L3250 info

[KL3250]

Hello everyone,

New guy here.... I'm fairly new to tractors, and very new to Kubota. I am really anxious to learn about, and use this older (89-90ish) L3250. On it's maiden voyage I was brush cutting for about 3 hours and of course (when I was almost finished) I hit a bundle of baling wire. I shut it all down as soon as I realized something was wrong. After untangling the wire, now the tractor won't start (nothing at the key). I don't have manual yet, so I'm hoping it's something simple like overheated possibly. The other thing I noticed was the the pedal clutch does not disengage the PTO. I've had to dead start the tractor with the pto engaged. Is my clutch going bad, and maybe that's why it won't start also? Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
KL3250

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

Sounds like the PTO safety switch is engaged.

And yes you have a bad or seized up second stage of the clutch.

 

[rbargeron]

The L3250 is a very good model - I've had this one quite a while. These tractors have a switch on the clutch pedal linkage but not a separate one for the pto shifter like today's models.

Fence wire can really bind up a rotary cutter if it gets wound around and into the shaft bearing/seal area. May take some doing to get it free.

You should be able to shift the pto into neutral so the engine will turn over without driving the pto shaft. On tractors with the dual-clutch system, the travel disk usually wears faster than the pto disk. The pedal linkage can be adjusted to compensate, but after a couple adjustments the PTO may no longer move enough to fully release with full pedal. The pto stays engaged unless shifted to neutral.

It's sometimes possible to center the pedal adjustment just right so travel disengages sooner and full pedal still releases the pto. This works for a while but replacing the travel disk is the real fix.

If linkage adjustment doesn't do the job, the dual clutch can also be internally adjusted - does your rig have a loader? clutch adjustment information here. Good luck - Dick B