I purchased this M95S new in 2006, It now has approx. 2100 hours on it.
At the end of the hay season last year, I did an oils and filters change, all of them.
The entire time I have owned this tractor, if it sits for several weeks; when you first start it up. The loader and steering don't work for 15 - 20 seconds; and if you put it into gear and let the clutch out and engage the hydraulic shuttle shift. It will take several to 5-10 seconds to engage and drive. That being said, I do not try to drive until the steering and loader are working properly. I realize there is probably a lack of hydraulic oil flow and/or pressure. The Kubota dealer I purchased this tractor from, checked it out and said it was normal. So, I have accepted it and always been mindful of it. Once operating, it performs perfectly.
Over the winter and spring months, an red indicator light has come on in the top of the instrument cluster, (I thought it was engine oil, troubleshoot sending unit, replaced sending unit, etc, so I have been ignoring it) Yesterday, when cleaning the tractor doing some PM and getting ready to go back the hay fields. The friend which was helping me, noticed the light; and asked about it. He proclaimed, look here dummy, it is the hydraulic oil light. Yep, I think he is right.
Back in the fall, the light was on and then at the end of the season is when I did the oils and filters change; with "Kubota" brand filters from a local dealer. The light did not go out, it is still on; however-I was thinking bad wire grounding out before the sending unit and considering a mechanical gauge to monitor it. So, my bad. It is, I am now assuming a "Hydraulic" indicator light.
I cannot find much information out here on the net. The filter change did not cause the light to go out. I would not think there is a double pump failing at the same time. Is there a pre-pump filter/screen? Where is the sending unit located? etc.
At the end of the hay season last year, I did an oils and filters change, all of them.
The entire time I have owned this tractor, if it sits for several weeks; when you first start it up. The loader and steering don't work for 15 - 20 seconds; and if you put it into gear and let the clutch out and engage the hydraulic shuttle shift. It will take several to 5-10 seconds to engage and drive. That being said, I do not try to drive until the steering and loader are working properly. I realize there is probably a lack of hydraulic oil flow and/or pressure. The Kubota dealer I purchased this tractor from, checked it out and said it was normal. So, I have accepted it and always been mindful of it. Once operating, it performs perfectly.
Over the winter and spring months, an red indicator light has come on in the top of the instrument cluster, (I thought it was engine oil, troubleshoot sending unit, replaced sending unit, etc, so I have been ignoring it) Yesterday, when cleaning the tractor doing some PM and getting ready to go back the hay fields. The friend which was helping me, noticed the light; and asked about it. He proclaimed, look here dummy, it is the hydraulic oil light. Yep, I think he is right.
Back in the fall, the light was on and then at the end of the season is when I did the oils and filters change; with "Kubota" brand filters from a local dealer. The light did not go out, it is still on; however-I was thinking bad wire grounding out before the sending unit and considering a mechanical gauge to monitor it. So, my bad. It is, I am now assuming a "Hydraulic" indicator light.
I cannot find much information out here on the net. The filter change did not cause the light to go out. I would not think there is a double pump failing at the same time. Is there a pre-pump filter/screen? Where is the sending unit located? etc.
