MX6000 Water Separator Dash Light Question

[whitetiger]

I guess between fall harvest and field work I missed both of these threads about the separator light coming on the MX series of tractors. Never had mine come on the MX6000 I have. Did any one get a recall in the mail or was the TSB found because you were having a problem. I will call my selling dealer and see if mine falls under the TSB. If that bracket is $800 dollars Kubota just a well buy me one to.

There is no recall involved.
It is a fix-as-fail (TSB) Technical Service Bulletin. It's a repair guide for service concerning a unique condition.

 

[McMXi]

There is no recall involved.
It is a fix-as-fail (TSB) Technical Service Bulletin. It's a repair guide for service concerning a unique condition.

So would that mean that the dealer would need to verify the condition before ordering the kits? Some have the kits installed by the dealer and others receiving kits under warranty are able to install on their own. As I've mentioned a couple of times, I've never had the water in fuel light illuminate on either of the MX tractors I've owned, so if verification of the condition were required I'd be out of luck.

If I had an open station I would never pay out of pocket for the kit, so would either try to get a kit from the dealer, or failing that, make my own bracket. But less than $60 for a bracket that fits wasn't a big deal.

 

[ItBmine]

I installed the kit on my MX this morning. Access is a bit of a challenge but I figured it'd be easier to struggle for a bit rather than take off the loader and disconnect hydraulic hoses. The photos below show the before and after (some taken through the front glass), and the difference in the bolts used which have grown to accommodate the thickness of the bracket. I just noticed that I need to rotate the hose bracket a couple of degrees.

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Must have been a real bugger getting that coffee cup mounted around that steel line. LOL

 

[McMXi]

Must have been a real bugger getting that coffee cup mounted around that steel line. LOL

I only recently noticed that ghostly image. It's a 6oz cup that I use every morning for a Cortado or three. It took me a while to find suitable cups, but I have four of them.

 

[hedgerow]

So a quick up date on my MX6000 fuel separator bracket. So a while back I called my selling dealer and the service manager was at school that week so the next Monday he called me back. Talked to him about the bulletin. He said he would look into it but with the Kubota system down it would be a while. Got back into the pickup this AM and a message on my phone from the service manager saying he had the parts on order.

 

[McMXi]

So a quick up date on my MX6000 fuel separator bracket. So a while back I called my selling dealer and the service manager was at school that week so the next Monday he called me back. Talked to him about the bulletin. He said he would look into it but with the Kubota system down it would be a while. Got back into the pickup this AM and a message on my phone from the service manager saying he had the parts on order.

Out of interest, have you had the water separator light come on with no water the in the housing? I haven't had the light come on in either MX6000 that I've owned (~350 hours combined), but I know you're in your MX a lot so am curious.

I only installed the new bracket in the MX6000HSTC because it was cheap to do, but in retrospect I should have asked the dealer to get me the part at no cost. Oh well, they've helped me out with great deals on various parts over the years including some free stuff so I'm not complaining.

 

[hedgerow]

So a quick up date on my MX6000 fuel separator bracket. So a while back I called my selling dealer and the service manager was at school that week so the next Monday he called me back. Talked to him about the bulletin. He said he would look into it but with the Kubota system down it would be a while. Got back into the pickup this AM and a message on my phone from the service manager saying he had the parts on order.

How time slips by. Almost five months has pasted. This early spring I had the MX6000 sitting in the shed idling hooking up my carryall to go cut cedars out of the CRP and pastures and the separator light was on when I got back on the tractor idled the tractor up and it went off and I got busy and forgot to call the dealer about the bracket. There was no water in the separator. Last week I came in from spot spraying all day. Had the MX6000 idling out side the shed as I was opening the door my phone rang so it was idling more than it would normally be before parking it and shutting it down. Got back on the tractor and the separator light was on. Idled it up and light went off. No water in the separator. Called the selling dealer the next morning and they had ordered the kit and had it. His plan was to either he or one of his guys with come threw and install it. I said just go ahead and sent it down and I would install it. Couple days later it showed up. It finally rained last night so I got a break from spraying. Got the kit installed this AM. Not bad to install. Hope it fixes the problem.