Egon
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Thank you. Looks like I may have to purchase the proper socket and clean mine.
Egon
Egon
Kubota oil and tranny fluid?
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mangoland
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I just changed the oil and fluid in my B2710 (an early one,80hrs). I bought it used, and couldn't be sure that the previous owner had done the change. Opening up the strainers showed that there was just a couple of small flecks of metal, and a crumb of rubbery stuff, barely anything. So perhaps it was done aftere all.
Anyway, like many have posted, my local dealer doesn't carry Super UDT, and given the shipping nightmares that we go through here, I went with Chevron 1000 (UDT compatible), which was available. (I now see on the Chevron site that they also have a synthetic that is Super UDT compatible, but oh well...) I figured that without cold or very hot temps, that it would be OK.
Now I am wondering if my hydraulics are quite as strong. Seems like I could lift a rear wheel off with the FEL previously, if I was working a sticky clay bank. Now I can't. Otherwise I notice no changes. Most of the other Kubota owners locally use generic tractor fluid in their older machines with no problem.
Anyway, like many have posted, my local dealer doesn't carry Super UDT, and given the shipping nightmares that we go through here, I went with Chevron 1000 (UDT compatible), which was available. (I now see on the Chevron site that they also have a synthetic that is Super UDT compatible, but oh well...) I figured that without cold or very hot temps, that it would be OK.
Now I am wondering if my hydraulics are quite as strong. Seems like I could lift a rear wheel off with the FEL previously, if I was working a sticky clay bank. Now I can't. Otherwise I notice no changes. Most of the other Kubota owners locally use generic tractor fluid in their older machines with no problem.
CostaRica
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Down here in the tropics we don't have all the oil brands you have up there, with my old B6000 I always use Pennzoil 15-40, never had a problem. Like a month ago I bought 2 used L3000 and a L2500, and I will keep using the pennzoil; for the hidraulics, for an old JD1020 I used Texaco TDH, and in the Kubota operators manual, that Texaco TDH is listed as a compatible oil, so I guess I will try it with the new Kubotas... I really hope it works as good as with the oil they come with from the US....
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DmansPadge
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Update on servicing my tractor...
I got the chance to run by the Kubota dealer this week and I picked up 4 gallons of Kubota UDT. I did the transmission service today. There is four different drain plugs to remove in order to get all the fluid out. I pulled out the strainer and to my suprise it had a considerable amount of metal shavings on it. No special tools needed and was quite easy to do. I forgot to get the o-rings at the dealer but I didn't need them anyway. I assumed the o-rings where on the strainer itself. Once I pulled it out I saw that the o-rings where on both sides of the pickup tube and there wasn't really any way to damage them. I cleaned it up, filled it up, and now I'm ready to use that bad boy!
I got the chance to run by the Kubota dealer this week and I picked up 4 gallons of Kubota UDT. I did the transmission service today. There is four different drain plugs to remove in order to get all the fluid out. I pulled out the strainer and to my suprise it had a considerable amount of metal shavings on it. No special tools needed and was quite easy to do. I forgot to get the o-rings at the dealer but I didn't need them anyway. I assumed the o-rings where on the strainer itself. Once I pulled it out I saw that the o-rings where on both sides of the pickup tube and there wasn't really any way to damage them. I cleaned it up, filled it up, and now I'm ready to use that bad boy!
