Kubota L3200 / L3800 service schedule

1. Stop the engine, take the key out, set the parking brake.
2. Wipe each fitting and pump grease in until clean grease shows.
3. Points in the handbook: front axle support (2), clutch pedal (1), brake pedal (1), pedal shaft (1), lift rod (1), tie rod ends (4). Smear grease on the two battery terminals.
4. Wipe off the excess.

Tools: Grease gun, Rag

1. Set all levers neutral, park brake on, stop the engine.
2. Sit on the seat, put the range lever in L, H or R, press the clutch right down, disengage the PTO and turn the key to start: the engine must not crank.
3. Then engage the PTO lever, press the clutch, put the range lever in neutral and try to start: the engine must not crank.
4. If it cranks in either test, do not use the tractor. Take it to a Kubota dealer.

Tools: None

1. Check every wheel bolt and nut with a torque wrench.
2. Handbook figures are 137 N-m and 215 N-m (the page does not say which wheel each is for, check your handbook).
3. Retighten any that are loose.

Tools: Torque wrench

1. Remove the cover and primary element.
2. Dry dust: blow air from the inside, turning the element. Oil or soot: soak in detergent for 15 minutes, wash several times, rinse and dry naturally.
3. Check the inside against a light for damage.
4. Do not touch the secondary (safety) element unless it is being replaced.
5. Open the evacuator valve to clear dust. Refit the cover with the arrow upright.

Tools: Low-pressure air line (under 205 kPa), Rag

1. Do this in a clean place, with the tank less than half full.
2. Unscrew the filter bowl and rinse it with kerosene. Rinse the element.
3. Refit, keeping dirt out, then bleed the fuel system.

Tools: Kerosene, Clean tray

1. Stop the engine and take the key out.
2. Press the belt with your thumb (68.6 N) mid-span: deflection should be 7 to 9 mm.
3. If wrong, loosen the alternator bolts, lever the alternator out and retighten. Replace a damaged belt.

Tools: Spanner

1. Engine off, key out, wheels chocked, parking brake released.
2. Clutch free travel should be 20 to 30 mm: adjust the clutch rod at the lock nut. On the L3800 dual clutch, first set the pedal play, then adjust the clutch bolts through the flywheel housing cover (0.9 to 1.0 mm clearance, 3 bolts).
3. Brake free travel should be 15 to 20 mm: adjust the brake rod at the lock nut. Both brake pedals must be equal.
4. Retighten the lock nuts.

Tools: Spanners, Rule

1. Read the indicator: green is good, black needs charging, white needs a new battery.
2. Check the terminals are tight and greased.

Tools: Voltmeter or hydrometer

1. Check every fuel hose and clamp is tight and undamaged.
2. Repair or replace anything worn. Bleed the system if a line was removed.

Tools: None

1. Measure between the tyre beads at hub height, front and rear: the front distance should be 2 to 8 mm shorter. Adjust the tie rods if not.
2. Check radiator hoses, intake air line and power steering line for swelling, cracks and loose clamps. Replace any that are hardened or cracked.

Tools: Tape measure, Spanners

1. Run the engine to warm it, stop it and let it cool a little.
2. Remove the drain plug and drain all the oil.
3. Refit the plug. Unscrew the old filter, oil the seal of the new one, screw on until it touches, then another half turn by hand.
4. Fill to the upper notch on the dipstick, run for a minute, stop and recheck the level and for leaks.

Tools: Drain tray (10 L), Filter wrench, Rag

1. Park level, engine off. Remove the drain plugs under the transmission case and drain all the oil.
2. Refit the plugs. Remove the hydraulic filter and wipe metal filings off the magnetic filter.
3. Oil the new filter seal, screw it on until it touches, then another half turn.
4. Fill to the upper line of the gauge, run the engine for a few minutes, stop and top up.
5. Run at medium speed a few minutes before working the tractor hard.

Tools: Drain tray (30 L), Filter wrench, Clean rag

1. Remove the right and left drain plugs and the filling plug and drain all the oil.
2. Refit the drain plugs and pour in the new oil slowly.
3. Run the tractor a few minutes, then remove the level check plug: oil should run out. Top up if not.
4. Refit and tighten the plugs.

Tools: Drain tray, Spanners

1. Do this in a clean place with the tank under half full.
2. Unscrew the bowl, fit the new element and O-ring, refit the bowl.
3. Bleed the fuel system.

Tools: Clean tray

1. Loosen the lock nut, screw the adjusting screw in until seated, then another 1/6 turn.
2. Retighten the lock nut.

Tools: Spanner

1. Book it with a Kubota dealer. The clearance figure is not in the operator's manual.

Tools: Dealer

1. Remove the cover, primary and secondary elements.
2. Fit new ones. Never oil a dry element.
3. Refit the cover with the arrow upright.

Tools: Rag

1. Engine cold. Open the drain plug and remove the radiator cap to drain it all.
2. Refit the plug, flush with water and cooling system cleaner as the cleaner says.
3. Fill with the 50/50 mix to just below the cap, then the recovery tank to FULL.
4. Run a few minutes, let it cool and recheck the recovery tank.

Tools: Drain tray, Funnel