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Stick welding 09-22-2012 21:44:08 96.53.210.246 Report to Moderator	A few days ago I posted about my skid steer not starting and asked if anyone else had problems with a Kubota. My friends diagnosis was correct. Put in a new ignition switch and everything works as is should and it turns over on the first try. A $40 repair isn't too bad considering it was an electrical problem. [Reply]   [No Email]
JDseller 09-23-2012 22:51:33 208.126.196.144 Report to Moderator	Re: Kubota ignition switch update in reply to Stick welding, 09-22-2012 21:44:08   Stick welding: what size of Thomas do you have?? There where several sold here in North-east Iowa about 15 years ago. Thomas set up several dealers around here. They usually got a 133 and a 172. None of them sell them anymore. The exchange rate killed selling many of them around here. A good friend has a 172. It has the Kubota 60 horse power motor in it. It is a pretty good skid steer. The only down side to his is he bought it right about the time the new mounting became a standard. So his has a Thomas mounting system.   [Reply]  [No Email]
Ken Macfarlane 09-23-2012 05:51:45 184.151.114.223 Report to Moderator	Re: Kubota ignition switch update in reply to Stick welding, 09-22-2012 21:44:08   Like we told you last time, its not a Kubota ignition switch unless you own one of the brand new Kubota skidsteers they just started selling. Glad to here the fix worked. Had to replace the neighbour case/ih switch this summer, it would leave the fuel solenoid closed while cranking, so you had to catch it just right when letting off cranking.   [Reply]  [No Email]
Stick welding 09-23-2012 08:07:45 96.53.210.246 Report to Moderator	Re: Kubota ignition switch update in reply to Ken Macfarlane, 09-23-2012 05:51:45   Funny, they looked it up in the Thomas parts book and handed me a Kubota box with the identical switch to the old one. I'm sure Kubota's can be purchased bare or with a variety of different electrical configurations to suit the customer. Why do you insist it's not a Kubota switch? Thomas doesn't make their own ignition switches.   [Reply]  [No Email]
farmer boy 09-23-2012 13:42:23 66.209.54.70 Report to Moderator	Re: Kubota ignition switch update in reply to Stick welding, 09-23-2012 08:07:45   I'm guessing he says it's not a Kubota switch because Kubota doesn't likely make it. Chances are Denso or another simliar company makes it.   [Reply]  [No Email]
Stick welding 09-23-2012 19:58:38 96.53.210.246 Report to Moderator	Re: Kubota ignition switch update in reply to farmer boy, 09-23-2012 13:42:23   kubota wouldn't make the switch in their new skid steers either. I was just saying that the switch is sourced from Kubota the same as the engine.   [Reply]  [No Email]
Dick2 09-23-2012 01:35:44 174.19.205.113 Report to Moderator	Re: Kubota ignition switch update in reply to Stick welding, 09-22-2012 21:44:08   I had a problem with the switch on my Thunderbird sticking on many years ago. I took it to the dealer and told them to replace the ignition switch. The service manager called me and said that there was nothing wrong with the switch. I told him to change it anyway and never had any further problem with it.   [Reply]  [No Email]