Jerry H.
It sounds like you and I are dealing with the same Kubota Dealer. The shop here in Mesa, Arizona (Bingham Equipment) will not help unless I bring my tractor in to them (would take me a whole day from St. Johns) for them to work on, which I might do if they would be a little more helpful with the smaller things that I want to know how to do myself. But being the way they are, I would never consider taking it to them. In fact because of how difficult Kubota is to deal with I am considering swapping for a JD.
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