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Disclaimer - If I have any of this all wrong, please by all means, let me know....giddy up.
This is more of a "rant", but there are a few questions in here too.
I'm doing my 200 hr. maintenance and it calls for changing the oil and filter. No problem. Done.
It calls for replacing the HST Filters on left and right side, but the manual does not mention replacing the hydraulic fluid. Hmmm. Who's the rocket scientist who thought of this procedure and why? I mean, you can get the HST filter off the left side of the tractor without losing more than 1/2 quart, but removing the right side filter is a pain in the butt because I lost 3 quarts of fluid before I could get the other one fast enough. So, I'm down nearly a gallon of UDT Hydraulic fluid already. No wonder they say just change the filters, you are doing a partial hydraulic fluid "change" anyhow, because you'll have to add so much back in. It seems the right side HST filter is situated quite a way below the sump level, or so it seems. Jeesh! The least thing Kubota could have done would be to add a technical note in the maintenance section telling the owner/user to be ready to replace at least a gallon of fluid so I didn't have to make another trip to the dealer to get MORE hyd. fluid!
Oh and $60.00 bucks for the left side HST filter! Jeesh!
Since I didn't do the 50 hour (dealer did) and the 100 hour doesn't call for replacing anything HST hydraulic related, this was my first venture with HST hyd. maintenance. Boy was this an eye opener.
Anyone else learn about this the hard way?
Having said all this, I feel better already.
This is more of a "rant", but there are a few questions in here too.
I'm doing my 200 hr. maintenance and it calls for changing the oil and filter. No problem. Done.
It calls for replacing the HST Filters on left and right side, but the manual does not mention replacing the hydraulic fluid. Hmmm. Who's the rocket scientist who thought of this procedure and why? I mean, you can get the HST filter off the left side of the tractor without losing more than 1/2 quart, but removing the right side filter is a pain in the butt because I lost 3 quarts of fluid before I could get the other one fast enough. So, I'm down nearly a gallon of UDT Hydraulic fluid already. No wonder they say just change the filters, you are doing a partial hydraulic fluid "change" anyhow, because you'll have to add so much back in. It seems the right side HST filter is situated quite a way below the sump level, or so it seems. Jeesh! The least thing Kubota could have done would be to add a technical note in the maintenance section telling the owner/user to be ready to replace at least a gallon of fluid so I didn't have to make another trip to the dealer to get MORE hyd. fluid!
Oh and $60.00 bucks for the left side HST filter! Jeesh!
Since I didn't do the 50 hour (dealer did) and the 100 hour doesn't call for replacing anything HST hydraulic related, this was my first venture with HST hyd. maintenance. Boy was this an eye opener.
Anyone else learn about this the hard way?
Having said all this, I feel better already.
