According to your profile you have a L series tractor, I believe he is refering to the M series machines. M5 would refer to a machine like the MX5800 and so on.
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According to your profile you have a L series tractor, I believe he is refering to the M series machines. M5 would refer to a machine like the MX5800 and so on.
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Is this for all L's, even if they had the other cold weather update done to them?
Warranty, is this just for the first two years?
True, but you need ALL of your maintenance records properly documented or Kubota may refuse the extended warranty! Just a warning for those doing their own maintenance!!
Which "extended" warranty are you referring to? The 5 year emissions warranty?
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I didn't think they could refuse warranty work on emissions being it is federally mandated but I could be wrong.
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If you write them off on taxes you save them anyway. Keeping a log book still takes less time than hauling in. If you take a machine in you still have to keep that paperwork so what's the diff?
Right, just be sure to keep a record. If you are writing it off on taxes you will keep a record but many don't do that. If the dealer services it they will have a record. I usually encourage customers to service their own tractors but also to keep a log.
I contacted Kubota and they said, "There are no open campaigns on your tractor.". So I'm wondering if this newer campaign is only for tractors in the colder climates?
-7F is my record low here at the house in 2014 and it does get to the teens most winters and since I used my tractor more in the winter (heat the house with firewood). My low this year was -6F. I would like to have the piece of mind that I'm not going to have a run-a-way engine.
Then just take the damn thing off, plug the hose in the bottom and the one on the intake manifold and run a vent hose down the side of the engine from the valve cover fitting! Problem solved! won't pass Tier 4 but it will never freeze up and puke it's oil out either. One freeze up is more oil on the ground than a whole bunch of tractors will lose out that crankcase vent in their lifetime!
Not to remove just the CCvC. (I am not suggesting removing the DPF!)
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There is another possibility, namely they are rolling out the recall in stages in order to avoid the snafu they had with the insulation one, where they didn't have enough kits to go around, and some folks up in Canada couldn't get theirs and it was really COLD.
But can the DPF be taken off?
I am working a deal right now on L3901DT and even though our lowest this winter was -51, it will never see a winter. It will sit in a nice warm shop while the skidsteer pushes snow. Orange will be strictly Spring to Fall.
I don't have a problem with any of the Tier 4 compliant hardware but it is mainly for the manufacturers to sell units, not for us to own. Simple is better in my mind.
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For all practical purposes, no the dpf can't be taken off. Successful delete kits are not available for the Ls, mostly because there has been no demand. There is already a cold weather kit on these that has worked fine here in Michigan for 3 winters, and for your use just buy it and enjoy it. These are nice engines, the dpf regens are working on the Ls, so leave it alone until no longer under warranty. Then if you don't like something consider changing it. It would take some really nasty cold to make the heated lines necessary. If you are just getting ready to buy, good chance your dealer will install then.
It is not the DPF that is freezing up, it is the closed crankcase ventilation canister. It is there to prevent the small amount of vapor from the crankcase from reaching the atmosphere and causing pollution. It separates the oil out of the vapors and returns the oil to the crankcase. We really don't want that oil being burned by the engine and sent to the dpf. (it would plug it up faster and reduce the useful life of the DPF) There is no reason to remove the DPF from these tractors! IT is working fine!