l185 lights

[mdb6000]

Can you l185 owners tell me if your headlights have a low beam and a high beam? My switch has two settings on it, on the first setting, i have just tail lights, on the second setting i have tail lights and headlights. On my b6000 i do have a low and a high beam...b6000 also has a horn gosh darnit....cant believe they didnt put one on the l185!

 

[billrigsby]

If it's like an L 1500, which I think is like an L 175?
The first position is low beam the second position is hi beam,
however I do not have rear lights on a L 1500?

 

[Russell King]

Yes with good bulbs you will have low and high beams. Usually one or the other will burn out and the other works awhile.

Even on high beam you don't get much light


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[mdb6000]

okay makes sense only had "high" ordered some new bulbs today for it.....couldnt really find anything on here about adding auxillary lights for more light for the 185....anyone with any ideas?

 

[Russell King]

There are some threads about replacing the standard lights (whole assembly) with led assemblies. Check that all the wires are connected up under the hood.

I posted a long time ago about how to get the bulb out of the assembly - it was not as easy as you might think if you have no idea what to take apart.


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[billrigsby]

I posted a long time ago about how to get the bulb out of the assembly - it was not as easy as you might think if you have no idea what to take apart

Well Russell that is definitely no "bovine feces",
I forgot what a PITA those old motorcycle light bulbs were.
Before a Kubota the last one I changed was on a Yamaha 3 wheeler in the 80s.

 

[mdb6000]

well got the assemblies out and apart, hardest part was figuring out those spring clips on the inside....just waiting for the bulbs from amazon to arrive to replace, hopefully that does it, thanks for the help

 

[billrigsby]

Oh yes, well all in all Kubota seem to be very well designed and built, whoever decided to install those lights should have been fired. Something better should have been available.

Bill Rigsby
Florissant CO

1972(?) KUBOTA L-1500-DT
Great Bend M10 48" Front End Loader
Brush Hog 48" "Squealer Mower"
Atlas 48" Landscape Box
Rhino 60" Rear Blade
Draw Bar with 2" Ball
28" Fork Lift Forks
36" Sears Snow Blower (still to be mounted to the front PTO)

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[mdb6000]

ok well i replaced the bulbs today....still no low beams, before i start tearing things apart, are there any suggestions on troubleshooting?

 

[Daren Todd]

Check power at the spade terminal for the low beam. If no power, then you'll need to trace the wires back to the switch to see if they are damaged, or if it's a bad switch. Could be the wire is disconnected at the key switch as well. Have you checked the fuses?

 

[mdb6000]

i did check the fuses on the dash...when you say spade terminal, what does that mean?

 

[Daren Todd]

The quick connects at the lights.