Basic info

ritcheyvs · Jun 17, 2018

klg: Here are two threads where folks helped me when I was canopy shopping:
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/kioti-owning-operating/282832-dk45s-canopy-advice.html?highlight=canopy
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/kioti-owning-operating/314307-tractor-canopy-painted-steel-aluminum.html?highlight=canopy
Much good information.

MickeyDBC · Jun 17, 2018

kjg26 said:
Is there any resource on the internet with basic info on maintenance on these tractors? How to check fuel bowl, how to do oil and hydraulic changes, how to disconnect loader, where and what to grease, how to's in general. I am a brand new tractor owner with a new to me 2013 DK55.

I have never owned a tractor before. I am taking it slow and being careful. I want to be able to keep this thing in the best shape possible but am having to learn along the way without any guidance.

I ask this as I am trying to trouble shoot a strange vibrating/humming sound from one of the loader roll hydraulic lines. I've isolated which line it is but don't know where to go from there.

It was suggested in the hydraulic forum that there may be air in the line and that i should cycle the loader, disconnect the QD and reconnect. Then possible do the same with the loader up in the air. As i'm new to tractors and don't understand how they work entirely it makes me nervous to disconnect a pressure line while the loader is up in the air.

Sorry for the rambling...just trying to get an understanding and guidance.

Hydraulics can drive you nuts sometimes. Get a slight kink in a line, defect in a connector, a piece of trash in the line and they can dance like mad. You might try using a big zip tie and fastening the line to the frame where ever you can to see if that helps. Might be something small that starts a resonance. Other things it could be is a slight internal leak in a cylinder or a control valve not closing all the way (check the adjustment of the loader valves for the joystick). I would not panic on this one.