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That explains it. Thanks.

Henro, the second dealer I spoke with was a little more reasonable. His verbal guesstimate went like this: $150 pickup/delivery charge ( I don't have a way to transport) $300 labor $100 to make new hoses So about $600 after taxes and oil. Still more than I want to spend unless it is...

Kubota dealer "guessed" they could have the hoses made for $50 apiece. It's the labor and transport that takes this job to the big dollar range. Messick's has them on their site for about $35 apiece, but if they are really truly in stock and truly compatible is another question. Here are the...

Those experiments will cost me about $20. I have plenty of time on my hands and nothing to lose. I give them no better than a 50/50. We will see. If they fail, we bite the bullet and cough up the big $$$ to have Kubota dealer do it. Or tear this whole tractor apart and install them...

That favor will cost me at least $800 so I will try to repair it first, I have nothing to lose. These hoses are routed through the frame in such a way to require major disassembly to replace.

Have done a little more digging into this problem, I got the cowling off and the front plate which covers the flywheel, exposing the power steering unit and hoses very nicely. What I found was that the power steering hose bundle had migrated up until it was in contact with the OD of the...

Thanks for posting this. Agree that's pretty useless, need to know the procedure/process. Not many BX1500 owners out there I guess. I could just start ripping it apart but it would be good to know in advance what I am getting into.

It appears that I have a hydraulic leak, probably in the pressure supply line power steering hose. Rains oil from somewhere above the power steering unit, when steering is fully left at the stop. These hoses are totally buried in the cowling and beside the engine, I can't see where they begin...

Does anyone know where the model number is located on a Curtis tractor cab? I have an early 2000's BX 1500 that I bought used, with a cab. I removed the cab because I can't use it on my residential property, and I am trying to sell it. Can't find a model number on this. Curtis claims they...

I tried this and it worked. The BX1500 front loader requires you to reconnect the female fitting on the flex hose to the rearmost fixed male fitting after the loader is removed. Seems like a bad design because you could easily forget to do this. Newer units have 4 lines but you don't have to...

Anyone out there own this BX1500/LA181 combination?

Hello, I bought a used BX1500 with LA181 front loader. I removed the loader for the first time. This unit has three hydraulic fittings (not 4, like the large BX tractors). One female fitting on the tractor side is on a 1 foot section of hose. The other two male fittings are hard lines...

Yes I tried that, but in this case, I can't get angle that exposes the fitting sufficiently. But the grease needle idea from Hodge, that should work! I had never seen that before. I will need to give that a try. Thanks for the ideas.

I did my first greasing of the BX1500. The PTO shaft to the mower deck has two u-joints, where the zerk fitting is in a ridiculously inaccessible location at the end of the shaft, angled so it is visible and barely greasable if the joint is turned just right. I got the rear one greased. The...

Yes exactly what I thought this is a hilly terrain, that it would raise the CG. But, the cab can be removed, and I have had some tell me it is worth $2000 used. Anyone ever removed a cab from a BX1500?

Need help with used BX1500 - is this a good price? Well I am about ready to pull the trigger on buying a BX1500. Can anyone here give me a feel about this deal? 2003 Kubota BX1500 with Loader. Deck is Kubota and is 2 years old. Total hours 380. Has a cab. $7500. What do you guys think...