Help! Work crew here...BX wont budge!

[SrChf]

Putting in a flagstone walk to my wife's new Photography studio this weekend. I got hourly paid guys here and I am using my FEL and box blade to carve out the rough walkway trench. Got about 1/4 of the thing done and the BX25 tranny started acting up. Bout to have a work stoppage situation getting me behind the deadline on this walkway (wifes grand opening of her new photog studio on our property). Help!?

First symptom was when I mashed the reverse pedal it felt like there was a rock stuck in it. It felt stuck and it wouldn't go down. I pushed forward and it responded but felt 'sluggish'. I got it up out of the trench and then the reverse started working again, but very sluggish like it was only getting a little hydro. Then it wouldn't go backward or forward. I took it out of 4WD and it would go forward but not backward, then that trick stopped working. Now the pedals freely press forward and back but the tractor doesn't budge. My other hydro instruments seem to be working fine.

Operator error or am i broken? My dealer is closed today else I would call. Can anyone help me? Naturally, I am hoping its something simple. Tractor has just over 100 hours on it.

thank you!

 

[Deano]

Get under your tractor and check for damage from a rock. Almost sounds like something was wedged and then from working it with you foot, maybe linkage was damaged and now moves freely.

 

[SrChf]

Get under your tractor and check for damage from a rock. Almost sounds like something was wedged and then from working it with you foot, maybe linkage was damaged and now moves freely.

I did look under it, but really not sure what i am looking for. I didnt see anything obvious. Nothing wedged into the rocker pedal that I can see.

 

[Deano]

When you are under there, have someone work the pedal. See if you can trace it to where it enters the transmission. If it enters the transmission and is moving, it is internal. If the linkage doesn't make it to the tarnny, something is broke.

 

[SrChf]

It feels 'connected' when I push it back and forth. I looked under it while someone rocked it, best I can tell, the linkages go into the tranny.

So - my thought is, it loses a little hydro fluid everytime you disconect an implement - perhaps it is low on fluid but here is enough there to make the implements work but not the unit? Maybe it is tempermental that way on low fluid? Just a thought. To make matters worse, I cannot find my manual, and it looks like Kubota doesnt publish their pdf's online for download. I dont even know how or where to check the hydro level.

 

[Kayakin2]

Shift into neutral and confirm you can move/roll it. Shift to high gear (rabbit) and low gear (turtle) and try forward and reverse. Confirm fluids, including front axel are at proper levels.

 

[Bota4me]

Wow, as an owner of a new bx25 i hope its nothing serious.
I can tell you that you check it in very rear of tractor, yellow dipstick. Good luck. I hope kubotas quality isnt slipping from the posts i have seen lately...

 

[Deano]

The dipstick is on the back of the tarctor to the right of the PTO gaurd. I disconnect my lines all the time, and never made the level low. But, that is where to check it!

 

[Kayakin2]

Hydro is in back (yellow cap) and front axel is on axel assy. Manual is under seat in black pouch.

 

[Bota4me]

I agree w deano. My levels havent moved at all in 25 hours of disconnects fel bh etc!
Man i hope this isnt the hydro pump!!!!