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Hello all, I had the seat off today and was wondering what this plate with the bulge is and what the orange painted bolt is for. I am pondering the idea of hydraulic connectors as the tractor has none so am trying to work out what everything is and does and whether i can tap in any where. In...

Hello all. I have a little B1400 that to now has done all i need but i now find myself needing the occaional use of a front bucket. The tractor only has hydraulics on the 3 point lift and no take offs to clip a buckets lines to. So, has any-one retro fitted 2 nd use hydraulics on one of these...

Hello all, I have an old Kubota B1400 and have a question about the transmission oil. The manual states to use UDT but this is an arse to get round here. I do however have plenty of EP 80w90 in the barn and was wondering if this could be used as a trans hydraulic fluid in the little tractor...

Hello all, Using the tractor today and the oil pressure light came on. Bugger! Oil level correct but there was a drip drip drip trail i noticed when i parked it up in the barn. Further examination under the bonnet showed oil coming from the pressure switch. I presume this could cause the...

Hello all, I have a 40 metre driveway to cut from my barn to the road gate with a couple of off shoots for the field and another gate. The ground is clay with a couple inches topsoil. I was hoping for advice on the best way to level it before i lay in the stones (looking at small stone...

Hello all, Using my B1400 around the place made me realise i need some front weight. Not so easy to get round here so it means buying new at a helluva cost so i decided to make one of my own as i was putting in a concrete pad and would be mixing concrete up any ways. A 12l paint tin looked the...

Hello all, The title says it all. My hour meter has died, in the interim i have thrown in a cheap quartz one but i would like the original back in place if at all possible so was wondering if there is any realistic way of repairing these. The unit looks to be sealed wuth the front being...

Hello all, I am looking at changing out my front tyres on my b1400 4wd. Currently i have 5x12 tyres on there but i can easily get a set of 6x12 tyres. As i understand it the only difference between these tyres is the width so the front back ratio will be still correct ( rear has 8x16 ). So...

Hello all, i recently picked up a second hand B1400. Having always done my own maintenence on all my cars , bikes small engines etc i dropped all the fluids on this and changed filters. I do believe though that after decades worth of servicing all the engines i have this fuel filter takes the...

Hello all, I have fathomed most of the controls now on my new B1400 but there is an adjuster to the right of the seat attached to the upper right arm of the 3 point link and the hydraulic control arm. All is working well at the moment so i do not really want to play with it without knowing what...

Hello all, My first post here so hello to all. I have just bought an old B1400 for light use round the garden, namely shifting stuff and ploughing and preparing the veg garden. All works fine on it though it is clear that over the years it has been 'maintained'! The ignition switch is a...