Kubota l47tlb 50 hour service

[mikester]

My M59 takes 1 engine filter, 1 HST filter and 2 Hydraulic filters - and about 5 gallons of hydraulic fluid per filter service. My machine takes 10+ gallons of hydraulic fluid.

The engine and HST filters are easy. The Hydraulic filters are a different storey.

Make sure you have a big enough catch basin or be prepared to take a bath in hydraulic oil. My 3 gallon oil pan was overflowing in about 10 seconds while I was trying to get the first hydraulic filter screwed on. Picture screwing a garden hose fitting onto a running water hose without being able to pinch it off first.

I think that "parking on a slope" or "use a vacuum" is one of those urban legends. I did my first 50hr service because I didn't want to spend $500 but I was wishing I did when I was done. I'm not a little guy and there isn't much room under an M59. I think you have even less ground clearance under your machine. Maybe those other machines don't hold much hydro fluid.

I don't think I saved any money considering I went out and bought a 15 gallon oil pan dolly afterwards...

 

[Peter 315]

I got all the hyd and hst filters (second trip to the dealer) parts guy only gave me one hyd filter and I got 2.5 gal of sutd2 to top off , engine oil filter and oil , I will try the shop vac trick and see if it works

 

[Fallon]

My M59 takes 1 engine filter, 1 HST filter and 2 Hydraulic filters - and about 5 gallons of hydraulic fluid per filter service. My machine takes 10+ gallons of hydraulic fluid.

The engine and HST filters are easy. The Hydraulic filters are a different storey.

Make sure you have a big enough catch basin or be prepared to take a bath in hydraulic oil. My 3 gallon oil pan was overflowing in about 10 seconds while I was trying to get the first hydraulic filter screwed on. Picture screwing a garden hose fitting onto a running water hose without being able to pinch it off first.

I think that "parking on a slope" or "use a vacuum" is one of those urban legends. I did my first 50hr service because I didn't want to spend $500 but I was wishing I did when I was done. I'm not a little guy and there isn't much room under an M59. I think you have even less ground clearance under your machine. Maybe those other machines don't hold much hydro fluid.

I don't think I saved any money considering I went out and bought a 15 gallon oil pan dolly afterwards...

The vacuum trick worked great on my L3200 & L4060 for their first services. No need to change the fluid on the first 50 hour service, only on the subsequent ones.

Pretty sure I did both all 3 filters (engine, HST & hydraulic) on both machines for the first service. But I could be mis-remembering. I do remember crawling out from under the L4060 to find a missing new filter & being impressed by nothing coming out despite the old filter being removed.

DON'T GET SOAKED IN DIESEL! | BRILLIANT Hands-On Hack - YouTube is a great YouTube channel I subscribe to & did a demo of this trick recently. Explains some of the limitations there too.