mack101
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- May 29, 2010
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I am just about finished the 300 (ahem, 338 ) hour service on my 1533. Everything went pretty smoothly, no big surprises and was quite a bit of fun. Except draining the trans oil, I really need to find a 35L oil pan!!!
Fluids wise it seemed to take a lot more hydraulic/transmission fluid than the stated capacity of 31.9 L.
I found one discrepancy with the manual though. I don't have a oil level plug on top of the 4WD hubs as shown in the manual. I was pouring from a 5 gallon pail and could only give a best guess as to how much I put in there. Once the oil slowed down quite a bit, and the last air bubbles popped up, I quit there.
Is there a secret to finding the oil level here? My 1533 is a 2008 model.
For those interested, the maintenance items cost me ~$425. This includes three 5 gallon pails of MF Permatrans (I have about 2.5 gallons left over), the oil filter, fuel filter, trans filter, and the outer air filter, and two jugs of 10W30 diesel oil. The filters are not cheap, and neither is the trans oil. I can't really see how you could save alot of money using alternates...
Thanks for any insight.
John
Fluids wise it seemed to take a lot more hydraulic/transmission fluid than the stated capacity of 31.9 L.
I found one discrepancy with the manual though. I don't have a oil level plug on top of the 4WD hubs as shown in the manual. I was pouring from a 5 gallon pail and could only give a best guess as to how much I put in there. Once the oil slowed down quite a bit, and the last air bubbles popped up, I quit there.
Is there a secret to finding the oil level here? My 1533 is a 2008 model.
For those interested, the maintenance items cost me ~$425. This includes three 5 gallon pails of MF Permatrans (I have about 2.5 gallons left over), the oil filter, fuel filter, trans filter, and the outer air filter, and two jugs of 10W30 diesel oil. The filters are not cheap, and neither is the trans oil. I can't really see how you could save alot of money using alternates...
Thanks for any insight.
John