Recent content by David Burger

Well folks, my L245 3 pt lift is now working. Thank you all for your suggestions and help. I found a used chunk at Mid South Salvage in Decatur Al, drove down and got it and delivered it to the dealer. They called next day and said all was okay now. They will tear into the old chunk for...

Thank you very much for replying. I've jotted down your comments and will share them with the serv mgr tomorrow. Will make a few calls to salvage places too for availability and pricing on the complete used upper chunk with all those valves on the side and underneath. Serv man says it's taking...

Well folks, as of today 12-8-14, my Kubota dealership still has not repaired my 3 pt lift nor after being in their shop for many weeks, they just don't know whats wrong. Does anyone know of a contact person at Kubota HQ here in the states or an e-mail address at Kubota so I can contact them...

Well, since I was stumped and could not figure out why the lift just up and quit, I gave up and drove it to the local Kubota dealership 4 weeks ago. It is in the dry and gets worked on as mechanics time allows. They are concentrating on that valve mechanism located under the seat chunk. The hand...

Well, I gave up and will have to just bite the bullet. My Kubota is presently in the dealership's garage being troubleshooted and hopefully repaired very soon. Will advise what the problem was.........David B.

Thank you CB for your interests in my delima. I did remove that big chunk/upper portion of the housing, took things apart and cleaned passages with carb. cleaner including the housing with the small knob on it for speed of raising/lowering. That too seemed okay. Since it's raining today here in...

Today I chatted with Serv Mgr at the dealership. He suggested loosening the small hyd tube at base of seat and bumping the starter. Yep, lots of fluid squirts out. He said this usually means hyd pump is okay. Turning the little knob at base of seat d/n help. Rechecked too that there are...

Russel...Thank you for the counsel. The hyd. lift arms are all the way down near the ground. Yes, I saw that small lever. It is connected to the upper part of the lift arm and then to a shaft end coming from under the tractor casing under the seat. Parts lists shows it to interact with the lift...

I've owned my L245 a few years and overall has been a dependable tractor. It's only use is maintaining church property via grader blade, finish mowing and snaking downed trees from the woods. My problem is just suddenly this weekend the hydraulic lift just quit period. Fluid level was fine but...