M8560 Fuel Lines

[jkwilson]

Hello all,

I'm new here and fairly new to Kubota. I've had an M8560HDC for a few months and love the thing except for one annoying problem.

The fuel lines run in a gap between the transmission housing and the fuel tank. The front of that gap is slightly wider than the rest of it and it works as a funnel guiding any kind of sticks or briars you drive over right into the gap. The fuel line is covered with plastic split-loom, and thorns and sticks grab it and have actually pulled a fuel line off the tank twice since I've had it.

Losing diesel and time are bad enough, but the line clamps on way back on top of the skid plate for the tank. Need extended reach needle-nose to reattach the clamp, and you generally get soaked with diesel in the process.

I'm not sure who thought exposing rubber fuel lines on the belly of a utility tractor was a good idea, but it isn't.

I'm planning to use a couple of unused threaded holes on the housing to mount a guard fabricated out of flat stock to try to provide some protection. Seems silly I need to do it.

Anybody else experience this or have ideas?

 

[sheepfarmer]

I don't have any helpful info, but am wondering if all the 60 series tractors are designed this way? Will look at mine to see if I can figure out where the line is that you are discussing.

 

[daudav]

I’ve got a L6600 grand. It’s got that 2 inch or so fuel line connecting the two fuel tanks across the bottom of the tractor. I guess I hit something and it ripped out the fuel line from the right rank and severely bent the light metal shield ment to protect it. Just doesn’t seem to make any sense to run a fuel line right where it could me hit in the lower belly of the tractor. Needs a heavy skid plate.

 

[BigG]

May be a photo or two. One close up and what ever is needed to orient the close ups on the tractor.

 

[AllDodge]

I'm planning to use a couple of unused threaded holes on the housing to mount a guard fabricated out of flat stock to try to provide some protection. Seems silly I need to do it.

Being a xx60 its new, and like all new designs it takes time to work out the bugs. Your on the right track with making your own protection plate