mllkn6
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Equipment
L245 DT, front loader, backhoe, bushog, planters, grain drill, fertilizer sprea
In 1977 I purchased a new Kubota L 245DT with front end loader and backhoe attachments, I got the manual with the tractor but got nothing with the loader or backhoe. My question is about the backhoe, I hope there is someone who has a manual or knowledge on the backhoe.
On the backhoe there is a gismo as I call it, I think it's some kind of pressure release valve or breather, but not sure what it does or did. It looks like a regular bolt but it has a hole in the center with what appears to be wires crammed inside it, my guess is when you are using the backhoe and put to much pressure on the bucket or arm it somehow releases the pressure.
It worked fine for years, then it started leaking hydraulic fluid and then it started squirting hydraulic fluid a few years later. I went to my local dealer back then to order a replacement only to be told they were not made anymore, period.
I finally put a rubber hose over it and clamped it so it wouldn't come off, then run it into the top of a (don't laugh) Mayonnaise jar to catch the fluid with a clamp on the inside so it wouldn't come out, then I pour it back into the reservoir when it get about full. The plastic jar is clamped to the backhoe so it stays in place. Like they say, "Necessity is the mother of invention". LOL
It's not that I use the backhoe all the time, but it's great to have when you need it around the farm, but it can be aggerating to have to stop every 30 minutes or so to pour the fluid back into the reservoir. The backhoe hooks to the 3 point hitch and it has it's own seat, unlike the ones now that share the seat with the driver and backhoe. The hydraulic hoses connect to a box that sits at the front of the drivers seat just above where you fill the transmission.
I haven't use it in 5 or 6 years and I was just trying to remember if the fluid it uses is Hydraulic fluid or it works off the transmission fluid, I have to pull a lever on the box next to the drivers seat where the hoses connect for the backhoe to work. I thought about soldering the hole shut at one time but decided that might be a bad idea since I didn't know what it did and still don't.
My question is does anyone know if there is some kind of replacement for this gismo, is it really needed and what does it do exactly. Better yet why does it squirt oil out when using the bucket or pressing down on the arms to dig, is there a way to make it stop?
Thank guys for any help anyone may offer.
On the backhoe there is a gismo as I call it, I think it's some kind of pressure release valve or breather, but not sure what it does or did. It looks like a regular bolt but it has a hole in the center with what appears to be wires crammed inside it, my guess is when you are using the backhoe and put to much pressure on the bucket or arm it somehow releases the pressure.
It worked fine for years, then it started leaking hydraulic fluid and then it started squirting hydraulic fluid a few years later. I went to my local dealer back then to order a replacement only to be told they were not made anymore, period.
I finally put a rubber hose over it and clamped it so it wouldn't come off, then run it into the top of a (don't laugh) Mayonnaise jar to catch the fluid with a clamp on the inside so it wouldn't come out, then I pour it back into the reservoir when it get about full. The plastic jar is clamped to the backhoe so it stays in place. Like they say, "Necessity is the mother of invention". LOL
It's not that I use the backhoe all the time, but it's great to have when you need it around the farm, but it can be aggerating to have to stop every 30 minutes or so to pour the fluid back into the reservoir. The backhoe hooks to the 3 point hitch and it has it's own seat, unlike the ones now that share the seat with the driver and backhoe. The hydraulic hoses connect to a box that sits at the front of the drivers seat just above where you fill the transmission.
I haven't use it in 5 or 6 years and I was just trying to remember if the fluid it uses is Hydraulic fluid or it works off the transmission fluid, I have to pull a lever on the box next to the drivers seat where the hoses connect for the backhoe to work. I thought about soldering the hole shut at one time but decided that might be a bad idea since I didn't know what it did and still don't.
My question is does anyone know if there is some kind of replacement for this gismo, is it really needed and what does it do exactly. Better yet why does it squirt oil out when using the bucket or pressing down on the arms to dig, is there a way to make it stop?
Thank guys for any help anyone may offer.