B1400 or B7200 ... how to deselect 4wd

naturalp · Jul 22, 2019

Hi, we have just put my newly aquired B1400 or B7200 back to together after buying it with no steering.. but now we have a question... we can't find either online, on the tractor, or in the manuals, how to deselect 4wd. As we will have to run the tractor on a side road for short journeys this is vital.. Any help appreciated thanks

North Idaho Wolfman · Jul 22, 2019

Go to kubotabooks.com and download the operators manual for the b1400.

Looks like the 4wd lever is left side just under seat.

naturalp · Jul 22, 2019

Hi..thank you .. I'll take a look.. where did you find this?.. I have a manual entitles operators manual but its for a range of tractors.. so went to the manuals website and there is only a wiring diagram for the b1400 and nothing for the B7200..

naturalp · Jul 22, 2019

yes thats strange its the same manual we already have but where mine says Front wheel lever the one you pointed us to says 2wd and 4wd lever..

Thank you... will try it..

naturalp · Jul 23, 2019

nope..no such lever.. we can only assume it selects automatically in low ration?

North Idaho Wolfman · Jul 23, 2019

Give me more pictures of all the levers you can find, and a picture of the rear of the front axle too please.
The 4wd won't be automatic, it will be mechanically engaged in some way.

naturalp · Jul 23, 2019

Thanks.. I've uploaded some pics but will have to take front axle ones in the morning.. front, top, underneath? all the leavers are accounted for ie we know what they do...but no 4wd one..

North Idaho Wolfman · Jul 23, 2019

That's why i need pictures of the rear of the front axle, as there is one exception to the manual 4wd, and that would be what they call a bispeed front axle, it is somewhat automatic.

naturalp · Jul 26, 2019

sorry for the delay.. there was no access to this forum from france at least for the past few days! I've uploaded 2.. no idea what I'm meant to be taking?..

North Idaho Wolfman · Jul 26, 2019

naturalp said:
sorry for the delay.. there was no access to this forum from france at least for the past few days! I've uploaded 2.. no idea what I'm meant to be taking?..

Yea the forum was down for all of us.

Your on the right track, but i need to see the propeller shaft input, that's where the bispeed case might be located if equipped.

Also I think I might remember one model that had an electrical switch for the 4wd, so look around the steering wheel and dash.

RCW · Jul 26, 2019

North Idaho Wolfman said:
Also I think I might remember one model that had an electrical switch for the 4wd, so look around the steering wheel and dash.

Wolfman, I seem to recall one with a switch also.....darned if I remember anything else about it, other than MAYBE it was one of the grey’s with the “fancy” drive control system???
Hmmm...don’t remember what that’s called either...crops up very seldom....

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naturalp · Jul 28, 2019

Thank you to both of you.. taking pics asap..

naturalp · Jul 28, 2019

5 images.. don't know if they are of any use ...

naturalp · Jul 28, 2019

last image...

North Idaho Wolfman · Jul 28, 2019

Pictures helped a lot.

It's not a Bispeed

What does the red handled lever do in the picture with the shifter?

Russell King · Jul 28, 2019

RCW said:
Wolfman, I seem to recall one with a switch also.....darned if I remember anything else about it, other than MAYBE it was one of the grey’s with the “fancy” drive control system???
Hmmm...don’t remember what that’s called either...crops up very seldom....
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MonroeMatic is some odd Kubota system I have seen mentioned a few times

His does not look like any of those controls that I recall

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North Idaho Wolfman · Jul 28, 2019

Russell King said:
MonroeMatic is some odd Kubota system I have seen mentioned a few times

His does not look like any of those controls that I recall

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I'm a little in the dark as I haven't ever seen a B1400 in person, they are not very common in the US.

naturalp · Jul 29, 2019

North Idaho Wolfman said:
Pictures helped a lot.

It's not a Bispeed

What does the red handled lever do in the picture with the shifter?

Hi, the lever is the PTO one.. see the pics I uploaded first of all on page one..

Russell King · Jul 29, 2019

North Idaho Wolfman said:
I'm a little in the dark as I haven't ever seen a B1400 in person, they are not very common in the US.

Can you determine what the sticker in post #14 is trying to depict. Looks like some sort of engagement of two shafts but no lever is near the sticker (that I see)
I think it is the differential lock. And the square pedal engages it.

I would have thought that one of the straight levers would have been high and low and the other one the 4wd??

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North Idaho Wolfman · Jul 29, 2019

Russell King said:
Can you determine what the sticker in post #14 is trying to depict. Looks like some sort of engagement of two shafts but no lever is near the sticker (that I see)
I think it is the differential lock. And the square pedal engages it.

I would have thought that one of the straight levers would have been high and low and the other one the 4wd??

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Yea the pedal is the diff lock.

I would like to see more of the levers.

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