Accessing Kubota with Front End Loader for Maintenance

[oosik]

Its boiled down to picture time there - Suburban Cowboy. I can not picture the FEL not allowing the hood to be raised. UNLESS you have some strange brand of FEL. Now on mine - I have to unpin the OEM grill guard and pull it forward a bit. The OEM grill guard is hinged in the middle and when unpinned - the upper half folds forward allowing the hood to be raised. Then pull the hood latch pin and UP she comes. If I need greater access - I would have to remove the hood.

 

[Suburban Plowboy]

Before posting photos and conceivably wasting people's time, I will look it over once more and make sure I can't get in there with the loader installed.

 

[WranglerX]

If your tractor is missing safety lock, it should be easy enough to fabricate something similar... It appears just to be a "U" shaped piece of steel channel that fits over ram and probably some sort of safety pin to keep it from coming off/out during setup...

Dale

 

[4570Man]

I recommend just taking the loader off. It’s quick and easy to do and makes accessing the engine much easier. In the past with a non quick attach loader I’ve ran a ratchet strap from the loader to the roll bar to prevent it from lowering.

 

[Suburban Plowboy]

I took another look at it. There is no way I'm getting the tractor open with the front end loader attached. Not unless the panels lift off. I assume they're hinged.

The loader looks like it comes off when you pull 4 pins. I don't think taking it off will be hard. I kind of wonder what putting it back on is like.

 

[RjCorazza]

My previous L3410 did not really have a hood. The 2 side panels come off with a large exterior plastic 1/4 turn lever for servicing. The panels basically lift straight up.
I never had the need to remove the top panel (or the loader).

 

[oldballs]

I just finished servicing my B2620 viz., to flush /drain/replace the coolant and to replace the fuel filter. With FEL on, i set two saw horses under the bucket which seemed safe enough and high enough for me to access the areas that I need to service without removing the FEL. The side panels come straight up if I needed to remove one or the other.
Cheers,
Mike

 

[art]

My previous L3410 did not really have a hood. The 2 side panels come off with a large exterior plastic 1/4 turn lever for servicing. The panels basically lift straight up.
I never had the need to remove the top panel (or the loader).

The 3410 3710 both had the same entrance to the engine. It is not hard to get there!!! The levers are at the bottom center of the side hoods. To remove the loader there is an arm on the bottom of the loader arms that you let down while the loader is partially raised and that is the support for the loader arms to remove from the tractor.

 

[Suburban Plowboy]

I must be doing it wrong. Mine didn't lift, so I figured they were hinged. I guess I didn't lift hard enough.

 

[DieselBound]

Two suggestions:

1) Download a parts manual (or section) from Messicks;
2) Post this question to the Kubota forum.