Steve in MT
Silver Member
- Joined
- Jul 14, 2011
- Messages
- 105
- Location
- Billings, MT
- Tractor
- kubota L3400, Farmall 'A', Farmall F-14, Ford 860, JD 4520
Its a true fact that some people should never be left alone with their thoughts. Now arm this person with welders, torches, grinders and sharp pointy objects and the out come could be anything from fantastic to outright disaster. I am that person and theres a pretty good chance that if your reading this, then your a member of the same club. There is some very good info here on TBN and else where on how to add a rear remote to a Kubota "L"series tractor. Every one of these that I've seen requires running a hydraulic hose from the loader valve all the way back to a ROPS or fender mounted remote valve, a power beyond hose run to the hydraulic block and then putting a "T" in the block for a tank return. This is a fairly quick, simple and dirty way that just plain flat works. BUT,,, being left alone with my thoughts for too long led me to a different way to add a rear remote valve but with the same end results. Todays victim is my Kubota L3400 that will need a rear remote to power a post hole auger down pressure attachment (that is my next project)
I've been staring at that empty optional draft control slot and decided that would be a good place to install a valve. I bought a Prince "MB" series single spool valve from Surplus Center. It's a nice compact valve and has an 8 GPM flow rating.
Step one , remove the rear wheel ,fender, and the 3 point housing cover/floor board thingie.
Holding the valve up against the fender bracket showed that the welded on fender nut is a good fit for one of the valve mounting holes.
However, that nut needs to go.
A second hole was drilled in the fender bracket for hole number 2 (that all most made sense) Then I made a vertical tab for the 3rd valve mounting bolt, welded it to the fender bracket and splashed a little paint on it.
A little paint on the valve and bolt it into place.
OOPS, the dull pointed lever isn稚 going to screw into the valve through the slot. So, while digging through the bolt bin for 3 proper spacers, I found this whizzy coupler nut. I cut the head off of a bolt and welded the coupler nut to the bolt, problem solved.
Continued on the next page, wait for it.
I've been staring at that empty optional draft control slot and decided that would be a good place to install a valve. I bought a Prince "MB" series single spool valve from Surplus Center. It's a nice compact valve and has an 8 GPM flow rating.
Step one , remove the rear wheel ,fender, and the 3 point housing cover/floor board thingie.
Holding the valve up against the fender bracket showed that the welded on fender nut is a good fit for one of the valve mounting holes.
However, that nut needs to go.
A second hole was drilled in the fender bracket for hole number 2 (that all most made sense) Then I made a vertical tab for the 3rd valve mounting bolt, welded it to the fender bracket and splashed a little paint on it.
A little paint on the valve and bolt it into place.
OOPS, the dull pointed lever isn稚 going to screw into the valve through the slot. So, while digging through the bolt bin for 3 proper spacers, I found this whizzy coupler nut. I cut the head off of a bolt and welded the coupler nut to the bolt, problem solved.
Continued on the next page, wait for it.
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