Good to see this post, my manual is from 1985 and for warm up it only relates to below 0 degree C run engine at half speed for at least 10 minutes. For glow plugs the manual only goes to -5degrees C. The night before, the low was -28. By morning ie 9am ish it was up to -15 and im sure the block would still be a lot colder then -15. Needles to say with this old girl the warm ups for the fluids and starting needs to be longer. Warm up here is at least 30 minutes and the glow plugs are a good 75 count. Thanks again for the chart, I've added it to my manual.
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Just to be clear, using the block heater does not decrease the required warm-up time for the HST.
thanks for attaching this, great idea!
this might almost work...the inside distance between the lower hitch arms on the blower measure 17&7/8” I’m assuming this is 2” tubing on this mount. That would put me in the ballpark. i think I’d have to weld it on as these pins are fixed (And would be on the outside anyway.
unless...do you think it matters if the pins to attach are a slightly different height? (See photo)
You can use as much or as little of the factory manufactured 3 pt mount. However, I suggest you look around as there are other similar products which may more closely match your needs.
Look for Cat 0 not cat 1
Dave
Look for Cat 0 not cat 1
Dave
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Sorry for the confusion there, I was referring to the engine block. With that in mind, I do use a block heater when it gets down that cold but only for starting. I do not deviate from my warm up times. On the B7200HST there is not a lot of room for a block heater.. Has anyone heard of a dipstick heater for these older tractors
I just wanted to make sure that nobody got confused by these two posts ending up so close together:
shortly followed by:Just want to make certain you are aware of Kubota's trans/hydraulics warm up recommendations.
You deviate from these recommendations at the risk of expensive damage.
Dave
The block heater is definitely not "another option" to warming up the hydraulic fluid.
Of course not but I never wrote that. It just saves wear and tear on the engine. Warm up times have to be consistent with the owner's manual.