B8200 Forward Hydraulic Bypass

ezriderf6c

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Equipment
b8200d 4x4 with bf300a and backhoe and KX-161-3st w/ steel tracks
When you add a hydraulic option to the front-end such as a front-end-loader on this unit you need to turn off the "bypass". The picture shown here has a rusted "end" that is broken off where a knob used to be (near the center of the picture with a screw-driver slot ground into it). This does not screw in or out, it just turns either direction infinitely. Originally there was a knob attached and the two stops would prevent it from going further, but evidently someone broke the knob off. So, if your forward hydraulic attached bucket is not raising or lowering, try turning this 90 degrees counter-clock-wise (or some amount thereto). If you go 360 degrees and it doesn't help, then the problem is elsewhere. I got my tractor back from kubota to do work elsewhere on the tractor and they had turned this and the loader wouldn't operate unless I was turning the front wheels (which directed more hydraulic pressure into the forward hydraulic accessory block).
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rbargeron

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L5450, L48, L3250, L345 never enough attachments
Jul 6, 2015
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Not familiar with your model but the picture looks like a "hydraulic block". Most Kubotas I've seen have one, though many look different. Flow from the pump on the engine can be diverted to a loader, etc. with return flow (power-beyond) going to other uses like 3pt hitch.