FEL Question

[jb112454]

Sean, good news, my dealer was able to get the FEL manufacture to replace the tilt cylinders on warranty even though I'm 3 months out. Apparently there's been serveral of these problems. Dealers, when you have a good one are great. He is also doing a modification to the seat to keep it from cracking again.

 

[bncsauve]

I have a new loader that came with my Kioti tractor. It has screw in fittings. (one month old)

 

[DK35vince]

jb,
Just wondering if the new tilt cylinders helped with the leak down ?

 

[HickoryDean]

My 1914 is about 3 months old. The Kioti branded FEL is made by KMW (Kansas Machine Works). No problems so far with either tractor or implement grease fittings. I use Lincoln Power Luber which is motorized using rechargeable battery.
A good fitting site is at Lincoln:
www.lincolnindustrial.com/html/lube_fittings.asp

 

[jb112454]

Vince, I havn't got her back from the dealer. It is ready just havn't had the time to get down there. As soon as I get her back I'll let you know. I'll also let everyone know about the seat modification.

 

[jb112454]

Hi Vince, thought I would get back with you on the tilt cylinder problem I had. My dealer did replace them at no charge if the loader manufacture will warrenty the cylinders is another issue. The loader does not drift now under it's own weight as it did before but have not tried a heavy load yet. As for the seat, I'm on my own I guess. My dealer didn't put the modification as I thought . I went to pickup my tractor and the owner wasn't there and no one else knew anything about the seat and I didn't want to stick around to have to wait to get it done. I think the fix is nothing more than a sheet of metal with four holes in it that line upwith the four holes in the bottom of the seat. I think I'll role the edges to add strenght.

 

[DK35vince]

Thanks John !

 

[jb112454]

Hi everyone, just thought I would update you on the tilt cylinder saga. I got my tractor and loader back and proceded to use the loader to move some horse Store High In Transit ([censored]). As I was putting her away for the night I noticed oil leaking from the left tilt cylinder. Upon further investigation discovered that the oil was coming from the outside oring of the seal. I 've since sent the cylinder to the dealer for repair. I just couldn't see giving up my tractor for a couple weeks to fix a cylinder after all the tractor works fine it's just the loader that I have problems with.

 

[tedder]

Okay this is going to be hard to explain but I use to be jb112454 no I'm tedder I had a laspe in my membership so lost jb112454. Well i still have problems with the tilt cylinders. They NEVER stopped leaking by I just kept using them and putting up with it. Then the nut that secures the piston to the rod pulled off. Pulled off means the threads came off the rod. So I rethreaded the rod with a corse thread and put it back together. so far it works but they still leak by but worse now. The price of a rebuild kit is around $90 which seems excessive. I tried to replace the cylinders with another brand but the Kioti cyclinder is custom so thats out of the question without alot of mods. Anyone know anything about this?

Thanks, John

 

[IslandTractor]

The rebuild kits are a bit of a ripoff as the individual o rings etc cost just a few bucks a piece. However, unless you have about thirty catalogs from various hydraulic parts suppliers to identify each of the kit parts, you'd be better of just paying for a kit and getting it fixed. The leakage obviously isn't going to get any better and replacing the cylinders would certainly cost more.