BX25D first service

William1

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49.8 hours on the little beast. I have a very good dealer as both the FEL and BH have the power to toss the entire machine about effortlessly. Meaning I feel there is nothing that I can do to make it more powerful, the dealer did it on initial setup. I have to work carefully. I have a very steel hill to go up to my disposal spot of tree stumps. A 400 pound stump chained to the bucket, lifted with nary a wimper and drive right up the hill. I do use 4WD going up and down for safety but the machine speed is constant. When doing 'the hard stuff' I tach it at about 3,100 rpm.

Anyhow, today I took advantage of a lack of other obligations and did the first filter changes and engine oil. Drove the tractor about for ten minutes to heat it up and bring into suspension any materials I have a BX Expanded skid plate and that was removed in about 10 seconds.
Draining of the oil is super easy, one of the few engines I own that I can get at the drain plug with no effort. My drain bolt has a rubber oring integrated into it so it is reusable many times. Started the draining, removed the filler cap. Drained in five minutes. Reinstalled drain plug. Just snug, no need to crank it down. You should use less effort to reinstall it than it took to remove it. I've seen a lot of cracked alloy cases and stripped steel drain pains because the last person was being brutal. Finesse.
Locating the oil filter the first time is often a issue and Kubota does not make it easy having painted everything at time of assembly. I used a cap type filter removal tool (65mm) and a wrench. No oil back flowed to the end, what oil dripped, ran into my drain pan. Nice. New filter on, 3 qts. Rotella T5 15W30, wiped off the steering shaft boot and done. Maybe thirty minutes because I move slow (bad knees). Really no need to remove the body work and all those steps in the manual.

Next was the HST filter. My dealer told me to drive it up a steep hill, that would minimize the loss of UDT. Drove to a hill (so steep the BH bottom out!), crawled under neath, spun off the filter. Lost about 2 ounces, tops. New filter on. Done. Back to the garage, put the skid plate on, double checked for leaks. Checked fluid levels. Engine oil was spot on, HST looked ok but it was a bit foamy and could be deceitful so I'll let it sit a day and recheck.

I have to say, this was the easiest oil and filter change I have ever done. I did not bother to open the filters to look for debris. Engine oil looked typically dark, HST fluid that I lost looked crystal clear. No reason to bother to be suspicious.
 
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forceten

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I just hit 51 hours and I know I have to do mine......


Didn't have to change out the HST fluid at all? Just the filter?
What about the Air filter? Gas filter?

Any chance you have the numbers for the oil filter and hst filter so i can grab them next chance I get
 
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85Hokie

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I just hit 51 hours and I know I have to do mine......


Didn't have to change out the HST fluid at all? Just the filter?
What about the Air filter? Gas filter?

Any chance you have the numbers for the oil filter and hst filter so i can grab them next chance I get

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Daren Todd

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Gas filter?
I would recommend getting used to calling it a fuel filter, and when topping up the fuel tank make sure and say fueling it up instead of "gas it up".

You know the difference on the machine but a buddy, wife, significant other or one of the kiddos may not ;) all it takes is for them to hear "gas" and your sweet little bota turns into a gremlin :eek::p;)
 

William1

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Jul 28, 2015
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Richmond, Virginia
I just hit 51 hours and I know I have to do mine......


Didn't have to change out the HST fluid at all? Just the filter?
What about the Air filter? Gas filter?

Any chance you have the numbers for the oil filter and hst filter so i can grab them next chance I get
HST fluid gets the first change at 400 hours per the book though many rec 300. I'll probably go less than more as 300 hours is at least 3+ years of ownership. Time is a factor with lubricants as is usage. I'd imagine a person who uses the BH a lot or other jobs working the fluid should change it more often as should the people who put few hours on. My neighbor has a BX25D, had it for three years, has not done 30 hours yet. He probably ought to change it sometime soon.

Oil and filter is at the first fifty hours and then every 200 hours. Assuming you do 200 hours a year. If you do less than 200 a year, then change the oil once a year.
A guy like my neighbor, should change it every year and then a filter every other year. I imagine I will not be doing 200 a year and therefore will base it on days instead of run time hours.

Air filter should last years and years unless you work in very dusty or highly pollinated environments. If you think it is dirty, remove it and tap it out over a newspaper. If a lot of 'stuff' falls, consider replacing it. Otherwise, once every five years (they age and get brittle) is often enough.

Fuel filter too, should last years and years and go by the book on swapping them out (500 hours). Clean fuel and store with a full tank.

I stock fast moving parts to last no more than a year to 18 months. Parts sitting on the shelf do age and the economy of bulk buying and time saving 'going shopping once' is often outweighed by parts that time alone ravages. Paper gets brittle. Rubber deteriorates. Sealed in plastic bags in temperature and humidity stable environment can add many years of shelf life. When I got my tractor, I bought a quart of UDT, one HST filter and two engine oil filters. I'll (hopefully) not need any other parts for a few years.

Read your owners manual. I am on the fifth or sixth time now. More maintenance is better than less. Book times and intervals are the max you should go out. Where and how you store it also affects duty intervals. Out in the sun and rain or in a heated garage is a world of difference.