KubotaToy
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- Nov 21, 2011
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- Location
- SE Tennessee
- Tractor
- Kubota LX331HSDC (hers) and L45 (mine), RTV1100 (hers)
Since I had to replace bucket cylinder seals on my L45 and I was near the 200 hour service interval, I decided to change out the trans/hyd fluid and filters in case the seals contaminated the system. The L45 TLB holds 12 gals of UDT, book states either UDT or super UDT can be used. Came with UDT from the dealer but decided to get super UDT2 and use Wix filters that I already had that the dealer sold me with I bought it.
A few lessons learned (I am sure the rest of you already knew this but I learned a few things this go around)
First, draining 12 gals of hyd from the small space under the tractor is not a fun process, so I tried a new technique. I put shop vac in the fill hole, removed the drain plug and only a few drips came out (I did this when I changed filters on my B2710 and it worked like a charm). Then I pulled the shop vac out of the fill hole and let the oil fill up one of my oil drain pans. When it was full, I put the shop vac hose back in the fill hole and slide the pan out, put another one in and repeat, wow, only spill was me splashing it out of the drain pan. One caution, when the oil is almost out the shop vac will just suck air and oil will still come out but it is only a few gallons at this point. Lesson learned, shop vac is my friend on all hyd oil/filter changes.
Second, pulled the hyd filters off and notice right away something is different from the Wix, the Kubota filter has magnets on top of the filter and they are full of metal curls from manufacturing. Checked the wix filter and the magnets will not fit, did not like the idea of not having the magnets based on the metal on the ones I removed. So, scramble around to find a dealer that has them, after much talking, manage to get a dealer to let me pay for them on the phone and leave them outside their fence (remember doing this a lot growing up on the farm but seemed foreign to the Kubota dealer). Lesson learned, stick with Kubota filters, wix was only $5 cheaper and I spent that on time and traveling to get them in the first place.
Third, refilled the sump with supper UDT2, cost was $27 a gallon, ouch. Used UDT with all my Kubota's in the past, tried UDT spec'ed oil once, HST whined much more than I cared for, when back to UDT. Dealer thought I would see a difference in noise and winter operation which I had complained about. Wow, upon startup, almost no hyd pump whine. Let it warm up, took it out for a spin and wow again, half the HST whine. Hmm, might be something to what the dealer said. I only put 50-75 hours a year on the thing so I only get to change it about every two years, so not much of a cost when averaged out. Lesson learned, super UDT2 for all my Kubota's from now on, I should not complain about cost, I bought CAT hyd oil for my 933, it was ouch ouch priced.:laughing:
A few lessons learned (I am sure the rest of you already knew this but I learned a few things this go around)
First, draining 12 gals of hyd from the small space under the tractor is not a fun process, so I tried a new technique. I put shop vac in the fill hole, removed the drain plug and only a few drips came out (I did this when I changed filters on my B2710 and it worked like a charm). Then I pulled the shop vac out of the fill hole and let the oil fill up one of my oil drain pans. When it was full, I put the shop vac hose back in the fill hole and slide the pan out, put another one in and repeat, wow, only spill was me splashing it out of the drain pan. One caution, when the oil is almost out the shop vac will just suck air and oil will still come out but it is only a few gallons at this point. Lesson learned, shop vac is my friend on all hyd oil/filter changes.
Second, pulled the hyd filters off and notice right away something is different from the Wix, the Kubota filter has magnets on top of the filter and they are full of metal curls from manufacturing. Checked the wix filter and the magnets will not fit, did not like the idea of not having the magnets based on the metal on the ones I removed. So, scramble around to find a dealer that has them, after much talking, manage to get a dealer to let me pay for them on the phone and leave them outside their fence (remember doing this a lot growing up on the farm but seemed foreign to the Kubota dealer). Lesson learned, stick with Kubota filters, wix was only $5 cheaper and I spent that on time and traveling to get them in the first place.
Third, refilled the sump with supper UDT2, cost was $27 a gallon, ouch. Used UDT with all my Kubota's in the past, tried UDT spec'ed oil once, HST whined much more than I cared for, when back to UDT. Dealer thought I would see a difference in noise and winter operation which I had complained about. Wow, upon startup, almost no hyd pump whine. Let it warm up, took it out for a spin and wow again, half the HST whine. Hmm, might be something to what the dealer said. I only put 50-75 hours a year on the thing so I only get to change it about every two years, so not much of a cost when averaged out. Lesson learned, super UDT2 for all my Kubota's from now on, I should not complain about cost, I bought CAT hyd oil for my 933, it was ouch ouch priced.:laughing:
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