mllkn6
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Equipment
L245 DT, front loader, backhoe, bushog, planters, grain drill, fertilizer sprea
Hi, I'm new here, probably wouldn't be here but I need help with my Kubota 245 DT (1977). I purchased it new in 1977, been a super tractor and never had any engine work done to it, except the usually maintenance over the years. Never had one minutes problem with anything at all as far as the motor goes.
I used the tractor yesterday for a few hours and everything worked fine, nothing to give any hint as what was to happen this morning. I went out and started it up as usually, sort of a harder start that it usually does but as soon as it fired off, there was a knocking that came from the engine. Not sure where, a minute or so later, white smoke and maybe a little mist of water vapor started to come from the air filter in front, I was going to raise the front bucket so I could get hood open and realized I had no hydraulics either to the front or 3 point hitch.
There is usually a little knocking sound but this was louder, noticed it right away, was trying to get it back to my shop about 100 feet away, but the bucket wouldn't come up at all. My bush hog on the 3 point hitch is off the ground and I can figure out a way to use a come-a-long to raise my bucket just enough to get it off the ground, then I can move it to my shop and start to figure out what to do.
I'm no mechanic by any means, but growing up on a working family farm I got my fair share of mechanical experiences, I have an idea what might be wrong, but need any help I can get to figure this out.
I'm retired from public work but still depend on farming as a second income, so buying a new one isn't an option for me, this tractor has been our bread and butter for 40 years, along with an old 51 JD "B". But it doesn't have the front end loader nor the attachments for planting we have for the Kubota.
Come on guys, a little help would be greatly appreciated for a newbie. Any ideas what went bad before I tear into it?
I know there are some of you fellows and maybe gals that know a whole lot more about these tractors than I do, HELP.
Thank you in advance for any help you can offer.
I used the tractor yesterday for a few hours and everything worked fine, nothing to give any hint as what was to happen this morning. I went out and started it up as usually, sort of a harder start that it usually does but as soon as it fired off, there was a knocking that came from the engine. Not sure where, a minute or so later, white smoke and maybe a little mist of water vapor started to come from the air filter in front, I was going to raise the front bucket so I could get hood open and realized I had no hydraulics either to the front or 3 point hitch.
There is usually a little knocking sound but this was louder, noticed it right away, was trying to get it back to my shop about 100 feet away, but the bucket wouldn't come up at all. My bush hog on the 3 point hitch is off the ground and I can figure out a way to use a come-a-long to raise my bucket just enough to get it off the ground, then I can move it to my shop and start to figure out what to do.
I'm no mechanic by any means, but growing up on a working family farm I got my fair share of mechanical experiences, I have an idea what might be wrong, but need any help I can get to figure this out.
I'm retired from public work but still depend on farming as a second income, so buying a new one isn't an option for me, this tractor has been our bread and butter for 40 years, along with an old 51 JD "B". But it doesn't have the front end loader nor the attachments for planting we have for the Kubota.
Come on guys, a little help would be greatly appreciated for a newbie. Any ideas what went bad before I tear into it?
I know there are some of you fellows and maybe gals that know a whole lot more about these tractors than I do, HELP.
Thank you in advance for any help you can offer.