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With the hydraulic transmission there is no coasting like a regular vehicle. If you take your foot off the pedal it does come to an immediate stop. That is normal operation. There shouldn't be air trapped in the system after a few moments of operation. It should clear itself. Which location are you checking for fluid level? The orange/yellow cap under the bed is basically for the gears only. The tank under the passenger seat is the operation fluid. If that one is low, that could be your issue. Lift the seats, take out the tray and you'll see a rubber plug on the passenger side. Check that, or let me know if it's at a correct level.

Funny that I just got your response. I just returned from the kubota dealer and when I inquired a kind man said "did you check the tank under the passenger seat". I did and it was almost completely empty. I put in 1 1/2 gallons of udt2. Started in up, let it run a few minutes then drove away. Problem solved! Based on how hard it was to open the filler plug I guess it has never been checked or topped off. Thank you for your help.

I hope so too

Most likely it's a cracked head or head gasket. You can pressure/compression test the cylinders to see if you can tell.

@@SearlesStationdon’t think that’s the issue and usually that’d be more rapid mine will only overheat if I am using it hard like driving it down the road in high and holding it for 15 minutes it’ll be near the red but if I sit at a stop sign for 2-5 minutes it’ll cool right down to straight up on the gauge but then in another 5-10 minutes it’s back hot. Had someone tell me to get a bigger radiator made to cool more water but if I fold up back 2 seats and leave a gap it won’t get over halfway on the gauge no matter how long I drive

Most welcome, glad it helps!

Thanks for watching!

For sure, for sure. But it can go 30 no problem. When I hear people say it only goes 16 or 20, that just not right.

Ah yes. Could be a couple things. Over time the cable gets rusty inside the sleeve. Should be spray greased every 200 hours or so. There is also a grease point under the bed that gets overlooked too. Try to grease the cable at both ends and see if you can see the grease zerk. Have some in the cab pumping the throttle slowly and you should be able see where things pivot and go. Then spray the heck out of it!

Primarily for work. Hydraulic bed, towing and hauling capacity, integrated pto, heated and air conditioned cab. They are not for ripping around, they are for getting the job done.

They're tanks. They'll out pull most everything else. They're better for applications where they need brute force not really speed. They're easy to control on steep hills because the hydro doesn't jerk and get grabby like a cvt does, at least not if it's properly calibrated. We do wish ours had more speed, but the vast majority of what we do is just crawling around in the woods, or putt putting down the road relaxing and watching the scenery go by. We tend to go about 17mph even on our roads around here. It's only when you need to go faster that it becomes a problem. I'm sure a lot of people need high speeds more than the other advantages and those people shouldn't buy these.

Look through my other videos. You can set yours up the same way. Pretty easy adjustments! 👌

I think there may be an issue with the hydraulic part of the transmission. It's an interesting issue because it really should build speed downhill with full throttle. There are some internal hydraulic valves, something may be stuck, broken, plugged in there. I wish I could drive it to see what's up.

Awesomeness! I'm glad it helped.

You should be able to put it in neutral... Press the brake hard and try to shift it. If that doesn't work, there maybe be an issue with the gears, if that's the case it may not move. Pull the orange/yellow dipstick and look inside to see if you can see any gear damage.

Let me know if you get it.!

It's not hung in gear the fuel shutoff solenoid is bad. I just wanted to make sure if I could Pull it back to shop without disengaging hydro. Thank you

I would love to!

You could. It would be possible!

@@SearlesStation I have one that I bought at auction. No engine, but have the transmission. Are you interested in another project. To put on youtube ?

It doesn’t move forward or reverse , sorry forgot to put that in there

Yes, both charge pressure and relief pressure. Check fluid level, filters. Sometimes the rubber hose can collapse on the hydraulic lines ans not allow fluid to move. Squeeze them to see if they are soft and squishy

@@SearlesStation thank you for your reply My charge pressure was 0 psi in neutral and high idle . I removed 2 separate relief valves and saw no scoring or anything bad . All components in place and moved freely. I did replace filters and hoses looked ok but will check that again . I had the charge pressure port in the back off and open and started it and hardly any fluid came out . Bearly dribbled .

It will get a bit better as it breaks in. After a couple hundred miles, bring it in or adjust some stuff.

My sister lives in Chico. Are you near there?

@@SearlesStation no but my brother just purchased a farm up in Corning which is sorta near Chico? (with house and nice shop not like yours though) with bunch Pomegranate trees (hence tractor needed to bring up to prune or trim and do some other work) but he’s the one that needed work on the tractor. Our farm is 20 min south of San Francisco on the coast. We have the x900 kubota That we use around the farm as well as a ball picker upper (own a driver range which is part of the farm and the reason why I was lookin up kubota TH-cam’s blew a radiator hose and alarm went off that it was overheating. But guess we got a hold of some Service guy that thankfully will be here tomorrow to fix it. Spoke to him on the phone said to probably the thermostat said to just take it off because their thermostats are known to do that. But bf couldn’t figure it out (took it off but still overheated) so more money down the drain. Story of everyone’s life these days. But dad would rather have guy come out that knows what he is doing than risk screwing it up worse. Was hoping it was a simple fix because I don’t feel like picking up balls by hand but thankfully it rained like crazy today so no one came over to hit just hope they can fix it tomorrow. Sorry for the waaaay too much info. But let me know if you ever come to visit your sister our town is kind of a nice place to visit for a day trip. We used to have a nice car, truck,motorcycle, air show but got canceled this year for some lame excuse and predict it won’t come back due to the world going to hell and we have same crazy making the rules that like to regulate everything even though they know nothing (Referring to emissions kind of stuff. Ya know from the people that say “it’s time for farms to go extinct”, want to outlaw diesel trucks and gas stoves etc etc.

Yeah, it's pretty much the same stuff

Yes

You can adjust it with the wheels on the ground to just before they start moving. That's a bit more dangerous because it will move. It's surprising that it's that much different.

These will come to a stop or very slow down hill. That's how the hydrostatic system works. If it's in gear it will only move if the throttle is in acceleration. They do lose speed up hill. I have a video showing the uphill speed. Check that out

I saw your video and I expect to come to a stop. But mine would not. My friend drowe it yesteday and he said it should brake much more than it does after relasing power becouse he owns one and it does so. Can I try to adjust something? Thanks

Your pressure relief valve may be stuck open. That would allow for loss of acceleration as well. This video talks about hard shifting because the valve isnt being pushed, but yours may be always pushed or bad. th-cam.com/video/q-C3KzQ6NwA/w-d-xo.htmlsi=u67twtgdW27JuLPM

When I have it on flat or lifted rear wheels and in high gear it will not move. It even shifts good without pushing brake. But I lack of acceleration after 10mph. It will creep to 20.

Check the hydraulic hoses for collapse or softness, that can restrict flow. Your hydraulic pump or motor may be bad, the relief valve may be bad, their definitely seems to be something wrong with your hydraulic system. Change fluid, filter?

AWESOME! I'm so glad it helped. Thanks for letting me know.

I will work on it 😀

Next time

Thanks! I'm happy with it!

Just getting warmed up!

Thank you! I do have some product ideas to improve performance. I'd be open to mods and setups! No problem, bring it on

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Thank you

Add the turbo, it should help some. (Although mixed reviews on that.) I'd love to get your machine in the shop to see if I can tune it for you.

Not sure if I'd be able to help much. Perhaps if it's the only way you can get help

I could get it close. With or without the K-connect? Is there any other weight to consider? You'd need the hand throttle for sure and a little mod to some linkage

How fast have you got it up to so far ?

Check the line coming out of the tank on the bottom.

I'm rebuilding one now. It will be a bit but I'll post a video when I can. Thanks for watching

It's an optional kit. It gets installed on the left side of the driver seat where the differential lock is.

Yep! Alway check the fluid levels!

That's the point of highest horsepower. Not necessarily the highest rpm. My opinion is that it can do more.

Glad you like them! Thanks for watching and commenting.

Totally. 22 feels slow. 30 mph is nice for this machine. 35 gets a bit unstable mostly from the hydraulic steering setup. I've had mine hit 38 mph now!

That's pretty good! I think this machine is perfect at 30 mph. Handles it nicely 👌 I mainly snowblow with it and just cruise around. What do you use to mow? Like a pull finish mower?

It would! There are turbo kits available as well. Thanks for the comment!

Yes, foot screw all the way turned to the floor, all linkage tightend up and the throttle pin backed out for full range of the stock machine. I haven't adjusted the hydraulic pressure or the engine fuel in this one yet.

@@SearlesStation Did your hand throttle give you the fastest top end? Or was the foot pedal only used on the road with this video?

The hand throttle ads 2-3 mph the way I have it set. The foot pedal only allows a max rpm and hst output. The hand throttle pushes it more.

Should be any long term issues just wear on the brakes. You may need to do some adjustments on your shift linkage too. Grab a helper and have them in the cab and just watch how the stuff works. Go slow and watch it happen, you can see when things don't work smoothly.

Thanks for the sub! I'll do some K-connect videos too