Hydraulic adapter block source for L225

[JB3]

Hello first post! glad to be here, lots of very useful data.

I have recently purchased a very heavily used L225 with a front end loader. The loader was run off a front mounted hydraulic pump and was functional. Unfortunately the attachment of this pump driveshaft to the splined front of the crank was bodged, bodged again, and broke off the splined section of the crank end.

It will be very difficult to repair this disaster without another crank, or without removing and disassembling the entire motor and fixing the crank end on a bench.

I would like to use the loader in the mean time, so I am hoping to tap into the main tractor hydraulics on the right side of the engine, and have heard that adapter blocks are possible and/or available, but am having trouble finding what I need being a novice with this machine.

Any advice appreciated, even a slower operating loader will be better than none at all!

thanks

 

[torch]

I would like to use the loader in the mean time, so I am hoping to tap into the main tractor hydraulics on the right side of the engine, and have heard that adapter blocks are possible and/or available, but am having trouble finding what I need being a novice with this machine.

I have no knowledge or experience with the L225.

That said, when I built a FEL for my B7100, I tapped into the hydraulics via a hydraulic block on the right hand side of the engine. My junction block is in two halves, secured together with 4 bolts. The tractor hydraulics remain connected to one half. The other half is basically a cover, replaced with a block of steel drilled and tapped to provide hydraulic power to the FEL.

The part for mine is no longer available from Kubota, but they did provide all dimensions in the factory service manual, and it is quite simple for a machine shop -- or possibly even someone with a band saw and drill press -- to reproduce. I can't guarantee the same is the case for your L225, but it's certainly worth investigating.

As for FEL speed, it is perhaps a touch slow, but not too bad, and there's no shortage of actual force! I've pulled my rear wheels off the ground by hooking a root or a rock.

 

[007kubotaguy]

Hello
I have a block. I can also make the hoses you need. Send me a PM with you email and I will get back to you .
Thank you Lance