ZD326 busted radiator

[workinallthetime]

About a year ago i was mowing at little to fast and hit a small stump back on my trails, when I hit it the motor flexed in the mounts and caused somethig to hit the radiator twords the bottom and knock a hole in it. years of auto repair i knew where to take it for repair, unfortunatly they were closed and out of business. i found another shop and took a chance, 3 days and 100 bucks later i got the raditor back and it looked like a drunk mud dobber stuck this thing together. the repair looked worse than damage did before i took it in. He was very pround of the work he did and told me he pressure tested it. About 10 hours in i started smelling coolant and noticed i had an acumulation of dirt around the spot. it was leaking again but made it through the rest of that hot summer and was making it until today. from the quick look today it looks like his weld actully fell of the radiator.
does anyone have a part number for the kubota radiator? or know where i can find it? i would apreciate it , i am not taking a chance with another patch job, R&R the radiator looks pretty easy but its way more involved than i thought

 

[1savoy]

Looks like the Kubota part # is K3181-85112.

http://kpad2.kubota.co.jp/kpad2/PartsInfo.do?bookCd=100A0452&funcCd=&figNo=&himban=&dispType=0

Kubota Tractor Corporation - Parts List

View attachment A42000.pdf

$338.64 at Messicks

http://www.messicks.com/partsearch.aspx?pn=k3181-85112&ven=All

$320.11 at Keller

Keller Kubota

There may be better places to check, but these couple of sites make it fairly easy to check prices. Good luck, let us know how you make out. Sorry to hear it happened in the first place.

Russ

 

[workinallthetime]

thanks you, fired off e-mails to local dealers hopefully they know how to use e-mail.

 

[workinallthetime]

radiator in, paid 380.00 plus tax. one of the local dealers wanted to charge me shipping on top of the 380. i had asked that same dealer about 3 months ago to get me a pric and he never did, i am guessing they wont be in business long. the replacement took a couple of hours and i went ahead and changed the oil while i had the hood open.