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I should have added to my original post that it would also be really helpful if I could get some closeup pics of the mounts/hydraulic config if anyone out here has a loader on a similar tractor. I haven't been able to find one to get a good look in person. I noted that the original loader config...

I know it;s a long shot, especially since I'm in Canada, but this seemed like the only place that may help me find a loader for my old Kubota. From the research I have done it looks like the L1830 was the original loader meant for the tractor, but I have seen a lot of them with after market...

Thanks Lance. I'll look into it this weekend as the tractor is at my cottage. It has about 2000 hrs on it, but it has sat outside at my dad's farm for the last 10 years or so with minimal use, so your thoughts (and Dick's) that the linkage is seized is probably on the money.

Thanks for your quick response. I'll certainly try that first, but wouldn't that mean that the brake pedals wouldn't move? Mine move easily, but you have to put all of your weight on the pedal to feel an effect. Makes it fairly scary on hills :D

Anyone here have any experience servicing/replacing the brakes on the M4500? When we were running the tractor on the farm the brakes were decent, but now after many years of little use the brakes barely work. I have a fair amount of experience with brakes on most other kinds of equipment, but I...