Gotta split my B3200 to replace a $7 seal, great....

[NH-Rob]

Verticaltrx,
I am finally geting ready to do the repair. I am hoping that I will not need to remove my cab to do it. I know I have one screw on top of the insterment panel that I will have trouble getting out. I hope that the fuel tank does not go under that panel and have to be lifted strait up. I will find out for sure soon enough. Do you have any tips or tricks to help me? I will try and take some pictures as the process goes along.
Rob

 

[Verticaltrx]

If you don't already have a Kubota Work Shop Manual (WSM) go ahead and get one. Lots of great pics and info on how to go about all this. I studied it well before and it went pretty smoothly. Some of the things in there I questioned but basically followed how they recommended doing it.

Only couple little other things that come to mind are to be sure to not loose any o-rings (some fittings have two in-line) and to make sure you know where all the subframe bolts and loader bolts came out of. There are some that are the same size but different threads.

 

[NH-Rob]

Ok so this morning I got the b3200 split and the old seal is out. It is a very tedeus job. I did not want to remove my cab so I did a few extra steps to be able to get the fuel tank out. I did however have to unbolt the cab and jack the front up. What turned out the be the bigest hurdle so far was the oil cooler line on the left side as you sit on the tractor. The oposit side of the tractor has a similar line but it can be taken apart at the seam of the split. The one I had trouble with goes back to a filter and has to come out as a full piece and it got hung up on the way out. But any way here are some pictures. I know they are blury and dark but you should be able to get the drift of them. In the last picture if you look hard you can see the grass sticking up.
Rob

 

[638]

I believe I would have used a couple of self drilling/tapping screws into the seal and pulled it with a small pry bar. Then tap in a new seal and be done with it.

 

[NH-Rob]

I got the tractor bolted back together. It actually went really well. I was able to roll it together and line up both the drive shaft and the front drive line easily. I got all the lines hooked back up and the wires back where they belong. filled it with hydro and put some fuel in it. I didn't see any leaks so I started the engine and all looks good. Just a few more things to button up then it will be done.
Rob