L2800 tranny fluid levels

Hemlock View · Feb 22, 2008

My year old L2800 seems to be losing tranny fluid. No obvious leak marks on the barn floor, maybe slight hydra. leaks around the fittings....but I'm new to the game and wondering what you pros think. The small level-minding glass is my only guide (no tranny dipstick on this model).

Thanks in advance for the advice.

Ob1kubota · Feb 22, 2008

Do you have a FEL on this tractor?

Hemlock View · Feb 23, 2008

Yes, it's the FEL hoses I refer to.
Thanks, Pete

wushaw · Feb 23, 2008

If your barn floor is not concrete it will be difficult to locate in dirt or gravel.

A fluid leak can be located by the smear of fluid somewhere on the tractor.

Ob1kubota · Feb 23, 2008

Is this hydraulic mist you are seeing on the 90 degree JIC fittings that are on the pressure side of the bucket lift cylinders?

Hemlock View · Feb 24, 2008

Ob1,
I will check that tomorrow. I did wipe off all of the fittings before my last bit of snow removal.
thanks,
Pete

Hemlock View · Feb 25, 2008

I just found the leak...I hope....and it was one of those 90deg. fittings on the right arm of the FEL. I tightened both nuts which connect the hose to the elbow. I'll see what happens when I move snow tomorrow. Some of the other fittings show some signs of hydraulic spray, but nothing like this drop I discovered.

Question: Are all of the fittings meant to have teflon tape? Well, some of mine do and some don't. Huh.

Thanks.

Phil_R · Feb 26, 2008

Hemlock View said:
Question: Are all of the fittings meant to have teflon tape? Well, some of mine do and some don't. Huh.

Fittings that depend on thread to thread contact (ex: pipe thread) for seal, require tape sealer. Fittings that use flare to tapered seat, o-ring, etc... seal, don't need tape sealer.

Hemlock View · Feb 26, 2008

Thanks, Phil...that's kinda what I thought. Now I have to take the plunge and take apart these hoses for the first time. I have yet to remove the FEL from the tractor since I bought it.

BTW, we used to live in J'ville, and went out to Camp Weed in Live Oak. What a lovely place in a lovely town. I can smell the warmth of those fields and woods around the lake there. I would trade the soil there for the endless rocks we have here any day. The Kubota likes a challenge, though, so we'll stay up here in the rocks and snow....sigh. Pete