Fuel Tank Leaking on Kubota L4200
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I took the hose in this morning and they said it was ruined. They cut the odd looking end off and brazed it to a new connector and made me a new hose for $30.00. A little less than 1/2 the price that a new one would have cost from Kubota. That's one lesson learned. I could have disconnected the other end of the hose relatively easily and wouldn't have twisted it then.
While I was there a guy came in and picked up 3 hoses that looked to be between 10 and 15 feet long (each was a different length) and they were about 1.5" in diameter and rated to 6,100 PSI and I saw his invoice and they were over $900 so I quit whining about my $30 hose!!
Fuel tank should be ready on Monday or Tuesday of next week. Hopefully I will remember how to put it all back together! (The workshop manual should help with that though!)
Thanks again for the input on this. When it is all said and done even with the hydraulic hose snafu it looks like this will be less than a $100 repair as far as actual out of pocket costs. I'll probably have at least 4 or 5 hours in it but my time is cheap!
While I was there a guy came in and picked up 3 hoses that looked to be between 10 and 15 feet long (each was a different length) and they were about 1.5" in diameter and rated to 6,100 PSI and I saw his invoice and they were over $900 so I quit whining about my $30 hose!!
Fuel tank should be ready on Monday or Tuesday of next week. Hopefully I will remember how to put it all back together! (The workshop manual should help with that though!)
Thanks again for the input on this. When it is all said and done even with the hydraulic hose snafu it looks like this will be less than a $100 repair as far as actual out of pocket costs. I'll probably have at least 4 or 5 hours in it but my time is cheap!
Well, they only charged $45 to clean and repair the fuel tank, but they didn't get it done until yesterday. It actually went back together fairly well, I almost made a major mistake by not putting the heat shield back on the fuel tank until after I had the tank and the steering column and dash, etc. back on the tractor but after several tries and several prayers I was able to get it squeezed in between the engine and the fuel tank without taking everything back apart.
I took a few pictures before I put it back together. Ignore the messy shop!
All total it ended up being closer to 8 hours to get it all apart and back together again. I'm sure it could have been done faster by an experienced mechanic but I felt like I accomplished something doing it on my own that's for sure.
Thanks for the input and advice on this!
Nathan
I took a few pictures before I put it back together. Ignore the messy shop!
All total it ended up being closer to 8 hours to get it all apart and back together again. I'm sure it could have been done faster by an experienced mechanic but I felt like I accomplished something doing it on my own that's for sure.
Thanks for the input and advice on this!
Nathan
