Park that tractor sideways on a hill with trans/ hydraulic filter on the uphill side when changing them. The steeper hill the better. It keeps you from loosing the hydro oil. Mine is a M5040 and both filters are side by side on the same side.
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A suggestion on bracing your loader bucket in the raised position. Cut a piece of angle Iron the length of the extended chrome part of the cylinder at maximum extension. Make sure it fits the diameter of the cylinder as well. Place the angle iron on the bottom of the loader frame and lower the bucket until it hits the Iron on top at the cylinder cap..
I thought I was the only one that had the bad luck of dropping the drain plug into the oil pan! I agree with one viewer to log on the oil filters the hours and date. On each of my vehicles and equipment I keep a separate log book for each one to log ANY work done on them. Especially if there's a fitting that can be easily overlooked. Stay safe and am looking forward to more videos.
That is perfectly normal to have metal in your fluid changes. That’s why they put a magnet on one of the filters. You didn’t hurt that tractor at all by missing your first oil change at 50 hours. That’s a good tractor. One thing that Kabota has proven.
Great video, Wes! Wonderful reminder for anybody who owns equipment. Especially timely for me, as I'm just about to take delivery on a brand new L2501. as has been said in many previous comments, your little guy is cute as a button! I loved him running through the tractor dealership early in the video! God bless you all! 🙏
The next time you want to change the hydraulic filter on the right side, and you don’t want a lot of fluid to drain out, attach a shopvac and hose to the filler hole. The vacuum will not allow much fluid to drain out, and there’s enough distance between the fill hole and the fluid level that it won’t be sucked up by the vac.
One of my trucks I bought new. I changed the oil religiously on time from day 1. At about 100,000 miles the crank shaft disintegrated and ruined the motor. Other beater trucks I've had, I never changed the oil and they never quit running. I don't think you hurt it by running late on the first oil change. I think it's the luck of the draw when comes to motors whether you get a quality motor or not.
Thanks for your video. Cute little boy you have there... A small amount of metal on a new machine like that is normal, all your parts are tight and produce friction till is broken in. Dont worry at all...
Consider having an oil analysis done on all the fluids. It’ll tell you if there’s anything going on with the internals without having to tear it down. Your dealer should have access to a kit that gets sent to an independent lab for analysis. Cost about $50 but we’ll worth it simply to put your mind at ease. I worked with farmers, ranchers loggers and truckers in the oils business for a long time and they loved being able to “see” what was going on and heading off problems before they became catastrophic failures. I do my personal vehicles every year to watch trends in trace metals or other contaminants over time.
Retired 76. Bought rental 2017 L4701 with 119 hrs. added, two post canopy, front and back led lights, 6' scrap grapple, third function, three point Tip and Tilt, Land Pride 6' box scraper, 857 lbs hydraulic teeth. After 4 month ownership, 350 hrs total on it now.
While I use a high volume leaf blower when I'm not close to my shop, I prefer an air compressor with a 2' extension with holes in the sides; you can buy them, but my brother makes them out of copper tubing. Other places I use the direct air wand with rubber tip. I also find a claw type filler wrench easier to us and needs less space.
If the filter has the series of flat castellations around the top it is worth buying a wrench sized for that filter size which engages on those flats. The strap style will collapse the old filter if you need to apply a lot of torque.
I make up a log book for all my machines also put dates and hours on the filters. Love the red 4 runner you have great taste. Your boy reminds me of growing up on our farm won't be long he'll be running that KUBOTA ☺️👍 God Bless.
I used to see my grandfather drive a large screwdriver thru oil filters and such to turn them off. Think that would work here if you don't damage any structure on the tractor. Seems like Kaboto could have come up with a better idea but maybe they do have some special tool. Terry
Send the oil out for analysis. That lets you know what condition things are in, and having a baseline to compare future oil analysis to is very good to have.
I show my wife all the extra bolts and nuts I have after putting together an ikea bookshelf. “Honey, look how efficient I am”. Instructions are overrated 😁
in aviation we call them pocket screws. Can't leave them about getting ingested into tires and jet engine now can we? The wife usually keeps them in a jar in the laundry room. LOL
15w40, gotta love the south....LOL I have always practiced and been told to hand tighten oil filters, I dont know why transmission filters would be any different. I have never heard of one loosening and leaking. I would worry too much about it, if you ran the magnet through the oil at 50 hours, there wouldn't be much of a difference, negligible. Thats why they call it a break in period. My boy is a little older than yours and enjoys doing the maintenance with me. In a few years, these "chors" are going to be time that you (and more importantly he) will remember forever. You are a blessed man.
I read manuals like some people read novels. If you work around equipment you can't have too much knowledge. Of course knowledge combined with experience is the magical combination. Great video... It's good to see people taking care of their equipment.
Been watching your videos for a couple of years now, but today I saw another reason to like your channel. When you put your supplies in the back of you car I noticed the GT trailer hitch cover. I have the same one on our SUV. Wife and son graduated from GT.
Just from personal experience a pair of 460 channel lock pliers comes in handy for filters and other related farm repairs. Great channel keep up the good work. God bless
My first thought was hope he doesnt drop the drain plug. I say that because I have done it before. Fishing it out is the fun part. Love the way the little guys eyes lit up when he saw all those tractors.
I have been using Delo in my truck and all 5 kubota Engines. works just fine. my hydraulic filter change on my L4060 was about the only time i almost took a tractor to a dealer for a change. aluminum filter was on there had to walk away 2 different days until i finally got it loose.
FLR...GREAT STUFF...kiddo tractor stuff just good stuff...I would not worry about tractor...I have seen every brand if tractors abused...remember they made them for farmer's they short cut everything...and most are good at it....
There is a safety bar to hold up the bucket arms under the tractor in full sight through the steps but even I did not notice it until the Kubota dealer service guy used it. Loved you video on maintenance of Kubota. I purchased a MX5100 ten years ago with 4 in 1 front end loader and slasher & it has been a delight until someone decided to steal if in early December during a week we travelled to WA from Victoria 🇦🇺 Australia to support our son competing in the Iron Man competition so now reluctantantly needing to look up lots of videos to consider which model Kubota I should buy next depending on insurance payout. Gee I miss my Kubota, it's summer here and the high grass needs slashing but luckily it has been raining and flooding a lot too in nearby area but not my place. Anyway great video.
Just happen to read this. If you think it was someone semi-local, maybe a little 'drone' investigating could be in order, just checkin out the sights around the neighborhood.
Check you front axle fluid if you have not done so. Pretty common for the dealers to forget to fill it as they are shipped to them almost empty. They did not fill mine.
Sometimes a pair of 460 Channel Lock pliers are the best oil filter wrench. I helped a buddy install a ramjet 350 crate motor in a 68 c10. After break in he destroyed the filter trying to get it off. He ended up using a hammer and chisel to get the ring off.
Hey Guy, you will always get some specks if you really look for them that's why you have rings and bearings in the motor. They are made to wear out so when it's time to overhaul a motor you can just replace those parts instead of the block and other parts that are more or less permanent. Loved the part of you dropping the oil plug into the bucket, I thought that only happens to me. haha Good video. That boy sure is growing up fast. God Bless.
That youngen is cute as a button and growing up fast. Enjoy every moment you can with him cause it won’t be long that he will be grown and with a family of his own. By the way, when all else fails, read the destructions. 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
When I changed my hydraulic filters Iran a razor knife around the lip of the filter next to the block. That helps release the bond as those filters are PAINTED over at the factory and seals them like glue! After I cut the paint seal the filter came right off.
I'm a retired auto mechanic & believe me when I say there IS a thing called drain pan gravity. Meaning if there is a drain pan under any thing you're working on & you drop anything you need later it will end up in said drain pan. I have also found that if you drop something you need & there isn't a drain pan the thing you drop will end up right under the middle of the vehicle. That is call the MAGNETIC CENTER.
You'll be fine. Farmers have been abusing tractors for over a century. Kubota knew this when they started building tractors and over built them. My first Kubota was a 1977 L245DT and it died at 12367 hours. Unfortunately it could have gone longer but one of the prior owners had bypassed the oil pressure switch and I lost the oil pump and didnt realize it until the top end shattered. Side note... big channel locks have been my friend for years for removing stubborn filters. Really stubborn filters I've pounded the biggest screw driver I've got through the filter to break it loose.
Yeah I have selective reading also. A small amount of metal shavings coming out of a brand new diesel engine is normal. And I really doubt seriously you did any damage to the engine by letting it go a hundred miles over the break in period.
What you went through with the hydraulic filter is one of the reasons you only put them on hand tight. Another is if you over tighten them they could leak.
I had an atv which should have gotten a 50 mile first service and I finally got a service at 500 miles. I had no problems with the ATV as long as I owned it and I sold it after about 11 years. Just keep changing the oil on a regular basis. Also look in the manual it probably says 200 hour or once a year do an oil change.
I believe the tractor is spray painted after the filters are installed and the paint often seals them to the machine. Cutting around the edge of the filter gasket with a razor blade can solve the problem.
I use the older farmall tractors. Farmall 450, gas, got er tunes up to 70ish hp. Has a 2 point fast hitch and is a narrow front. It is the best tractor I ever owned and the newer utility tractors can't beat it. I don't have a use on a tractor because I have a skid steer and that works perfect for frontloader needs.
Welcome to the wonderful world of Kubota hydraulic fiilters. They are torqued to 30ft pounds on installation. I actually made a tube spanner that fits over the filter and locks into the knotches in the face of the filter and used a 1350 ft lb rattle gun and it took 10 minutes to break the seal. I used the same socket and a torque wrench to fit the new one.
A friend of mine had the same issue. He got a length of PVC pipe, split it twice part way down, lined it with 1 layer of bicycle tubing for traction and used a HUGE hose clamp. He slid this over the filter. He then glued and capped the PVC and them cut a square hole in the cap for a bar and used a huge T bar to get it off. It was kinda like using a post hole digger auger sideways.
I changed the engine oil and filter at the 50 hour mark but didn't see about changing the hydraulic filters till the tractor had 114 hrs on it. One of the hydraulic filters had a lot of metal shavings in it. I had the same problem with the same filter. Lol!!! The other one was super easy.
Seems strange not to see snow belly deep to a large draft horse. Here in NW Ohio there’s still a foot of snow on level ground and drifts or plow piles 5 feet deep. At 07:30 am here it’s 3 degrees lol . Thank goodness we’re used to it. Not lost power or had any issues like the poor folk in Texas and other Southern Areas not equipped for this mess. As far as your tractor 🚜 when a guy gets busy it’s easy to miss things. Glad you caught it when you did. Always enjoy your content, please keep up your good enjoyable content. They make a filter wrench we used to use on heavy trucks that has a 4 fingers that draw tighter as you pull have never found a filter that it would not remove as long as it was at least 3” in diameter. 👍🇺🇸🦅🌏⚓️🇺🇸
Texas' problem is that they decided to keep their power grid isolated, didn't think they would ever need to have buried their water mains and service lines deep enough to not freeze. My sister is in an apartment complex with her own garage ...... guess where the water heater is ..... in the unheated garage. All plumbing fixtures (except the kitchen sink) are on exterior walls ..... yup pipes froze even with doing the running a trickle of water trick. She got lucky - no pipes burst, still waiting for the water heat to thaw out, so she does have running cold water ...... which she has to boil before putting it thru her brita filter (she said they have hard water ...... no the building did not include water filtration system)
I think you need the F.E.L. and the 3 pt. hitch low as possible with all cyclinders retracted, this will give a more complete drain on the hyd. system !
Good update Wes! How many times do us men get ribbed about not reading the manual? 😁😁 Surprised you used a length of lumber to hold the loader up - did your loader not come with the safety bars that fit over the main hydraulic rams? If not, maybe make some. Stay safe & well. 👍👍
The owner's manual for my New Holland only recommended changing the hyd filter at 50 hours. It didn't say to change the engine oil and filter until 300 hours. I was kinda suprised it wasn't suggested at 50. I did change it at about 120.
I just bought a JD x590. Most of the service starts at 50 hours for the brake in , however when I downloaded the engine manual from the engine manufacture they recommended changing the oil at the first 5 hours. That will be about 2 or 3 mowings for me. No mater what the manual says about the filter, I always change a fluid filter when I change the fluid.
You did fine and you'll be fine. Been there and done that now going on 18 years. The thing that really surprised me was I had to replace the original yuasa battery(japan) at 17 years-- unbelievable. I doubt if the new one will last that long.
What happened to the fuel filter, to me this is very important as you probably fill up from a fuel source that doesn’t have a filter or a small container. Most people don’t realize that the fuel system is very delicate and very expensive. As a heavy duty mechanic I have seen many fuel filters that people don’t change the fuel filter until they have a hard starting problem and find they still have the original filter. Best way to check for metal in the oil is cut the oil filter open then cut a part of the filter media or paper and clamp it in a vise to squeeze the oil out of it then pull it apart and see what’s in the media. The filter should catch any debris as only filtered oil goes back into the system. Stay safe my friend.
I fill up from a tank that has it's own filter. So that helps a lot I'm sure. I washed the oil filter out with gas and got some metal out just to see. The filter was really well made so I didn't want to go to the trouble of taking it apart.
Following instructions is supposed to keep you out of trouble... I look at things a "trifle" differently, its the micro fine particles that eat a engine. I also didn't see a water filter and those seem to all have issues with water and internal engine pieces. I imagine after beating yourself up on the oil that the water filters were covered as being something later or not even having one as I have never seen one that didn't tho. Nice tractors and are taking a huge bite out of the market from what I see so far. Did the other tractor companies quit? One thing that I like about tractors today is the attachments that we can run
I believe I recall from my reading that the difficulty in removing that filter the first time is that it's installed and then the frame is painted, so the filter is basically painted into place. I doubt you'll have that problem again, but it seems to me that Kubota would put a blank or plug over the filter port, paint, then remove the plug and install the filter. I guess they saved $5.00 doing it this way. :\
As you were spinning the trans filter off and on it was making a ratcheting type sound; could it be that there's a locking device you needed to disengage to let it break loose more easily?
I don’t think you hurt your engine any because even at 50 hours your gonna have some metal particles because that’s what happens during break in. The ouch part of the video for me was dropping the drain plug in the oil bucket I hate that..lol Thanks for sharing your videos and God bless
@@falllineridge sounds like your filter probably grabbed the bulk of the metal if you haven’t noticed a difference in engine performance you probably dodged a bullet
Never use a filter wrench to put a filter on. Once it gets snug hand tight give it another quarter turn and you should be good by hand. Use a wrench to get it off.
The oil pump would be where your metallic glitter comes from other than that the engine assembly & machine shop from the factory... Bearings / shavings of such are non magnetic, from the video I'd say your safe... No harm No Foul...
They must have had the same wrestler put my oil and trans filter on my BX I used a cup filter to do the oil filter and the jaws of life pliers on the transmission makes me wonder if they put them on with spit and not oil lol and I've been working on cars for 25yrs and only had a couple like that on trucks had to put a screwdriver threw them.
Normal wear for a break in period. I can’t see that amount of metal making a difference on the life of that engine. How have you liked this tractor? I’m looking for a loader tractor for my LT15 wide and this seems to be a good one for you.
I don't think so either, I just hate that I left it in there so long. I really like this tractor a lot. With the grapple on the front and the ballast on the back it will lift about 1200lb. More than enough for 90% of the logs I do. I'm planning on doing a review on it at some point.
Don't trust your life to a piece of wood to block the loader....take that quick release loader off the tractor.only takes about 15 minutes to do .also buy your oil from Kubota because you have proof that you used the right stuff for your tractor .also don't put any oil back in your hydrolics out of a bucket ...by 1 gallon from Kubota to top off after filter changes and change your inner air filter every other air filter change.. Your tractor will run better..do not refill moter oil filters just fuel filters.and grease your tractor every 8 hours whether you need it or not but great job because some people run them till they break and want to say the tractor is crap.maintenance is cheap insurance.
I am not trying to be offensive, I would recommend reading your manual closer. When you change your hydraulic filter you need to open and close the valves by moving you bucket ot 3 point to remove all the air or you will be low and not know it. Just food for thought, want you tractor to last you.
