M25 5421 thermostat confusion

[jen1722terry]

Hey Friends,

As we're trying to complete our little collection of spare parts, the last thing we needed was a spare thermostat. The search led to a bit of confusion about part numbers.

As we have a Kubota dealer 3 minutes from our home up here in New Hampshire, we took him the old Universal part number. He traced that number through several number changes and came up with:

15531-7304

However, a search on the Catalina group got us the following number:

19203-73010

The Kubota part guy could not link the two part numbers in his records, but he believes they are the same part. Both part numbers take the same gasket, and both are 160-degree thermostats. They look identical in the photos on his system.

Does anyone know for sure if these two part numbers are for the same thermostat? Or, in the alternative, if both thermostats would be correct for our M25-5421?

Many thanks in advance

Jenn and Terry