Hello Orange World -
I'm rather new to everything orange but learning and enjoying. Thank you for this site and all of the information/videos. Nice to be part of a community.
I purchased my first Kubota L175 (1972ish?) back in March from a gentlemen that had 3 of them up north. He hated to let it go but I think the wife made him. I promised I would take good care of it. In the 5 months I've owned it, I've fixed a frozen fuel line and some other little stuff but now have another (bigger) issue.
Was moving logs with my forks/bucket and parked it after finishing for the day. Everything was working fine. 24 hours later I came out to move some logs. Started the tractor and it won't shift into gear. With clutch depressed, it just grinds. I tried switching between high/low and it makes no difference. I checked the pedal linkage and it's adjusted all the way out (previous owner?) so I can't adjust there.
I haven't checked the transmission fluid level (doing that tonight hopefully) but as I was reading other posts, I had a thought it could be broken clutch arm? Does that sound right? Anything else that anybody can think of before I send it off to be fixed? I don't have $1200 for some to split it, don't have the time do it myself with a new little one and winter is coming fast. If I have to send it out, does $1200 sound right?
Any help or even suggestions would be appreciated.
Cheers
Digity for Freeport, ME
I'm rather new to everything orange but learning and enjoying. Thank you for this site and all of the information/videos. Nice to be part of a community.
I purchased my first Kubota L175 (1972ish?) back in March from a gentlemen that had 3 of them up north. He hated to let it go but I think the wife made him. I promised I would take good care of it. In the 5 months I've owned it, I've fixed a frozen fuel line and some other little stuff but now have another (bigger) issue.
Was moving logs with my forks/bucket and parked it after finishing for the day. Everything was working fine. 24 hours later I came out to move some logs. Started the tractor and it won't shift into gear. With clutch depressed, it just grinds. I tried switching between high/low and it makes no difference. I checked the pedal linkage and it's adjusted all the way out (previous owner?) so I can't adjust there.
I haven't checked the transmission fluid level (doing that tonight hopefully) but as I was reading other posts, I had a thought it could be broken clutch arm? Does that sound right? Anything else that anybody can think of before I send it off to be fixed? I don't have $1200 for some to split it, don't have the time do it myself with a new little one and winter is coming fast. If I have to send it out, does $1200 sound right?
Any help or even suggestions would be appreciated.
Cheers
Digity for Freeport, ME