My 50 hour service nightmare

[ritschner]

I have the same tractor and six quarts puts it right where it needs to be. Of course, at the first service (50 hrs) I forgot to pull both drain plugs and ended up with eight quarts in the engine. I did learn with the closed crankcase that you can pull a drain plug with dipstick seated and the filler closed and the oil will drain very slow. Slow enough that you can adjust the oil level with that method.

 

[Redneck in training]

Oh, I've learned my lesson and you are exactly right, sir. A buddy of mine told me to store the part numbers for my filters in my cell phone so I don't do this again. I did actually think about getting the part numbers before hand, BUT the factory filters are painted over and my owners manual does not show part numbers so I was kind of at the mercy of the parts guy this first time. Now, notsomuch. I am gonna put them into my phone so I don't do this again. I appreciate the reply. I guess I just needed to vent! Thanks!

Get a paint pen and write date and hours when changed on the filters.

 

[Mikeeemo]

It's sad that you can rarely find a person that will take the time to look up parts and get it right. I spent 20+ years selling parts, both dealer and aftermarket parts. We took PRIDE in getting it right. We viewed wrong parts as a failure of our skills. We (myself & my former parts men) had the ability to detect erroneous information in both the catalogs and from our customers. We rarely had returns, we were all ASE certified parts pros, we said please, thank you, ma'am and sir. We OWNED our customers cause we EARNED them. This profession has been reduced to order takers with computer cataloging. Most of them have no idea how the parts they sell actually work.

Rant over, thanks

PS sorry the screwed you up.

Mike

 

[Mr. Ace]

Sadly, you do have to verify EVERYTHING these days. I was also once given the wrong filter when I stupidly assumed a Kubota dealer would know what they were talking about. When he gave me the filters, I even asked him if he was sure they were the correct filters. Fortunately, I did check filter numbers when I got home, prior to attempting installation. It still cost me the hassle and time wasted of going back to dealer, etc. The dealer offered no regrets or apology whatsoever.

From reading this site, I know there are some good Kubota dealers out there; but I have yet to see one.

 

[crazyal]

I would be happy if I were you. You've just learned a couple of lessons that you're not going to forget. Everyone has to learn and doing things the hard way is much more effective teacher than getting it right the first time. I bought all the filters as a package from a Kubota dealer on ebay. Couldn't beat the price and they listed all the part numbers. Because they sell lots of them I doubt they get it wrong very often. All of it shipped to my house for free.

 

[mpd4200]

I would be happy if I were you. You've just learned a couple of lessons that you're not going to forget. Everyone has to learn and doing things the hard way is much more effective teacher than getting it right the first time. I bought all the filters as a package from a Kubota dealer on ebay. Couldn't beat the price and they listed all the part numbers. Because they sell lots of them I doubt they get it wrong very often. All of it shipped to my house for free.

Do you happen to have the sellers name handy? One could search but a referral is appreciated.

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

Gary at Barlows will get it right. Lots of people coming to Somerset from Hazard so have a friend or yourself pick up your next order for you to save shipping and know you got the right items.
I write my service dates and PNs on the front of my Orange Kubota Plastic Folder Barlows gives me or the owners manual.
Visited Barlows today and Gary gave me a sleeve to cover my hydraulic hose that I replaced last week and Steve talked me out of buying a grader blade.:thumbsup:

 

[crazyal]

Here's the link to ebay. When I ordered they had filter kits to fit more models than they do at the moment. If they don't have the exact kit listed I'm sure they could put one together. When I bought from them they would add or remove filters and parts to make the kit what I wanted.

I went with them simply because it was very simple, no time spent on the phone going down a list, and all the Kubota part numbers are listed. Being ebay it was very easy to order. Much easier than adding one filter at a time to a cart and then filling out all your information.

items in North West Tractor Parts Direct store on eBay!

My GF sells earrings she makes on ebay and finds that ebay gets expensive if you keep listing items. It's possible that they only list the more popular kits.

 

[rsewill]

Do you happen to have a mityvac? Suck oil out through the dipstick tube? This is how Many boats are done. They are designed for this method but if you had a small diameter tube you could reach down to the oil level?

Just a suggestion. My tractor was delivered just 2 weeks ago so I'm pretty new to this

I use a Pela oil extractor on my cars which both have belly pans and also because my cars' cartridge filter housings happen to hold a lot of oil which I can suck out with the Pela.

http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&ke...hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=e&ref=pd_sl_7l30vh20d_e

 

[doall]

Nothing to do with tractors; but I had the same experience with my wife's car a few months ago. I went to a local parts store and got oil and filters for my wife's Honda Accord. When I got off work that night (at 9:00) I went to draining the oil and taking off the filter. Let it drain went back out to button it up. WRONG FILTER(at 10:40 now). My wife had to drive 35 miles to work in the morning. So off to Wal Mart 22 miles away. I was ticked off. This was the owner of the parts house too. He's a good guy, but that sucked.