The underside of my newer Kubota

mx842 · 2025-10-17T13:07:37-0400

I'm wondering if anyone knows of some kind of skid pan for a L 3301. I just posted a post to a thread here talking about hauling tractors to the shop. I just went out to do some bush hogging and when I stepped up on the tractor, I noticed oil dripping under the tractor. After looking closer I see every line that goes to the Hst filter bracket along with the line that goes into the transmission is leaking. I'm thinking that while I was bush hogging last time something must have gotten up there and pushed on those lines. None of the lines look bent up or shows any signs of damage but they are all leaking.
I have always been careful when working with the tractor because all those filter brackets and other parts are right out there wide open just asking to get broken off. I love my tractor don't get me wrong I'm just wondering why they would mount something so fragile right out there in the open like that. Looking at it there are a lot of other stuff under there that is vulnerable to the elements also. If nothing is available, I guess I could fab up some brackets to cover the worst places.

BleedingOrange · 2025-10-17T16:41:56-0400

If it were mine, I would get under there and find the root cause of your leaks. If you are lucky, it might just be loose fittings. I cann,t image the hoses have been damaged enough to leak. If it is loose fittings, snug them up and wait until all the leaks are stopped before worrying about adding protection.

mx842 · 2025-10-18T11:20:27-0400

BleedingOrange said:
If it were mine, I would get under there and find the root cause of your leaks. If you are lucky, it might just be loose fittings. I cann,t image the hoses have been damaged enough to leak. If it is loose fittings, snug them up and wait until all the leaks are stopped before worrying about adding protection.

I have looked at it and there is no obvious damage, but they are all leaking. I called Land & Coats, and they sent me some o rings. There are 2 o rings at each connection, but they only sent me 5. All the retainer bolts were tight. What a pain it is to get those lines apart because those lines are steel and have no flex in them. I tried unbolting the filter bracket to make it easier to work with but even with the bracket unbolted it still seems impossible to get those lines back to where they need to be and then tightened up. It looks to me like that where those connections are placed and how tight it is in there it would have been better to have rubber hydraulic lines that will flex a little. I did replace the 5 that they sent me but now they all leak worse than they did before.
The mechanic is supposed to come by Mon or Tues to look at it, hopefully he can figure out how to fix it.