Newly minted B2150HST owner...

[Ragnorok]

A year or so ago I bought a venerable B7100D, which has been an awesome little tractor, emphasis on little. Today I bought a B2150HST because I liked the 7100 so much. It looks like the entire thing is fully functional *except* the 3 pt hitch doesn't always raise. When it does raise it seems like it's working fine, but it doesn't raise about 95% of the time. It also looks like the lever to raise and lower the 3pt hitch is "positiona", in that if one puts the level in the middle it should put the 3pt hitch in the middle of it's travel and stop there. It doesn't do that; it only goes up at the far upper end of the lever's travel, and it goes down when moved to maybe "6" or so. I was hoping this was excessive operator headspace, but I have been utterly unable to locate a downloadable operator's maual for this tractor. I found a WSM but looking at it doesn't reveal any particular operator setting that seems to relate. I'm hoping there's some simple thing that I'm missing, like some flow director or another is simply in a place that keeps it from working, like the redirector valve on the B7100 that makes it run either the 3pt hitch or the front blade. Best case I'd fnd a downloadable operator's manual, barring that guesses what I may check would be cool, too.

Thanks for your time...
- Rags

 

[TheOldHokie]

A year or so ago I bought a venerable B7100D, which has been an awesome little tractor, emphasis on little. Today I bought a B2150HST because I liked the 7100 so much. It looks like the entire thing is fully functional *except* the 3 pt hitch doesn't always raise. When it does raise it seems like it's working fine, but it doesn't raise about 95% of the time. It also looks like the lever to raise and lower the 3pt hitch is "positiona", in that if one puts the level in the middle it should put the 3pt hitch in the middle of it's travel and stop there. It doesn't do that; it only goes up at the far upper end of the lever's travel, and it goes down when moved to maybe "6" or so. I was hoping this was excessive operator headspace, but I have been utterly unable to locate a downloadable operator's maual for this tractor. I found a WSM but looking at it doesn't reveal any particular operator setting that seems to relate. I'm hoping there's some simple thing that I'm missing, like some flow director or another is simply in a place that keeps it from working, like the redirector valve on the B7100 that makes it run either the 3pt hitch or the front blade. Best case I'd fnd a downloadable operator's manual, barring that guesses what I may check would be cool, too.

Thanks for your time...
- Rags

Lookup position control feedback rod adjustment in that WSM.

Dan

 

[Ragnorok]

You are absolutely spot on, TheOldHokie. After posting this, and having looked at the WSM previously, it was pretty obvious the position feedback rod is completely torn off. Dunno how that could happen, but the lever that rod activates was pushed all the way forward. Pushed it back as far as I could and it "works" now, in that moving the lever above about 6.5 on the scale it goes up, below 6.5 it goes down, and putting the lever at 6.5 makes it stop. Certainly not working up to spec, but functional enough, hopefully until later when I'll pull the tractor into the garage and do a full end-to-end maintenance. I'll fix stuff like this, the completely dead gauges (easy check lights work), move the 3pt hitch anti-sway to the inside where it belongs, etc. Would do it right now but there's a camper in there needs repair first.

Thanks for your time...
- Rags

 

[Ragnorok]

Turns out that was a "temporary" fix, as yesterday it wouldn't work, even after I fiddled with the position feedback lever. Not horribly surprising, it just means I need to actually fix it sooner rather than jury-rigging it for now. (shrug) There it is. At least I have a shop manual for that. (happy smile)

On the subject of shop manuals, that really says next to nothing about the gauges. I did find what looks like a wiring diagram for them, which goes a long way if it's accurate. My guess is bad ground, which is where I'll start, but figured I'd solicit suggestions on the dashboard while I'm here.

Thanks for your time...
- Rags

 

[Ragnorok]

Also turns out this "WSM" I downloaded is incomplete. It has all the oil flow and some exploded diagrams, but it stops at M8-18. There's a page to insert M9-1 to M9-4, then it picks up on page M9-5. Nothing at all about repair procedures or torque values anywhere. Iirc there's a master torque chart I downloaded somewhere, but it would be nice to know how Kubota thinks I'm supposed to work on it. Barring that I guess the main things I'm missing: Is the gasket on the control valve cover reusable? Since the feedback control lever is bent it will be vastly simpler to straighten it off the tractor, and that will give me the opportunity to examine the rocker system in there to be sure bending the feedback arm didn't damage something in there.

Alternatively a complete hydraulics section would be pretty handy as well. (wink)

Thanks for your time...
- Rags

 

[Russell King]

Buy the WSM from the dealer and it should be complete.

 

[PoTreeBoy]

Also turns out this "WSM" I downloaded is incomplete. It has all the oil flow and some exploded diagrams, but it stops at M8-18. There's a page to insert M9-1 to M9-4, then it picks up on page M9-5. Nothing at all about repair procedures or torque values anywhere. Iirc there's a master torque chart I downloaded somewhere, but it would be nice to know how Kubota thinks I'm supposed to work on it. Barring that I guess the main things I'm missing: Is the gasket on the control valve cover reusable? Since the feedback control lever is bent it will be vastly simpler to straighten it off the tractor, and that will give me the opportunity to examine the rocker system in there to be sure bending the feedback arm didn't damage something in there.

Alternatively a complete hydraulics section would be pretty handy as well. (wink)

Thanks for your time...
- Rags

Sounds like you got the download from KubotaBooks. I think the only pages missing are the four electrical schematics. Sections M8 and S8 should cover the hydraulic system.