Mahindra One,
The recommended time changes in the manual seem to be a little long on my transmission/hydraulic fluid. My 6520'a manual states 1000 hours for it.
The engine oil states change it at the first 50 hours and at every 250 hours thereafter.
hugs, Brandi
My manual says the same thing on tran/hyd fluid, but it also said to change the tran/hyd filter and clean the screen at 50. You can't pull the filter and screen without dumping fluid all over the place, so I went ahead and changed the fluid too. Once the 50 hour break change is done, 1000 hours isn't that long on tranny fluid. It doesn't get diluted by diesel fuel and contaminated by exhaust particles like motor oil does.
I have found the manual for my 3550 to be horrible. It has conflicting recommendations on hyd fluid in the text and in the chart, and the specific brands it gives as examples are not sold in the US. Photos of the all-black components are hard to see, and some don't match up with my tractor. Common sense has to prevail over the manual in some cases.
On my manual, the 50 hour maintenance is indicated by the # sign on the fold out sheet in the back. All the other maintenance is indicated by a solid black square. It does not say to change the transmission fluid at 50 hours, only at 1,000.
Mine calls for a strainer cleaning every fluid change, not at the filter change. It does not call for fluid to be changed until 1000 hours. It calls for the strainer to be cleaned at 50. The manual isn't very good.
Well mine says 50 for the filter and 100 for the first oil change which is downright stupid. Ever who is doing manuals for Mahindra has their heads right up their backsides, that much is clearly evident. The really sad part is, Mahindra obviously doesn't give a crap but they should know that ends up speaking loudly to potential new customers. Pretty soon they will learn the sad truth that no matter how much they piss away in marketing costs it won't matter or help improve new tractor sales and it will be game over. Eventually they'll be wishing they'd spent 10 times what they are now in after sales support and documentation to do the job right. Selling into a tide of unhappy and ticked off customers is an almost impossible feat now matter how much money you throw at it.
