Black Cloud
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I have 10 hours in on my new to me Kubota. I flashed it up yesterday and about 3 minutes into warmup the oil started pumping out. I immediately shut it off. I removed the oil filter bracket (I would guess you call it that) and then checked the pressure release valve and it was good ( I had help from a buddy who is a certified heavy duty mechanic). There is a hole just adjacent to the filter assembly that is a direct connection to the oil gallery and there was an aluminum plug laying on the ground. This where the oil came out. Checked parts list out and there is a listing for these plugs. There are 5 different dimensions listed? What is the purpose of this plug? Why is there an aluminum plug in a cast iron block? Most importantly how do I fix it? Snow is around the corner and I am behind ( I suppose this is not a unique circumstance). Anybody else run into this?. The unit has 800 hours on it and it probably sat a lot as it is a 1982. It runs very smoothly and so far no complaints. The Yanmey backhoe so far with the exception of a few hydraulic leaks has been OK. The nuts etc are soft as butter so no crescent wrenches allowed. I have manuals on the way and maybe they will help me. .