Search results

so many months it sat with half a tank of diesel in the tank. This is the likely culprit, this combined with likely where it was sitting, temperature changes in the environment etc, likely caused condensation in the tank, and so you had water in the fuel it seems. This is also creates all the...

The recommendation in the manual for my L2501 was to change front axle at like 800 hours. It is true that change the front axle oil as early as I did (50 hours) was completely uncalled for. I did it because I already had the oil on hand from doing my other maintenance and filter changes, and the...

Took a stroll back over grasshopper's website. I had looked at these mowers a couple years ago in the dealership. Either they have went up a bit or I just didnt remember the pricing too well. The floor is aorund $7,000. Ill be spending mor like $9,000 to get what I wanted. Whew. Grasshopper may...

Appreciate you taking the time to tell me about your bad boy. $4500 for that sounds really great. I dont technically need a 60" cut but I could go that big. My thing Is parts of my property have lots of trees that I have to weave in and out of, and a big giant deck isnt preferred for those...

I just did my 50 hour maintenace on my L2501 HST, which is very very similar to your L3200. As part of the maintenance I did the front axle as well, even though it wasnt called for yet. The axle is 100% its own, separate system. Oil capacity is likely 4.8 quarts, much as my L2501. The confusion...

I bought a Honda Rancher 4x4 ATV brand new in 2015. It often sits several weeks without ever being cranked in my garage. I bought it cause I wanted it, then shamefully hardly ever actually ride it. It has just over 500 miles on it. Most of those miles were put on in big one day chunks. Like one...

Hello folks! Im sure to start a brand war with this thread but I am hoping to glean some serious pro's/con's that will be informative. Im looking to potentially upgrade to a new Zero Turn mower soon. I may hold out another year, but Im starting to really think about it now. My old residential...

I would be curious, if before this all started, did you have diesel sitting in the fuel tank for an extended period of time? You mentioned you were at a half tank in the OP and so you topped it up, but how long had that fuel been in the tank? Do you treat your fuel with anything on every fill...

appreciate that little tip. I will do that at the end with the air compressor. Im sorta waffling back to just using the UDT2 I have now already. I have what I think is just enough to fill the front axle. I may go with 80-90 next time around we will see. Im donig some refencing this weekend and...

just to add to what others are saying - and I agree with them that it sounds 100% like diesel sludge - typically caused by diesel sitting for extended period of time in the tank or in storage. What I would add however is to make a routine out of adding a biocide to every fuel up. I do this now...

I was just in the same boat as you, doing my first maintenance on my new Kubota. I live in a rural area around a lot of farmers and big tractor owners, So I asked around, and I done a lot of online reading and reasearch. I wanted to also use the absolute best product - price was of no concern...

As soon as I read your reply a light bulb went off in my head - I had seen this item before, in tractor supply, and had forgotten about it. I went to their website and sure enough, there it is. Thanks Russell for helping me remember this! I will buy one of these plates and coupled with the...

Done some digging. read some other forums that discussed the topic. Seems like most things there is no clear winner. I found the following recommendation on kubota's website for front axle oil: "KUBOTA Universal Dynamic Tractor (UDT) or Super UDT2 Fluid recommended, or SAE 80W90 (GL-4) Gear...

My front right wheel has a super slow seeping leak as well, and it has had it since the tractor was new. Its so slow however that Ivej ust ignored it. It will take a good 10 days or 2 weeks to start to see a little moist area right along the crack where the front axle and wheel are bolted...

My manual says to change that at 800 hours. Its only about 4qts though and couldnt hurt, maybe I will do so. What do folks run in the front axle for absolute best protection? Ive seen some who run the same Super UDT2 Hydraulic oil, while others run a 80-90 gear oil. I would want to run...

Your first service on the engine oil, filter etc will be at 50 hours. What you may be thinking of is that you should grease the loader zerks every 10 hours of use. This is only greasing however, and yes you can 100% do this yourself with a grease gun. Just clean the zerks up real good and put...

Sorry for responding to my thread so late, been a busy time around my place. My engine oil was T6 fully synthetic 15w-40 Shell Rotella. They did have the T5 15w-40 sitting next to it however, which is what you are thinking of. It is cheaper, and not fully synthetic. This is what I got...

Here are some pictures showing that pipe. It was pushed all they way down to where it had pressed into and bent the original HST filter, and was resting on top of this item with the rubber protective sleeve on it, which connects to the treadle peddle. Using the car jack, I slowly was able to...

I totally agree sidecar. I did go with shell rotella t6 15w40 on the engine oil, and I went all kubota filters from messicks. I had elected not to do the Hydraulic oil change because I was told by so many reputable people that it was really unnecessary, including the kubota dealer. Some people...

Yes I have seen the shop vac method several places but didnt want to do that. I actually wanted a little oil to run out when changing the filter, just to sorta flush the area out a little. I was prepared to lose up to a gallon and was ok with it. And no my oil pan I use for all maintenance on...