First 50 hour service...

[boustany]

Yeah, yer probably right about 5 minutes. But gee, it was so cold that day. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
Besides, I can barely feel my hands anymore with all the scars, injuries and callouses....

 

[icat]

And the dealer says...

Shop manual $99.06, Electric manual $37.80. I went ahead and ordered both.

 

[sandyc]

RaT:

I think the replacement of the fuel filters is necessary if the supplier doesn't do a good job filtering their product. If memory serves, there is one filter before the pump and one after. Sounds a bit like suspenders and belt but better safe than sorry.

 

[Buster57]

Kubota must have had extra paint when they shot my L3010? They painted the HST oil filter under when my left foot sits.
I broke two filter wrenches and ended up using a 36" Stilson to get it off. That and my 300-pound electrician.
I almost had to call out my dealer-and that would have been a warranty issue for sure.
I was really POd when I discovered what Kubota did. Reminded me of General Motors. I plan write them and Bit- -!
Other then that, the $130 manual was near useless. An expensive book. I would recomend purchasing it as a cost of the tractor, but not at all necessary for the 50 hour service.

 

[uhmgawa]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I hold the hydraulic oil in 5 gallon buckets,... My L48 had 2 big hydraulic filters... Rat...

)</font>

The L48's (and other similar Kubota tractor's) maintenance
schedule calls for hydraulic+HST filter changes at 200HR
intervals but hydraulic+HST fluid changes each 400HRs.
So I'm curious how folks have chosen to carefully drain the
10-14 gallons of UDT without unduly contaminating the fluid
in the process.

The obvious first which comes to mind would be to clean off
the drain plugs before cracking them open. But having all
14G of fluid spill into a wide, open trough would seem to
invite falling/air-borne crud making its way into the
business.

Some thoughts I had were to pump the bulk of the fluid out
of the tractor via a small pump pulling it from the dip
stick pipe, and drain the (presumably small) remainder via
drain plugs. This also sounds more manageable compared with
wrestling 14G of oil out from under the (now immobile)
tractor.

Alternatively it could all just dump from the drain plugs in
to a trough, and pump-filter the oil before it was headed
back into the tractor. Actually pump+filter sounds like a
good idea to get UDT into the tractor in any case.

Any experience welcome.

 

[uhmgawa]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( And the dealer says...

Shop manual $99.06, Electric manual $37.80. I went ahead and ordered both. )</font>

In my case the TLB shop manuals were all together in one volume
overpriced at around ~$94. The counter dude mentioned parts
manuals were also available separately (3 manuals @ ~$17/ea)
which I opted for as well. They are pretty scant, but I would
prefer to have the information at my disposal.

 

[JATO_RaT]

If I understand your question, I think your considering replacing the filter at the 200 hour schedule and draining some of the fluid out to put back in. You don't have too. When you remove the filter(s), you loose very little fluid. It does not drain out of the case. For the most part only the oil in the filter is lost. I think this is what you were wondering? Rat...

 

[uhmgawa]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( If I understand your question, I think your considering replacing the filter at the 200 hour schedule and draining some of the fluid out to put back in. You don't have too. When you remove the filter(s), you loose very little fluid. It does not drain out of the case. For the most part only the oil in the filter is lost. I think this is what you were wondering? Rat... )</font>

Yes, actually I was assuming if I first removed the two
hydraulic and single HST filter first I would be in for
a deluge of UDF. It hadn't occurred to me they would be
plumbed above the oil pan/tank.

The manual(s) states to drain the oil before replacing the
filters, which led me down that path.

BTW, I was quoted ~$24 each for the hydraulic filters and
~$48 for the HST filter. Have you experienced similar
prices?

Thanks.

 

[JATO_RaT]

I don't recall the price. The HST filter is pretty stout. I think you are in the ballpark though. The filters can easily and quickly be put on to eliminate much of the fluid that might drain out with the HST and 2 hydraulic filters on the L48. The replacement was really easy. The first HST filter replacement at 50 hours caught a moderate amount of metal filings. The next change had very little. Rat...