Tach Drive Working Again !

[L225Chris]

Hello everybody ! First of all i want to say thanks to Vic as he helped me make a repair on my l225 without ever knowing it. At least i hope this is the same Vic.:D I had read at another sight where he had mentioned a repair to someone whose tachometer was not working. Here is the link. http://www.ssbtractor.com/wwwboard/view_all.cgi?bd=kubota&msg=9254 I was able to get mine working again after welding on the small washer and doing some grinding.

[Mr. K]

Hello Chris, welcome to the site thank you for registering! Yep, that's the same Vic. Around here he's so handy he's known as Service Department Vic. I'm not so handy so I'll just stick with Mr. K for now.

Glad to hear your Kubota's fixed up! :D

[Service Dept Vic]

Glad you found me! Those damn Kubota tach drive assemblies always fail because they require their own oil! They are not splash lubricated up there in that little corner of the engine!

Remove the fill plug, and fill the unit with some engine oil. When they seize, and they do seize quite often, the drive tab breaks off where it engages to the timing gear, resulting in the tach cable being no longer driven. Been there, done that!

[Oklahoma]

Great post, I just bought a "barnfind" L225, only thing not in perfect condition is the tach. I'll be checking this out in the morning. I'm all for a free fix rather than buying parts.

[jay RN]

I have a third hand B8200 with the same problem, is the tach drive assembly the same on the B series tractors?

[Service Dept Vic]

Yes it should repair/replace the same.