Oil & Fuel Kubota M7060HDC12 owners - help!

[deserteagle71]

How do you add engine oil to this tractor if the loader is on it???

My first oil change today...only 104 hours since the original owner did the first oil change but that was 14 months ago. I had to work the tractor pretty good for a couple hours so it was nicely warmed up; I parked it on the concrete apron of my garage (won't fit inside with the cab) and raised the FEL all the way to get the arms out of the way. Drained the oil and changed the filter - that all was quick and easy. Then I tried to fill the tractor back up with oil - and found I would need about a 3' long flexible funnel! There is absolutely no way, considering where the oil inlet is located with the upright exhaust and loader support right beside it, to access it any other way unless I used a small funnel and poured the oil in one quart at a time. No room for a bigger jug. I finally ended up grafting a piece of hose onto a funnel and snaking all that down past the exhaust to the oil inlet. Filling it took forever that way - cold diesel oil does not flow very fast!

So I'm interested in knowing what works for others in adding oil to this model tractor? The owner's manual was certainly no help!

 

[sixdogs]

You get two of the long snout type oil funnels and put one inside the other so it extends beyond the loader arm. It works for me but the best way is to change the oil when the loader is off. Try checking the oil without a flashlight and the loader on and see how that goes.

 

[4570Man]

Could you use about a bigger hose and a flex funnel? Assuming it's cold there setting the new oil inside the house the night before would help. I never taken the loader off that tractor but it's only about a 5 minute job on mine. Just dropping the loader might be the least hassle method for future services.

 

[deserteagle71]

Could you use about a bigger hose and a flex funnel? Assuming it's cold there setting the new oil inside the house the night before would help. I never taken the loader off that tractor but it's only about a 5 minute job on mine. Just dropping the loader might be the least hassle method for future services.

This is what I'm considering. Getting the biggest hose that will fit in that fill hole, attach it to a good-sized funnel and rig up a way to support the whole affair on the loader arm. And of course get that oil nice and warm before trying to pour it.

Only had the tractor a month now and haven't tried removing the FEL. I don't have a hard, level spot (until the ground dries out) to try that right now and not sure how hard it would be to reattach the loader if the supports and tractor don't line up because of the soft ground.

 

[Rustyiron]

Next trip to town pick up a 5 gallon bucket pump.

 

[oosik]

Actually on mine I could pour right out of the container. However, I do use a funnel with an 18" flex nozzle. Attach the funnel to the FEL hydraulic cylinder and away I go.

 

[Grumpa Wally]

Thanks for the heads up. My M7060HD12 only has 15 hours, I will probably remove the loader to do maintenance or have the long spout handy.

 

[deserteagle71]

Thanks for the heads up. My M7060HD12 only has 15 hours, I will probably remove the loader to do maintenance or have the long spout handy.

I'm thinking that if you don't have a cab, you won't have a problem as far as the oil fill. With my cab tractor, what I have is the exhaust blocking access from the front, the loader support from the side, and the cab with its turn signal and grab handle from the rear.

Having the cab has been great, though. Even though it seems to snow every other day here still and the cold continues (17 degrees yesterday morning) I'm able to get out and get things done because of the cab. Put 23 hours on the hourmeter in the month I've had this machine. Without the cab, I'd been sitting in the house, just feeding the stove!

 

[lpigott]

Take the loader off! It is crazy easy and fast.

 

[Dave M7040]

Raise the loader all the way.
Drive up to a solid tree or pole with the bucket just touching.
Lock the brakes.

I work under the loader in this situation because it cannot come down

Look at the arrangement of a serious backhoe. For the FEL they have special steel angles which swing into position to physically block the lift arm cylinders.

Dave M7040