namesray
Platinum Member
JUST BEEN WONDERING LATELY IS THERE A TIME WHEN THE OPERATOR MANUALS BECOME OUT DATED AS TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES, ESPECIALLY WITH THE FLUID CHANGE INTERVALS. MORE TO THE POINT, MY 2007 KUBOTA B7800 MANUAL STATES TO CHANGE THE TRANSMISSION/HYDRAULIC (SUDT) OIL EVERY 300 HOURS. AS TIME WENT ON, KUBOTA REPLACED THE REGULAR UDT AND SUDT OILS WITH SUDT2 WHICH IS SYNTHETIC. I AM GUESSING THE REGULAR UDT AND SUDT ARE NOT SYNTHETIC. NOW, MY 2012 KUBOTA B3200 MANUAL STATES TO CHANGE THE SUDT2 OIL (TRANSMISSION/HYDRAULIC) EVERY 400 HOURS WITH JUST A HST FILTER CHANGE AT THE EVERY 200 HOUR MARK. I AM WONDERING IF IT WOULD BE FINE TO NOW DO THE 2007 B7800 THE SAME AS THE 2012 B3200 (EVERY 400 HOURS INSTEAD OF 300 HOURS) WITH THE NEW SYNTHETIC SUDT2 OIL. I HAVE ASKED MY DEALER AND KUBOTA AND THEY SAY DO AS THE "MANUAL" SAYS, BUT NEVER SAY WHY. WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK AND WHAT ARE YOU OWNERS OF SOME OF THE LITTLE BIT OLDER TRACTORS DOING NOW WITH TODAY'S OILS? THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR INPUT.