Good Lord. Does time fly or what? Pretty darn near a month since I started this thread. I just want to update a bit. Between lots of other chores and miserable weather here in the Northeast USA, I am just getting my "new to me" Orange BX25DLB cleaned, and up to date on services. While the seller (original owner) was a nice guy and gave me a good deal, I was disappointed in the service he had performed, which was none. When I picked it up, he told me a 200 hr service was due. I assumed he had done the 50 hr. service. I found out when I got it here, that he had not. So, I have done an engine oil change, along with the filter, (2) In line fuel filter changes, an air filter element and a hyd./trans filter change. That pretty much brings the 50 hour, and the 200 hr, up to date. The cutting blades on the mower deck are pretty beat up, so I am waiting on new replacements. The backhoe attachment was probably the cleanest end of the tractor. I've taken it off and, stored it in my run-in-shed. FEL seems fine.
I'm really thankful to own this tractor, and I don't want anyone to mistake my updating to "whining" about what wasn't done, because I'm not. I really enjoy doing what I can do. It makes the ownership more rewarding if you can keep things up to schedule. I'm by no stretch mechanically inclined, but it doesn't take a lot to do the minimum. It just makes you wonder why some people would buy a machine like this, and then do nothing, neither by dealer, or by himself? As I said, no complaints. I learn with everything I do. Just as a side note, I bought a qt of Kubota's HDT2 because the manual says you lose some when you change the Hyd/Trans filter, due at 200hrs. So I changed out the filter, and proceeded to top it off. It took the whole qt. and still didn't show on the stick. "Hey Honey, when you go by the Kubota dealer, would you get me a qt of HDT2". I dump it in, still a no show on the stick. Oh, oh. So I run up and buy 2 more qts. First one results in another no show on the stick. It took 3 qts, and 18 ounces to bring it up to the top of the XXXXX, on the stick. I feel like I rescued one. LOL. I will post pics at some point.
