BX2360 Upgrades

[94BULLITT]

Thanks Bill.

 

[KBOTA1]

How are the stabilizers working on the BX? I sent anemail inguiry to Stabliworks this morning to get a cost estimate and delivery date.

You guys have some really great BX ideas!

 

[RaydaKub]

How are the stabilizers working on the BX? I sent anemail inguiry to Stabliworks this morning to get a cost estimate and delivery date.

You guys have some really great BX ideas!

I'm not sure who you are asking, but I'll add my $0.02 anyway. I got mine in October. I love 'em. I only have a rear.blade or weight bar to mount so that isn't where they shine for me (although I can see that being very helpful). I use mine while removing snow. I use my bucket and blade both for snow. For the bucket, there is always spill off the sides. I can swing my blade from one side to the other in a second and catch the spill and pull it back to one side so I don't have to do the whole driveway over and over. It's awesome to make an adjustment so easily.

 

[The Fred]

Roger hasn't posted here in 1 month. He may be mad at the fred for putting a turbine on his tractor and it worked.

Fred, hope he's ok!

 

[Happy Gilmore]

Let's bring this one back

 

[94BULLITT]

Let's bring this one back

I have had a toolbox I want to put on the BX for a along time but I have not had a chance to put it on. There are also a couple of other things I want to do.

 

[94BULLITT]

All great ideas, and all great workmanship! :thumbsup:

Roger, those are some good-looking welds. Are they TIG, MIG or ?

And what did you use to cut the holes with?

Thanks,

My Hoe

Sorry, I just saw your reply and it is a year and half old. I was looking through this thread at pictures of the BX trying to figure out where I could add a chain holder and noticed it. Thanks, for the compliments. The welds were done with a MIG. I can't remember what I cut the holes with since it has been so long. I remember thinking about using a hole saw but I don't know if that is what I used.

 

[ryanmad2000]

LED strip is the roll bar is awesome...can you provide some links to the product you used? Any wiring help?

 

[94BULLITT]

LED strip is the roll bar is awesome...can you provide some links to the product you used? Any wiring help?

Thanks, if you look on ebay or amazon search LED PVC light strip. I used 3m double faced tape to secure it to the ROPS. I believe there is a pic with part number earlier in this thread.

For the wiring I took apart the connector at the left tail light and put hot wire in it and hooked the ground to the signal. The strip comes on with the taillights, hazard lights, and left signal.

 

[94BULLITT]

Here is my horn install.

Here is the horn button.



Here is the horn. It is under the dash above the fuse box.

 

[Scooby074]

Horn looks good Roger. That button is bigger than I expected. You had enough clearance obviously for the factory HL switch to remain and clear the hoses underneath for the steering. Its a pretty tight area right there

 

[94BULLITT]

Horn looks good Roger. That button is bigger than I expected. You had enough clearance obviously for the factory HL switch to remain and clear the hoses underneath for the steering. Its a pretty tight area right there

Thanks. The button is really not that big, the washer behind it is. I had just enough room to mount it, not too much room between it and the headlight switch.

 

[dragoneggs]

Horn looks good Roger. That button is bigger than I expected. You had enough clearance obviously for the factory HL switch to remain and clear the hoses underneath for the steering. Its a pretty tight area right there

Yeah it is really tight there behind the dash. I installed a couple of switches for my two pairs of LED lights and struggled to get the leads attached. I have one more hole for either a horn or more lights. Nice job!

 

[94BULLITT]

Here is a video of the horn.

 

[94BULLITT]

I finally added a Racor filter to the BX. The filter I got was surplus and over 10 years old. A tech guy at Racor said it was made for a one specific customer. It uses ORB fittings instead of NPT. It came with a water in fuel sensor that I am going to hook up later. It also has a different drain than the current Racor's.

Yes, the filter is sitting level, I put a level on it. The frame on a BX does not run level, it is lower in the front. When I pulled the tape of the filer from painting the filter base, the tape brought some of the paint off the filter.

 

[justoldjoe]

I finally added a Racor filter to the BX. The filter I got was surplus and over 10 years old. A tech guy at Racor said it was made for a one specific customer. It uses ORB fittings instead of NPT. It came with a water in fuel sensor that I am going to hook up later. It also has a different drain than the current Racor's.

Yes, the filter is sitting level, I put a level on it. The frame on a BX does not run level, it is lower in the front. When I pulled the tape of the filer from painting the filter base, the tape brought some of the paint off the filter.

Nice clean looking install. I did purchase the rancor filter also and was trying to work out a bracket design. Did you use 1 bolt to fasten the bracket? I don't have a loader either so lots of room.

With only 200 hrs on my Kubota and all the maintainance done on schedule my first filter on my bx2360 clogged/froze up on me the day we had our big 26 snowfall here in PA. in mid February. I have a B7200 which has a rear mount Woods 52 blower so that did its usual fine job on our 1100 drive. But I was eager to try out the snowblower on a deeper snow than in the past. Thanks for the post.

 

[94BULLITT]

Nice clean looking install. I did purchase the rancor filter also and was trying to work out a bracket design. Did you use 1 bolt to fasten the bracket? I don't have a loader either so lots of room.

With only 200 hrs on my Kubota and all the maintainance done on schedule my first filter on my bx2360 clogged/froze up on me the day we had our big 26 snowfall here in PA. in mid February. I have a B7200 which has a rear mount Woods 52 blower so that did its usual fine job on our 1100 drive. But I was eager to try out the snowblower on a deeper snow than in the past. Thanks for the post.

Thanks Joe. I used one bolt to hold the bracket on. I did not take a pic of the bracket but there I cut a piece of 1/8'' plate the length of the bracket and welded it onto the bracket to keep the bracket from turning. If you use loader loader mount bolt holes you will need a M14x1.50 bolt.

The first filter went on me at 176. The second one was still on there when I put the racor on, the tractor now has 359 on it. This filter was about 1/3 full of water. I eliminated the rear factory filter now that I have the racor on it.

You were lucky to have a second tractor to use when your BX froze up. I recommend to anyone that has not done a filter upgrade to keep a couple extra filters on hand. They are not that expensive and they are available at the auto parts store.

 

[justoldjoe]

Thanks Joe. I used one bolt to hold the bracket on. I did not take a pic of the bracket but there I cut a piece of 1/8'' plate the length of the bracket and welded it onto the bracket to keep the bracket from turning. If you use loader loader mount bolt holes you will need a M14x1.50 bolt.

The first filter went on me at 176. The second one was still on there when I put the racor on, the tractor now has 359 on it. This filter was about 1/3 full of water. I eliminated the rear factory filter now that I have the racor on it.

You were lucky to have a second tractor to use when your BX froze up. I recommend to anyone that has not done a filter upgrade to keep a couple extra filters on hand. They are not that expensive and they are available at the auto parts store.

I was making an assumption that you stabilized the bracket with an additional plate welded on. Thanks for the details. I’ll make a pattern with some plywood and get going with this project.

And yes, the older tractor (B7200) is a keeper. I bought it new about 30 years ago and it just runs and runs. And with the ag tires I’d swear that tractor can climb trees. That has a Kasco 60” plow for grading and snow plowing, a woods rm 42 brush hog in addition to the woods 3 pt. snow blower.

 

[94BULLITT]

I was making an assumption that you stabilized the bracket with an additional plate welded on. Thanks for the details. I’ll make a pattern with some plywood and get going with this project.

And yes, the older tractor (B7200) is a keeper. I bought it new about 30 years ago and it just runs and runs. And with the ag tires I’d swear that tractor can climb trees. That has a Kasco 60” plow for grading and snow plowing, a woods rm 42 brush hog in addition to the woods 3 pt. snow blower.

Here is a pic of the bracket. You can see the plate on the back.



I think those old B series are what helped Kubota earn the great reputation they have today. I bet that B7200 does really go with ags on it. I just got chains for all 4 tires on the BX so hopefully it will climb a tree.

 

[meos1]

I see you put your hours and date on the filters as well. Its sure does take the guess work out. I keep a log book and try and document as much as I can but the data on the filter removes any doubts someone might have.