L345 hood

michaelstrah

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I'm looking for a L345 hood/bonnet. Any condition!!! I purchased a pretty nice L345 4X4 with front loader from an auction but it was missing the hood. I have searched all of the salvage yards on the internet. I did a Kubota dealer search and cant even find one in any condition . Does anyone know of an after market company making any of these sheet metal parts? or maybe a source out of Japan?
 

motionclone

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you could try 007kubotaguy here. he has some parts but im guessing sheetmetal may be long gone.

I have an L345dt and when I watched utube videos, I saw one a while back being sold that had no hood, said it blew off while trailering. Is this the same one?
 

michaelstrah

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niles,ohio U.S.
not sure if is the same one. I bought this at an auction in Southington Ohio. They move these tractors all over, from site to site. it could have came from anywhere. I did pm 007kubotaguy. Just waiting on a reply. Thanks!
 

shootem604

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Can you fit a hood from another model? Or maybe get a decent body shop to make up a custom facsimile?
 

michaelstrah

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L345 & L355 have the same hood, cant find either one . yes I plan on having one made if I have to. it would just be easier if I had something more than pictures for reference. I have a real nice L275dt tractor, and will probably just make one like that just bigger !
 

SidecarFlip

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Just priced a new hood for my new / used M9. $770 bucks.
 

D2Cat

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Post #2 Motionclone suggested contacting fellow member "00tkubotaguy".

He has many parts for older "L" series tractors. Once again, if you haven't contacted him you're ... missing an option that's much better than fabricating a hood!
 

shootem604

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Can your local sheet metal shop fab something up? Custom hood?
 

SidecarFlip

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I just did for the upper hood (bonnet) for my M9. Coleman's wants 920 bucks for the upper section.
 

shootem604

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Try your local HVAC contractor. Those sheetmetal guys are wizards and could probably fab something up quick and easy and relatively cheap. Add some lights and an expanded metal mesh grill, then paint Kubota orange.