the 4010 mule because in 2018 it had the best utility features. But the engine is a piece of shit. It will not idle. If you can tolerate it stalling at idle, you will be ok. But Kawasaki, their dealers, and small rngine repair can't fix it. JUNK.
Mine idles fine but then again it just hit 51 hours today. I'm gonna set the idle slightly higher for the winter and see what happens. I've got 7 years of warrantee on this bad bird so I really don't care what happens to the motor
@@ParkerMotorWorks you got to haul it in to get it fixed. That takes gas and time. I had my Mule about 8 or 9 months before it started. I hope you don't experience that problem, but my small engine repair dude says it is a common problem with the mule.
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Buddy!!! Nice machine!
Go get a vented catch can and route your crankcase breather into it!!!! Normally it is directed back into your throttle body and will mess up sensors and stick your throttle plate!!!! New throttle body is almost $900 and a PITA to replace (or $$$$$ if you have the shop do it!)
DONT lift it!!! To much for the axles, unless you do portals (~$1000 a corner!!!)
I don’t dig the glass because I use the hell out of my front trunk!!!
Lots of guys complain that the stock tires wear really quick. I got some MaxAuto tires (same exact profile) and I’ve got around 500miles of street riding and they still look new!
Get seat covers because the stock seat rip really fast!!!
I LOVE my 4010 trans! I’m already in the market for another, this time new!
Thanks for the advice! Where did you get your vented catch can? How quickly with the factory setup gum up? I know you said not to lift it but I will have to in my situation. My "driveway" (overgrown skidded trail) has several rocks that are unavoidable and I've already dented the front skidplate to the point it bent enough to hit the front driveshaft lol so it's got to get lifted up. Just a 2 inch lift with some 25" tires for now.
Same for me about the front glass. I only use the mule to work my garden. The front storage allows me to carry tools on board to take care of maintenance stuff that pops up. My mule is 5 years old and original tires are good. I find they hold air real well. I have had to add air only once a year. It's the engine thing that pisses me off. Vehicle engines are supposed to idle. No excuses.
Love the front storage box. It great to haul all the power tools in
Very nice!👍🏻
I think I said before that I got some MaxAuto tires for mine and they are holding up really well to road use, but I watched another vid where the guy had Sedona Buzzsaws and they seemed to dig really nice!!! Reviews said they hold up to road use, so I might get a set!
Make a video of the Mule tackling the driveway!!!
I'm looking at the kenda bear claws now for mine. Biggest set of tires I can get without different wheels. I'll make a video this weekend with it on the driveway
@@ParkerMotorWorks
If you have the Bearclaws on for your next vid, please spend a little time on them, let people know if you like them, and get some good closeup pics of tread and sidewall lettering.
10-4 I won't have them on by next video but when I get them there will certainly be a video of them. They're 25x12.5 r10
I wanted a Defender H8 when I was looking at buying in 2016 but they were on back order so I bought a 4010 SE 4X4 Mule instead and have not regretted it. All steel cargo box was one of the selling points on the Mule. Check oil dipstick daily/weekly. Moisture will accumulate on the dipstick because of routing and inadequate crankcase ventilation. If dipstick is not cleaned at least weekly, it will rust and can rust apart where it is riveted together. My second one broke last year. This i caused by the long horizontal routing of the tube across the engine bay. The drum brakes take a little while to break in but work fine once they do.
Have you had any issues with the oil turning milky?
@@ParkerMotorWorks No, I just got lazy and did not pull the dipstick and clean it often enough. Excessive idling can attribute to this too. Again, the dipstick tube should have been designed differently. I have had a problem with the rubber stopper on the dipstick swelling up while checking or changing the oil.
If you don't mind and have a second can you want my next video about this mule and let me know what you think. Love everything about the machine until the motor oil fill started looking like paste.
I like it! For my orchards, its narrow width would be perfect.
The status symbol around here is the big, tall, wide polaris ranger.. to drink beer and tresspass on the farms. Got to be at least 800+ CCs to putt around with the wife, dog and beer cooler too.
They figured out this farmers black 08 5.4L F250 CAN and WILL keep up with them, even if it has to catch air and get sideways now and then to do it. Haha
This is the first thing that I've bought that was small lol. But for out here I think it'll be perfect. Only downside is the 620cc. Wish I could get the bigger motor options in it
@@ParkerMotorWorks with the 25mph top speed, I'd say it's geared well for its engine and utilitarian purpose, even with slightly bigger tires, should serve you well.
The low gearing should help it when I put tracks on it
@@ParkerMotorWorks I like that idea.. it will be a tank!
@@ParkerMotorWorks
Depending on how much snow you get I bet you won’t need tracks.
I went with the MX. Utility capability lessened, but off road capability increased.
Which ones the mx? Does it have bigger tires?
@@ParkerMotorWorks it's the 700cc model. 'Mid sized'. Stock tires are 25".
@triple6758 oh that's sweet. Hope you have better luck with it than I currently am
@@ParkerMotorWorks Bought it new in 2019. Been good to me this far.
is the windshield and enclosure OEM Kawasaki? I'm close to making my purchase?
Kawasaki sells them but Curtis cab makes them. Very high quality, no issues. Love the glass flip up windshield
I have a 2018 Mule 4010, it's been good up until the last year. I am taking to the shop, the emissions crap they have to put on them have ruined them unfortunately, in the process of removing all of it. I bypassed the crankcase breather that recycled the blowby into the throttle body. I am really disappointed now, less than 200 hours on it. I wish now I had opted for the diesel model a the time.
I definitely would've gone diesel if they still offered it. I was also thinking about their mule pro diesel but I really dislike every aspect of the body and cab
@@ParkerMotorWorks Emissions BS is killing the ICE, the clowns who pass the regulation don't know a thing about how to maintain on work on this craziness. I wish I had gone carbureted.
Ya currently my motor has produced a ton of frothing like stuff only at 35 hours. Oil smells like gas and dealer had told me everything's fine and it's just condensation but others with the same machine has told me that's never happened to they're so I'm waiting to see how this plays out
@@ParkerMotorWorks the quality of crap being produced is horrible. We plan on driving our vehicles until they fall apart for this reason. When the Japanese stuff gets bad that tells you something.
@iamthemoss the only reason I even considered the kawasaki was for the warrantee and the reliability but both are proving to be ineffective
I bought the 4010 mule because in 2018 it had the best utility features. But the engine is a piece of shit. It will not idle. If you can tolerate it stalling at idle, you will be ok. But Kawasaki, their dealers, and small rngine repair can't fix it. JUNK.
Mine idles fine but then again it just hit 51 hours today. I'm gonna set the idle slightly higher for the winter and see what happens. I've got 7 years of warrantee on this bad bird so I really don't care what happens to the motor
@@ParkerMotorWorks you got to haul it in to get it fixed. That takes gas and time. I had my Mule about 8 or 9 months before it started. I hope you don't experience that problem, but my small engine repair dude says it is a common problem with the mule.
That's true but that's why I don't plan on taking it back till the motor blows and that's only going to be so long where the motor is full of gas