Ultimate gray market must read

[coachgeo]

Want to have a Get Together with other orange owners... maybe have a regional wrenching weekend to assist each other with modifications, Fabrications or repairs etc... Then join a Regional Group.
See http://www.orangetractortalks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31393



START HERE!!!! to get a good understanding of "Gray Market"

Is my Tractor Grey Market. Check the list

https://www.kubotausa.com/gray-market-tractors#gray-market
http://www.orangetractortalks.com/forums/showpost.php?p=208087&postcount=2 A list of USA-equivalents of Japanese models from an old lawsuit filing

http://www.orangetractortalks.com/2008/09/discovered-its-a-gray-market-kubota-relax/

http://mish-tractors.jp/product.html#kubota photos of some kubota Asian tractors. Might help you identify your Grey?

Menu of Helpful threads

. Links to Filters (oil fuel and gas) Part# w/cross Reference for Grey Orange Tractors
http://www.orangetractortalks.com/forums/showpost.php?p=247780&postcount=4

NOTE:

the Fuel Filter for the L2002 from (above link) is a spin on type, while the one I used was a cartridge type....suspect that some L2002s were produced using each type of fuel filter.

To check if any updates on this L2002 situation see thread http://www.orangetractortalks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32036 starting around post 5​

. Cross reference notes of Grey to North American
http://www.orangetractortalks.com/forums/showthread.php?p=148704


. How to get parts for a Grey Tractor in North America
http://www.orangetractortalks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1116

. I need a PTO reverser to us this !@#$ thing
http://www.orangetractortalks.com/forums/showthread.php?p=240362

 

[707clown]

1967 or early 68 1Grey market Kubota L200 serial # 14938 stamped on body under shifter .

 

[pigdoc]

Here is the complete (314 page) summary of the investigation by the International Trade Commission which led to the lawsuit brought by Kubota. The report, "In the Matter of Certain Agricultural Tractors Under 50 Power Take-Off Horsepower" is dated March 1997:

https://usitc.gov/publications/337/pub3026.pdf

Of particular interest is the Fact Finding section, which begins on page 201. Item number 141 in that section (on page 220) states, "Complainant...identified twenty-five "known gray market models of Kubota tractors". In addition, complainant identified 19 equivalent U. S. model tractors and the dates of production for each of the tractors, as follows: (table).

This seemed to be a pivotal aspect of the case - that there was no justification for importation of gray market tractors to the US, because equivalent models of US tractors existed.

-Paul

 

[billrigsby]

I noticed some articles that 'used' to be on this site are now missing.
I am going to attach them here, most if not all are 'gray market' oriented.

• 10 Myths about Kubota Gray Market Tractors
• Discovered it’s a Gray Market Kubota Relax
• Kubota Oil-Air-Fuel Filter & Paint Part Numbers
• Kubota Paint – Part Numbers, Where to Apply and How Much
• Kubota Paint Chart
• Kubota Paint Information
• Rattle Can Paint Job Kubota L2000 Restoration
• Thermo-syphon Water Cooling System
• ZEN-NOH and Kubota
• Tractor-Primer-2013

 

[Dustball]

Tractor manuals from Japan's Kubota website.

取扱説明書検索｜農業ソリューション製品サイト

クボタ製品の取扱説明書ダウンロードができます。

agriculture.kubota.co.jp

Find the tractor model then click on the PDF link on the right. On the next screen, click on the big aqua green box to download the manual.