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Read articles →This is a real owner's hands-on 400-hour service on his own Kubota MX5400 at 417 hours, walking through draining transmission and hydraulic fluid, changing oil, fuel, hydraulic and HST filters, refilling with Super UDT2, and checking sight-glass levels, with rough costs (~$550 in parts and fluid). It closes with a candid 417-hour durability update after heavy land-clearing use, noting only cosmetic dings. Best for current MX5400 owners doing their own service.
Posted by an individual MX5400 owner documenting his own tractor's maintenance and real-world wear, not a dealer or professional mechanic.
Remove the transmission fluid plug and two hub plugs on the back, draining close to ten gallons total using a five gallon bucket, refilling the second bucket as needed.
The oil filter, fuel filter, water separator, hydraulic fluid filter and HST filter are all replaced, along with draining and refilling transmission and hydraulic fluid.
The owner says all parts, filters and about twelve and a half gallons of Super UDT2 fluid cost around five hundred fifty dollars, as of March 2022.
At 417 hours it has never been back to the dealer and has zero mechanical issues, only cosmetic dents, scratches, broken hazard lights and a bent footstep.
