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Hi all, I disappeared for quite a while because life got busy and I wasn't really doing anything amazing on my tractor. This Sunday I blew one of my old, rusty curl cylinder hoses and have new ones waiting for me at a local hydraulic shop. I wanted to check with everyone that has a 1200 loader...

Hi all, This isn't about a Kubota so I put it in "Off-topic", even though the tractor is orange and it's my in-laws' tractor. I was replacing the water pump and oil pump and found a massive crack in the left side bell housing, right where the Bush Hog 1846 QT loader attaches. What's the fix...

Hi Orange tractor folks, I was doing some front end loader work today and cracked my front wheel, between each bolt hole. Looking at the broken parts, it looks like it was half broken (rust) and then today's work finally fatigued through the rest of it. Does anyone have a 6-14 rim in usable...

I have two maintenance related questions for my favorite tractor forum users. 1. When I lower the loader (weight on or off the 3PT) the motor strains. Sometimes the hydraulics squeal and sometimes not, usually squealing happens when the 3PT is carrying a large load. What should I check which...

Hi all, I started a multi day effort to go through all the loader pins on my L185DT. I started last night and did the two operator - side lift pins, and as time allows this weekend I plan on going through the cylinder pins and bucket pivot pins. This is a space to dump pictures of that process...

Good evening all, Yesterday when working in the awesome weather I suddenly detected an intermittent squeaky barking-type sound (no, I didn't run my dog over). I immediately reduced RPMs and started to work my way back to the shop, in case I had a motor bearing or something going bad. The sound...

Hi all, I'm interested to see your opinions on the measurements I took recently. A while back I posted something about my charge list staying dimly lit while my tractor was running. I parked it a few nights ago and when I pushed the throttle back to idle to finish cool-down, I noticed that...

Good morning all! The L185DT has been a great workhorse for my wife and I, and now we're working on its tenth hour running. We're starting to use the front end loader for some horse arena footing work and are noticing that the concave bow on the bottom of the bucket is going to make things...

So I'm new to the forum, and am excited to post my first service, repair & maintenence thread. The first of very many to come, I'm sure! When we step on the brakes, the pedal moves about an inch to take the slop out of the linkages, then you have to press down pretty hard to get the linkage to...

Good morning! This is my first post, but I have been following the website for a few weeks now, in preparation for our first tractor purchase. We found a seller on Craigslist (in Salem, OR) who is selling his L185DT for $6,000 (with loader, 3 spd PTO, strong 3pt, beautifully kept, almost all...