Kubota BX25D service schedule

1. Wipe the speed control pedal fitting and pump until grease overflows.
2. Smear a small amount of grease on the battery terminals.

Tools: Grease gun

1. Follow the tests on the handbook's Checking Engine Start System and OPC pages.
2. If the engine cranks when it should not, or the OPC does not stop things, take it to a Kubota dealer.

Tools: None

1. Check all wheel bolts to the torque in your handbook and retighten any loose ones.

Tools: Torque wrench

1. Remove the cover and element, blow clean from the inside, never oil it, refit.

Tools: Low-pressure air line

1. Check the filter for water and dirt and all hoses and clamps for damage.

Tools: None

1. Fan belt: press mid-span, deflection should be 7 to 9 mm; adjust at the alternator.
2. Brake pedal: release the parking brake; loosen the lock nut and set the turnbuckle so free travel is 10 mm, add one turn, retighten, and check free travel is 25 to 35 mm.
3. HST neutral spring: if the tractor creeps with your foot off the pedal, see a Kubota dealer.

Tools: Spanners, Rule

1. Read the indicator or check with a voltmeter; recharge or replace as needed.

Tools: Voltmeter

1. Warm the engine, stop it, remove the drain plug and drain the oil.
2. Refit the plug, change the engine filter (oil the seal, half a turn after it touches).
3. Replace the transmission oil filter as shown in the handbook.
4. Fill to the dipstick mark, run, stop and recheck for leaks.

Tools: Drain tray, Filter wrench, Rag

1. Check hoses and clamps for swelling or leaks.
2. Measure toe-in front and rear at hub height; the front distance must be shorter than the rear. Adjust the tie rods if needed (figure: check your handbook).

Tools: Tape measure

1. Park level, engine off. Drain the transmission case.
2. Take the strainer apart and rinse off all filings with non-flammable solvent; refit carefully.
3. Refill with SUPER UDT to the gauge, run at medium speed a few minutes, recheck.

Tools: Drain tray, Non-flammable solvent

1. Drain the front axle case and refill with 4.7 L.
2. Pivot: remove the split pin, tighten the adjusting nut to 20 N-m, align a slot with the pin hole, fit a new split pin.

Tools: Drain tray, Torque wrench

1. Replace the element and bleed the fuel system.

Tools: Clean tray

1. Book with a Kubota dealer.

Tools: Dealer

1. Fit a new element and refit the cover.

Tools: Rag

1. Drain, flush, refill with the 50/50 mix and top up the recovery tank.

Tools: Drain tray