B7100 fluid lost @ rear of tractor

[deano]

brother in law borrowed tractor when returned he stated fluid poured out of back of tractor. I cant tell what fluid was lost. I started it up drove it a short distance, operated front loader and rear scraper both worked . afraid to operate more. I don't know what or where to check fluid levels on back of tractor. where do I start?

[Service Dept Vic]

I'd start by checking the integrity of the transmission case, where the 3 point arms and upper top link bracket are, then take a good look at the control valve assembly.

Never, never, never lend your tractor to anyone.
It's OK to lend your step ladder and mabey, mabey, an old impact socket.

Never your tractor though!

[cabu]

Never, never, never lend your ...


Yeah!! I also refuse to lend tools/equipment to my friends or familiy. Even my wife is not asking anymore, after I started to ask for money for damaged things. The person who damaged it , has to fix it. So simple. I got so many broken things back, even some simpel tools like a hammer, you don't believe what your friends are able to...
So, before I lend somebody something I prefer to donate it to him, if it's not too much worth. So it does not harm a friendship if something gets "modified".

carl

[deano]

thanks for the input, and advise on lending . I think I ansewered my own question, after reading through all the posted questions I found a couple of simular symptons. Bottom line I over filled the hydraulics before the tractor was used and upon heating it up it overflowed through the vent under the seat, which you couldn't see unless you were looking right at it. So when I checked fluid levels all checked out ok. I learned a valuable lesson through this :)- there is a great orange web site, and stick to ladders and flower pot lending policys. God Bless deano

[Full-Pull]

Heh.
I'm somewhat relived to see this thread. 2 weekends ago, I fully serviced the hydraulics on my newly-acquired B7100HST. Fully drained oil (3 drain plugs), new filter canister, cleaned strainers. Fold-out maintenance wall chart said 3.6 US gals of fluid. I put in approx 3 1/2 gals...nearly overflowing out the dipstick tube. Well, I figured it would suck some up when everything was turning.

Hooked up the brush-hog for counterweight, raised it with the 3PH, and started moving some gravel around with the FEL...I bumped the brush hog a few times on the ground (NOT very hard). I really wasn't working the tractor very hard, just small scoops and float-smoothing...just FEL ops 101;-).

After about 15 minutes (70*F day), I noticed a shiny wet trail. Stopped the tractor...the rear end was wet from the seat down, but no obvious cracks or pressurized leakage. Ya, I was embarrassed and scared. But I kinda figured the hyd system would have a breather somewhere, likely at the high point of the system. I just didn't know where it was. So I decided to suck out some fluid, to get back down to the dipstick mark. I ended up sucking out 5 PINTS of fluid to get down to the dipstick mark!!! I now assume the 3.6 gal capacity is for a freshly assembled, dry hyd system. That HST must hold a lotta fluid.

Anyways, no time to play, er, work, with the tractor since then, but gonna mess with it this weekend. Sometimes I just gotta walk away for a bit, when things go sideways with things I'm not very familiar with.

Sorry for the long-winded story. Just thought I'd share.

[gktilton]

I have a number of relatives that like to borrow tools. I have taken a completely different approach. I now have two toolboxes, one that has my tools that I have spent good money on, and another that I have stocked with Walmart specials. When they ask for a tool they get one from Walmart and I don't care what condition it comes back in. When they ask for a tractor they always get one that comes with an Operator.

[Bulldog]

You forgot to add that the tractor goes back home with you that evening so the relatives can't go out when your gone and dry ride it.:eek::eek::mad:

What would the nieghbors think of them when they got caught sitting on your Kubota making tractor sounds?:confused::eek::mad::D

[Eric McCarthy]

What would the nieghbors think of them when they got caught sitting on your Kubota making tractor sounds?:confused::eek::mad::D


Damn I do that every time I go to the dealership and sit on the new Kubota's, when they wont hand me the keys.:D

[Bulldog]

Damn I do that every time I go to the dealership and sit on the new Kubota's, when they wont hand me the keys.:D

You better watch out doing that. You will keep on and end up on one of those web sites listed in; About to bust a gut :D

[gktilton]

At my local dealership I am only allowed in the parts department, they know I'm not buying anything off the floor. :(

[Bulldog]

It sounds like they have to follow Eric around with a mop bucket and some handi-wipes.

[Eric McCarthy]

More like rubber gloves, Pinesol and a power washer!

[Bulldog]

It sounds like you leave a snail trail behind you when you are looking at orange.

[Eric McCarthy]

I cant help it, I'm a Kubotaholic. Cant get enough of them and I have an addiction!

[Bulldog]

Eric,

If you ever get a chance to go you need to make a trip to the Sunbelt Ag Expo in moultrie, Ga. 600 acres of exibits and working field demos. Anything and everything you can think of and then about the same amount that you can't. It's a sea of orange. They have shuttles that haul people around to all the field demos and I know that the last 4 yrs all of them were pulled by Kubotas. It's a beautiful site.

They have a warning on viagra about calling a Dr. if you maintain over 4 hrs (I've heard) but I didn't have a clue who to call after the 3rd day of the Expo.

You know how guys look (total ass whip) at walmart following the wife around as she stops, looks and points at everything in the store?

Now just imagine a total 180 to that. All the guys walking around with a grin from ear to ear and the wife carrying a arm load of books and brochures looking like she is ready to kill. It's a satisfying feeling to get a little payback.

[Eric McCarthy]

Yeah I read about the Expo in a previous post you had made somewhere on here. I dont think there's enough KY jelly in this world for me to attend an event like that. I'd come home with something raw or fallen off all together thats for damn sure.

[Bulldog]

I know that the Ga. show would be quite a drive for you. The North American Farm Show Council has Ag shows all over North America. I know they have one in Kentucky and North Carolina that wouldn't be so far for you to drive. The calendar can be seen at www.farmshows.org You can just look thru the list and find the one closest to you. If they are anything like Sunbelt it's worth the drive. It takes us about 6 hrs to get there from home and the closest we every have got a motel room to it has been 40 miles away. I don't mean just go down and look either. We would try to reserve a room at least 6 months in advance.

I told my wife that she better be glad we took our son with us or she probably wouldn't have been able to walk the next day. Viagra is about as strong as m&m's compaired to the rock hard power of 600 acres of tractors. :eek::D

If the other shows do like the vendors at Sunbelt do that is a great place to buy stuff as well. Everything down there is for sale cash or credit. I bought the trailer (New Kubota Orange, I checked before I bought it) that's in some of my pics down there for dealer cost. The rep said I saved $1800 by getting it there. The only down fall to buying there is you can't pick it up until after show hrs on the last day. But if you wait until the last day to go most likely what you want has already been bought by someone else.:mad:

I met some very helpful equipment reps there. You know when your dealer says that they will have to call the factory and find out what can be done. The one that they call usually work for the people that you get to meet at the show. I talked to a Vermeer rep the last time I went and was telling him about having a problem getting a switch for my baler. I had no idea who he was but later found out that he was the Vice Pres of the Southeast Sales division for Vermeer. I noticed he was writing down some of what I told him and he wanted my name as well as my dealer. The parts guy from my dealer called me before we got back to our motel that evening and said my parts were own the way. I had been trying to get that part ordered for 3 weeks and he did it with one phone call. I was impressed. :cool::D