Takeuchi skid steers typically run Kubota engines. But unless you are a dealer, purchasing the OEM Kubota tool is impossible. That means that for almost any sort of repair Kubota owners have to call out a dealership repair technician. This is essentially barring independent repair shops, or equipment owners, from doing their own repairs – unless they have a Diesel Laptops Diagnostic Kit. This video gives a brief overview of the kits’ functionality:

Using the Diesel Laptop we are able to connect to the Kubota engine on this Takeuchi machine to do a variety of bi-directional, dealer level commands including:

• Look at & clear fault codes and ECU data
• Display Parameters & live data
• Cylinder Cutout Test
• Force regens
• Reset Soot Loads
• And tons more

Kubota Repairs Using Diesel Laptops Kit

Using a Diesel Laptops kit gives you the power and freedom to do a wide range of tests and repairs on a variety of equipment makes and models, including Kubota. Once you have become familiar with the tool its easy to knock out most diagnostics with just a few steps. Below are step-by-step examples of just a few of the tools’ capabilities:

Cylinder Cutout Test on Takeuchi Skid Steer

• Hook up to this machine using JDC 213M3 and JDC 523A Cable.
• In the Diagnostics Menu select ‘SYSTEM CHECKS’ then ‘CYLINDER CUTOUT’
• Choose which cylinder you want to cut out.
• You can see the rpms change when you cut it ‘off’ and ‘on’. In the right column there is also the option to see this information as a graph

Forced Regen on Takeuchi Skid Steer

• Hook up to this machine using JDC 213M3 and JDC 523A Cable.
• In the Diagnostics Menu select ‘MAINTENANCE’ à ‘DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTER’ à ‘PARTICULATE FILTER REGENERATION’
• Once the regen starts the RPMs will begin to rise

If you’d like help diagnosing an issue with your Diesel Laptop contact our support. To browse diagnostic options, click here.