Lost the key

[BravoXray]

Snowmobile or jet-ski parts? Go Kart or Moped?

I wish. Bar tab for an alcoholic ex-girlfriend.

 

[JWR]

Spare keys are very cheap and largely universal within a HP range and cab type for kubota.

Spare keys are badly overpriced, not "very cheap."

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I won't purchase anything from Messicks. Too proud of their stuff.

Messicks was just $50 less on a part than my local dealer.

 

[sea2summit]

Spare keys are badly overpriced, not "very cheap."

I’d like to know what you consider cheap.

https://www.amazon.com/Solarhome-Equipment-Ignition-Kubota-Tractor/dp/B08YYRB58T/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=kubota+ignition+key&qid=1685068226&sr=8-3

 

[JWR]

I’d like to know what you consider cheap.

https://www.amazon.com/Solarhome-Equipment-Ignition-Kubota-Tractor/dp/B08YYRB58T/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=kubota+ignition+key&qid=1685068226&sr=8-3

Well for sure I know what cheap is NOT. It is NOT the link you show which pictures 12 keys for $10.50, none of which fit, unless maybe ONE does. If so, that is $10.50 for the one key a person is trying to buy which is badly overpriced and not cheap. The last time I had to buy a Kubota key they came in pairs of 2 at a Kubota dealer which was $12 plus tax and over $6 each. Not very cheap. At the time I was stuck having to put up with dealer pricing (same thing that makes a $4 spray can cost $13.) We are all accustomed to that. See https://www.amazon.com/Ignition-Rep..._r=54JE7Z6PJN6M7MG9ABR0&qid=1685071916&sr=8-4 which is also Amazon and gets you 10 keys that DO fit for $1 each. That is cheap.

 

[JWR]

So Sea2summit was right -- spare keys can be cheap. My bristling is that Kubota Dealers (at the time I needed one) were charging over $12 for two. Obviously Kubota buys more of those keys than anyone else on the world and pays next to nothing for them. They should be handing them out free to customers who buy other things from them, not charging $6 each and requiring you to buy two or none.

 

[notaz3]

I know in cars one of the biggest things that cause ignition switches to fail, and allow keys to come out when in the on position, is having a heavy keyring. The bouncing of the weight wears the switch out.