Just arrived and hour meter is broken

[01hunter570]

if you bought it from a dealer i would think there should some recourse for you. at 30,000 you should have gotten reliable info onthis machine. i would leave them a message if possible and tell them if they don't straighten this out i would turn them into the consumer protection agency [i would think missisippi would have one] if that doesnt work take them to court! don't give up keep on them as they will try to ignore you hoping it goes away. best of luck to you, i know how it feels to be swindled but i usually prevail!

 

[chim]

But at least it has been spell checked and fixed for when it gets to the right thread.

Yup. Unless you count "by pass"

 

[dusty3030]

if you bought it from a dealer i would think there should some recourse for you. at 30,000 you should have gotten reliable info onthis machine. i would leave them a message if possible and tell them if they don't straighten this out i would turn them into the consumer protection agency [i would think missisippi would have one] if that doesnt work take them to court! don't give up keep on them as they will try to ignore you hoping it goes away. best of luck to you, i know how it feels to be swindled but i usually prevail!

Great advice, hope the original poster reads it.

 

[mmranch]

Somewhat related...

I posted about this several years ago. I was working on my tractor (can't remember the issue) and found in the wire harness near the firewall a strangely marked wire connector in the harness in an area where there were no other connectors. Unplugged it and found that it stopped the hour meter. Plugged it back in and the hour meter worked again. This whole harness was unmolested and appeared to have come from the factory this way.

I can only assume this was to intentionally disable the meter. FYI.

Thanks!

 

[brianyank]

Well, I got my M105s a few hours ago. Been playing with it and besides a loose steering wheel and worn FL tire it looks good. I glanced down at the hours and guess what. It hasn't moved!!

This thing could have 10k hours on it! I bought it from a kubota dealership out of state who explicity told me via voice, email, and ad that is had 1555hrs. Well, 2 hours later it still does.


Whats my recourse? He's not answering his cell phone at the moment.

You know you've been humped bro...

 

[NoTrespassing]

Thread needs to be closed with a final message explaining how it was resolved IMO.

 

[Chewwy]

The OPs issue was resolved at post 246, yet the johnny come latelys haven’t figured that out yet.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

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[D&D]

I dont see it Nearly as much as I used too; but 15 years ago; with many companies, it was standard practice to lube/fuel everything 1st thing, and start anything you would use before lunch, and just let it idle, even if it would be a couple hours before you ran the roller or whatever. It wasn't at all unusual or even frowned on, to leave a loader or whatever running, while the guys sat in a truck to eat lunch. That's where a Lot of hours came from, pure idle time.

Fuel, oil and hydraulic fluid were a lot cheaper than waiting til you needed a piece of equipment to see if it would start. Quite a bit of older equipment didn’t have fuel gauges either. Coincidentally (maybe on purpose) they held 8 hours of fuel at operating speed. The operator had to shut down for fuel and lube. Now, with larger tanks and economy fuel settings (return to dig, return to idle, eco dig, etc) plus auto lube systems the only thing stopping work is OT for the union guy

 

[Lineman North Florida]

Thread needs to be closed with a final message explaining how it was resolved IMO.

It's actually got plumb comical at this point, let it go and see just how long it last's.

 

[TimberFarm]

It's actually got plumb comical at this point, let it go and see just how long it last's.

Maybe it should be re-titled The Energizer Bunny Thread.

BTW, congrats on getting things settled.

 

[chim]

Thread needs to be closed with a final message explaining how it was resolved IMO.

Nah. It has been entertaining. Just don't bother reading it if it doesn't appeal to you. There are lots of threads that don't interest me, so I skip them.

 

[Torvy]

Some threads definitely should have a 'resolved ' indicator. I don't know about closing them. In some cases it would make it easier to find solutions to similar problems (not so likely in this case)

 

[ptsg]

Some threads definitely should have a 'resolved ' indicator. I don't know about closing them. In some cases it would make it easier to find solutions to similar problems (not so likely in this case)

I like that idea on the "Resolved" indicator.

I think the reason this thing is still going is because of the "Popular threads" sent by email from TBN, along with the accessing the forum via smartphone/tablet where is somewhat hard to see how many pages the thread has.

 

[Atypical_decorum]

Final update. They wired the money back to me after they said they didn't know how to do that.

A shipper came and picked it up today.

All done.

Now I need a tractor.

 

[Omega Woods]

Some threads definitely should have a 'resolved ' indicator. I don't know about closing them. In some cases it would make it easier to find solutions to similar problems (not so likely in this case)

This is an excellent idea.

 

[sixdogs]

Final update. They wired the money back to me after they said they didn't know how to do that.

A shipper came and picked it up today.

All done.

Now I need a tractor.

Blessings come mixed but this is great news. That you got the $$ back says great things about that dealer as well as your conversational skills.

 

[stevem5215]

Time to take a drive to your local dealers and see what they have. This time of year it starts to slow down so you should be able to get their attention easier than if you showed up in the spring.

 

[Atypical_decorum]

Blessings come mixed but this is great news. That you got the $$ back says great things about that dealer as well as your conversational skills.

I'm good with the words,

 

[sixdogs]

I've seen a softening of bigger Kubotas at auction lately. Mostly TIER IV that you don't want, and I don't either, but maybe a microcosm of a bigger trend in prices. There have been sales of pre-TIER IV larger Kubotas at lower prices than typical of the past 18 months as well.
You can search results at TractorHouse as well as Equipment Facts. Much of what shows up on dealer lots is from auctions.

I'm nervous buying anything used, unless I know the source but can suggest you look at Mast tractors in the link below. Local Amish/Mennonite family that has things others can't get. They pay more and they get more but I have found them beyond reproach. FYI

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