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Saw a Kubota L3600 for sale and the guy said he had no key for it so the price was low. It was a regular gear-drive with mechanical injectors. With one rear wheel jacked up an inch off the ground and trans in 4th, just pulling on the top of the lifted tire would start it right up.

I'm assuming your issue is similar in that it stopped working while running a rear mower? Can we also assume you have no drive in one pto lever position but no drive in the other? If so, there are likely broken gear teeth inside the pto section of the tractor - requiring a split at that...

Sounds like maybe fluctuating HST charge pressure? The HST charge pump's oil cooler has steering fluid running through it too. Do the cooler and its tubing look ok?

Its a good tractor EXCEPT the push-button starter module shuts off the engine after about and hour - just stops and wont fire again until sometimes it will run again for another hour - but eventually it quits again. When it stops there's no fuel supply and no spark. I found a relevant video...

SUDT (or UDT before that) is quite low-viscosity high-priced fluid. If there's a viscosity problem, its more likely that the fluid put in was not SUDT but a cheaper oil of some kind ?

I'd suggest posting about this GST issue on Orange Tractor Talks. One of the moderators there is a great resource on GST internals.

Depending on how heavily you will use this tractor, just installing inner tubes might be a way to go. Many rusted rims are still quite strong and safe to use, even if not air-tight. 28" rims & centers are getting rare and ex$pensive.

On my neighbor's L3450 I attached a length of 6" channel below the two loader struts under the floorboards. Each end is a step point. Easy, cheap, & strong. Neighbor loves them.

Back when my computer had a hand crank, there was a thing called the Kubota Board.......where user input was handled over the net - whoah! I remember using that for some years before Muhammad started TBN. My join date says 2000 but a lot of us were here a while before that.

CORRECTION - and apologies! I now realize that the L4600H Kubota uses a modified version of their mechanically controlled HST WITHOUT solenoid control of F & R motion. It uses a hydraulic regulator valve to control speed, with direction selected mechanically by the foot pedal linkage tilting...

Just saw this - the HST in that tractor is controlled by solenoid valves under the floorboard. Look for a loose or disconnected plug or some such. There's likely a fuse too. Could be simple. The older HST's were strictly mechanical/hydraulic so repair can get spendy - but electric control...

I'm coming late to this discussion - the OP said the clutch rattled - but did not say the tractor fell in half - just a couple bell housing holes had broken out. The housing is ductile die-formed mild steel, easily weldable. For now I'd suggest a low cost repair - putting a temporary brass (or...

Now THERE is durability! Given that hour meter cables don't usually last beyond 1000-1500 hours, it likely has even more. Lets hear it for K's older machines!

On that series of Lxx50 models with vertical exhaust there's a 1/4" weep hole on the bottom of the exhaust elbow that's intended to be a drain for any rainwater that goes down the stack. Seafoam running out shows its working.

Hi cchoate1 Congratulations on installing the BH90 on your L3430 - great looking outcome! You've done two good things here - first, tackling the parts puzzle with little help, and second, posting the story to help others. As you found, adapting a subframe backhoe is a fair amount of doing...