got my l5460 yesterday, gone today

[BGigHarbor]

My new l5460 was delivered yesterday.

Started having some fun and smelled hydraulic oil. It was dripping below.

Jumping to the chase, it gushes when operating one of the rear remotes, like the top.

Dealer was going to sent someone out to check it out, but I guess had someone driving by with an empty rig so the current plan is they are going to pick it up and bring it back to the shop. Plus they are short handed for road service calls.

I was hoping for a really simple leak like a loose connection, but it was a step out of my pay grade (which is pretty low). The leak is completely repeatable, so worse case the dealer will need to order a particular metal hose and have me back in business within the week.

Impressions were it was fun, although the tilt dropped too much and drove me crazy. Hopefully it's related to the hyd leak. Else it's coming off and going into the parts box.

Also the FEL a number of times would be very unresponsive, and then after some tries act normal. Could not reproduce that but don't think it's related to the rear leak (at least I could find no pattern). Hope I can figure that out.

The dealer mechanic installed some protection around the lower 3rd functions hoses (beneath tractor), which is good as I would have ripped those out in minutes dragging the brush I was with my new hrl3578. He did a good job, although I would like a slight addition to what he did.

Another thing I learned is a huge benefit of the hydraulic scarifier bar on my new LP BB is since I was pulling out roots and other debris with the teeth - by lifting the scarifier bar it pretty much cleared the brush from them. A really big deal for what I was doing.

So for now I am back out of business. I did run it a bit more even after seeing it was leaking because I could stand not to, but it was really dripping like crazy so I restrained myself and parked it...


Also I had to try out my new 72 inch FS RR this morning in spite of the leak, and that thing is going to be great for raking live brush back. Very cool.

Here's how I left the tractor this afternoon dripping onto cardboard and waiting to be picked up.

Next is where the leak is. Looked the a rigid line got damage during assembly and not fully checked (I am sure it leaked immediately.) The view is looking under the seat forward from the rear.

 

[TripleR]

I sure hate to hear you are having problems with it, doesn't sound serious just really aggravating.

 

[murphy1244]

So much for Dealer Prep.

 

[creekbend]

Sincerely sorry about your misfortune. Best wishes.

 

[BGigHarbor]

Mostly just an aggravation as it's a 3hr round trip drive to the property each time I have to go out without getting stuff done. And I'm really short of time for the next few weeks esp since I am trying to get alot done on the property before the rains start.

In the dealers defense, the leak was hard to spot until I tracked it down. The reason I found it was it was leaking enough down the engine onto the ground I smelled the hydraulic fluid.

Other than the FEL acting weird every now and then (really hope I solve that..) and the tilt untilting itself too fast, the tractor was a delight. Lots of power, low on smell and seemed pretty good on fuel from what I could tell so far.

Really looking forward to having another go with it...

 

[TripleR]

It always seems to happen at the worst possible time, I am sure it will be fixed to your satisfaction.

Did you mention the sidelink for them to check while they have it?

 

[BGigHarbor]

Since the l60 OEM routing for the 3rd function valves has soft hoses hanging right down below the tractor at 90 degrees (even dealer mechanic said it's crazy), most of us will have to come up with a stopgap solution.

Here's what my dealer installed at my request for some sort of more protection, a sort of open box over the hoses. I would change it to either extend the bottom plate back about 3 inches to give more protection from sticks when backing (it was a slight problem even with mine) or better yet an angle bracket on the back to partially close up the back of the "box" the mechanic fabbed).

Looks funky, but I would have ripped those hoses off within a half hour yesterday in the brush otherwise.

Any other suggestions are welcome as the problem will be more common as folks give out and start buying l60 eventually. I think eventually smarter folks than me will come up with some really nice solutions, but I had to do something now.

Note, no extra protection was added for the rigid lines although it seems good idea as well. The mechanic was very busy and I didn't want to press my luck.

John was talking about maybe extending an angle bracket all the way out to protect the bottom of the rigid lines too. It will be interesting in seeing what he comes up as he has more time and motivation than the dealers mechanic who is very swamped working on normal tractor stuff.

 

[BGigHarbor]

Yes, really crappy timing but on the leak worse case the dealer will have to order the part and I'll lose a week. I think that will all get sorted just fine. And I am glad it wasn't something I did the first half hour of owning the tractor.

I did mention the tilt to the mechanic and dealer. Not holding my breath, though, as the dealer himself said oh it's normal for the topntilts to settle.

Folks complained about 1/4 inch and hour settling in their OEM setups - I would love only 1/4 inch settling! Mine drove me crazy I was being very aggressive with the BB on some ground resurfacing and it kept unadjusting itself and since the ground was not level it was a challenge to know what true level was. Was about to yank it off and put the manual tilt back on!

 

[94BULLITT]

Is that the same bucket they use on the LA854 loader? It looks like it has a larger capacity but maybe it is just the picture.

 

[TomSeller]

I sure that is a quick fix and you will have it back in no time. Nice looking tractor and a great size. You can measure the quality of your dealer at times like this. A leak like this can happen on any brand.