Just purchased a new CK4010 and I now have 10 hrs on it and both the transmission and front axle dipsticks are showing no oil on them or just barely on the bottom.....
Background.... I'm pretty **** about fluids and fluid levels, so after it was delivered I checked trans, front axle and oil levels. All right where they needed to be.
Tooled around the house do a few odds and ends over the next couple of days and put maybe an hr or a little more on it. Used the grapple to take down and old tree on the yard and then hauled it to a burn pile, etc.
So then with about 2 hrs on the tractor I disconnect the backhoe, and hook up the bush hog. Haul the tractor to some other property I have and began mowing and using the grapple quite a bit as it is mostly wooded.
All goes well and I load it up and bring it back home. So... getting ready to put a hose saver spring kit on it this am and a couple other things and being a little OCD and **** about the fluids i check them again. Neither the trans or front axle show on the stick. So I grab a tie wrap and place it in both holes and check it against the dipsticks and both were just below the dipsticks.
Is this NORMAL? Like possibly break-in? The engine oil was fine.... so now do I just add hydraulic fluid to both, or do I drain the front axle and go ahead and put in a sae 80-90 weight?
Oh, and yes I went all over the tractor, top and bottom, and seen no sign of leaked oil.
Thx!
Background.... I'm pretty **** about fluids and fluid levels, so after it was delivered I checked trans, front axle and oil levels. All right where they needed to be.
Tooled around the house do a few odds and ends over the next couple of days and put maybe an hr or a little more on it. Used the grapple to take down and old tree on the yard and then hauled it to a burn pile, etc.
So then with about 2 hrs on the tractor I disconnect the backhoe, and hook up the bush hog. Haul the tractor to some other property I have and began mowing and using the grapple quite a bit as it is mostly wooded.
All goes well and I load it up and bring it back home. So... getting ready to put a hose saver spring kit on it this am and a couple other things and being a little OCD and **** about the fluids i check them again. Neither the trans or front axle show on the stick. So I grab a tie wrap and place it in both holes and check it against the dipsticks and both were just below the dipsticks.
Is this NORMAL? Like possibly break-in? The engine oil was fine.... so now do I just add hydraulic fluid to both, or do I drain the front axle and go ahead and put in a sae 80-90 weight?
Oh, and yes I went all over the tractor, top and bottom, and seen no sign of leaked oil.
Thx!