valve change?

[canadian]

my first time on a forum, I bought a used Kubota L4200, and one of the spools leaks on the joystick control, but it has been changed from the oridginal (my loader is a LA680) and it appears to have the valve body from the LA853, but I do not know fro sure and the local dealer is not sure as to where to find this valve. I only say it appears. because I have only seen this style once in a picture only(on this form actually). regardless of what valve it actually is I do need the Orings and a spool cap fro this unit

 

[Tx Jim]

Does valve body have any identifying numbers on it?

 

[canadian]

there are marks (letters and numbers in the casting), but right now I left it at the dealers so I cannot say what they are. It is a Kubota valve as I have seen the markings. What does set it apart from others is that the spool caps screw on and both are long ones, whereas most (in the Bx series anyway) one spool cap is long and the other is short. And most other valve makers use allen screws to hold on the spool caps. One of the spool caps fell out got lost and this allows the spool shaft to got out too far and pinch the oring seals as it retracts. I will retrieve my valve body next week if the dealer cannot get what I need.