<font color="blue"> Then I started with checking the fluid levels as posted above. By the way, my dealer told me I did NOT have to change fluids until the first 100 hrs on it. How do you feel about that? </font>
Hey Rob,
Personally, I think that 100 hours is too long, on the original fluids.
On mine, I also found some reservoirs, either too full or too low. I attempted to drain some of the over full engine oil out, but let out too much. So I didn't know exactly what oil, was in there, and I just drained it out and put my oil in. On the Hydraulics, they were allready too low, so, once again, not knowing which oil they had in there, I just drained it out and put my oil in. The transmission oil, was at the correct level, so I waited for about 40 hours to change the transmission oil out in mine.
On the beginning Oils, I was told to change out the engine oil at around the first 10 to 20 hours and then pickup, with the maintenance schedule as per the Engine Operating manual's instructions. There have been several posts on pulling the Hydralic pumps intake strainer to clean and check for small metal particles, that might restrict the oil's passage, especially, when using a front end loader.
Personally, I do whatever, my intuition, tells me to do, to stay prudently safe, and to try and get as much durability out of my tractor as humanly possible.
Probably as long as the tractor has adequate and clean lubrication, that is really the most important thing, but sometimes, I do a little bit extra, just to try and Hedge my bet.
Just be careful, when greasing not to put too much grease and blow a seal. When I'm not sure about how much grease, or if it is allready full, then I use my "Feel Technique", to either stop or to put more. Using my manual grease gun, when I start to feel a little bit of back pressure, then I stop pumping. On some of the greaseing points however, there is no back pressure felt at all. 2 of those points on my tractor, are at the Rear Wheel Axles. So when i grease those 2 fittings, I just put about 10 pumps in each and forget it.
The weather has finally started to cool off a bit where I am, and I am starting to do a complete service on the fluids and to retorque my headbolts, check valves, etc, etc., it will be a lot of fun, and I will be in my own element, while listening to the football games and music on the radio, in the garage. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Get your tractors running &
Have a nice day,
Joe /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif