New kubota delivered with low Transmission oil

[Nickelpickel]

Case adjourned

 

[workinonit]

It's your tractor but I check my engine oil and hydraulic fluid everytime I start my tractor. Granted my hyd fluid is in 2 sight glasses so they are easy but I can say I have saved myself doing that more than once.

 

[PuffyC]

After having seen this too many times, I check all fluids on day 1 whenever I buy a new machine. I also pay extra close attention to anything coming loose or not sounding/feeling right those first couple weeks, especially if it's a 'dealer prep' kind of thing. Far too often their attention to detail is...lacking.

 

[Forky]

With 50 hours on the tractor it is due for service....was that done ? ....engine oil, filter, and both of the hyd filters are due, as well as the zerks.

 

[Paystar]

Well, it's definitely not Kubota's fault. If it was delivered low on oil brand new, that is a poor dealer PDI, because that is their job you paid for.

And please take no offence, but I'm kinda alarmed you hadn't checked your oil in 50 hours. Trust no dealer.....always check things for yourself.

 

[old and tired]

If you are worried about 3 liters... I dropped 3 gallons (11L) and the tractor drove back to the shed with no problems...

Hint, You better check the front axle, while you are at it... anywhere from bone dry to just a quart low been reported.

And yes, the grapple most likely used about that much oil.

 

[s219]

And yes, the grapple most likely used about that much oil.

That's my guess. Would not be the first time someone installed new hydraulic implements and forgot to add more fluid to the reservoir.

 

[Deere Dude]

Tractor level indicators are different but my JD showed oil a half inch below the full mark on the dipstick. A month later I decide to top it off. It took a gallon of trans oil to get to the mark. Maybe yours was filled to close enough instead of actually on the mark. That is if you have a dipstick.

 

[WilliamBos]

Well, it's definitely not Kubota's fault. If it was delivered low on oil brand new, that is a poor dealer PDI, because that is their job you paid for.

And please take no offence, but I'm kinda alarmed you hadn't checked your oil in 50 hours. Trust no dealer.....always check things for yourself.

On the rare occasion that I pay for an oil change, I check it in the parking lot before I leave.

 

[RancherGuy]

... new L3901 HST wouldn’t start for me at 50.4 hrs ...

You probably know by now, but there are many "safety" switches in place that allow the instrumentation to work, but the starter will not activate. On the L3800 (L3901 predecessor) that I owned for a while, the following: PTO lever, left-hand reverser, clutch, treadle pedal. But the most perplexing for me was the treadle pedal - the micro switch it uses was very sensitive on mine. Sensitive such that it could be in a non-neutral state if my shoe touched it, or sometimes if the previous use did not leave it in its neutral position.