Recent content by AJS

Follow-up for anyone following this thread. I did the diesel flush x 2, filled the reduction box with new oil (the Amsoil synthetic EP, per reccs above and Kubota specs), ran the blower briefly, drained the oil and refilled with new oil to the fill hole. Ran the blower and foaming looks the...

Thanks, look forward to hearing your experience. I only ran the blower for a couple minutes before finding the foam.

More helpful information, thanks.

Thanks Dan. I appreciate your oil rating discussion. Before this issue my feeble knowledge of oil ratings was limited to SAE viscosities. I find the widely available viscosity chart showing comparison of the different ratings to be helpful...

Will do. I have a lot of "learning experiences".

Thanks for your reply. I will do the flush procedure you describe, more thorough than what I did. Yes, I'm thinking now that I'm not using the right oil. I got SAE80-90 off the local shelf. Kubota specifies SAE80-90 AGMA 5EP - synthetic extreme pressure with additives. I'll use the AGMA...

Yes, bought it new, prepped by dealer. No way to be absolutely sure that never happened but I would hope that draining and flushing with new oil would take care of that. Thanks for the idea.

I have the 64 in LX2980 on my LX3310, very happy with it. I recently unscrewed the bolt on the side of the reduction case to check the gear oil level after running the blower briefly. As I loosened the screw, out came---foam! The foam disappears after a while when not using the blower. I was...

Thanks for your reply, Snowman. My situation is challenging because (1) winter temps here typically hover around freezing, with thaw during daylight and refreeze at night, and (2) my 1/2 gravel mile drive is steep with a drop-off on the downhill side. So leaving a hard base doesn't really work...

Thanks for the idea. I thought about mounting the adjustable shoes to a plate with greater travel than the shoes now allow. My gravel drive is rolled and fairly hard so the shoes don't dig in. I checked at my dealers. Turns out somewhere in the assembly chain someone attached both the steel...

I’m making sure my new LX3310 with LX2980 snow blower is ready for snow season. I have a long steep gravel drive and set the skid shoes to keep the auger housing as far above the deck as possible to keep gravel eating to a minimum. The cutting edge setup however seems designed to push gravel...

Apologies for coming so late to this thread. I just joined and saw your post and felt I should pass along my experience since it directly relates to your decision. I sold my L2800 because I wanted a good front snowblower driven by a mid PTO. I purchased the LX2610 on the advice of a...