talltale
Member
FYI for anyone approaching their 300 hour maintenance. The manual says to drain the hydraulic fluid, change the filters, and refill the gearbox with the oil you just drained. Well, I didn't want to re-use the old oil, and I didn't want to replace all the oil (around 15 gal.) so here's what I did...raised the right side of the tractor 6", placed a large drain pan under the filters and removed them one at a time, after the fluid quit draining (5 gal. worth) installed the new filters, and lastly, replenished the system with new hydraulic fluid.
Hope this helps a fellow 5040 owner,
Terry
Hope this helps a fellow 5040 owner,
Terry