Show us your filter magnets please.

[RickB]

Yea whatever...

Hey, you asked. I don't know of any other tractor manufacturer that puts magnets in hydraulic filters.

 

[YanmarFever]

Thanks Rick, I see the where they placed them now.
I have a strong earth magnet next to the drain plug on our tractors
Thank You Kindly

 

[CausticUrbanCoast]

Thanks Rick, I see the where they placed them now.
I have a strong earth magnet next to the drain plug on our tractors
Thank You Kindly

Usually one in the strainer as well.

 

[loggin]

Thanks for your responses!! I can see that perhaps my filter is not as bad as I thought. If I buy new equipment again I will change the filter after 50 hours regardless of what the manual says.

 

[Smokeydog]

My 1986 M5030DT Kubota had a permanent magnet stem in the hydraulic filter. Clean when changing filter. Helped monitor if having a problem. Also had a differential hydraulic filter warning light on dash. Wished my newer tractors had these features.

Is anyone sticking a magnet to the filter housing? I have done than on a few filters and gearboxes. Noticed that practice on industrial equipment needing to run 24/7 for decades.

 

[loggin]

My 1986 M5030DT Kubota had a permanent magnet stem in the hydraulic filter. Clean when changing filter. Helped monitor if having a problem. Also had a differential hydraulic filter warning light on dash. Wished my newer tractors had these features.

Is anyone sticking a magnet to the filter housing? I have done than on a few filters and gearboxes. Noticed that practice on industrial equipment needing to run 24/7 for decades.

Sounds like a good idea as long as the magnet is in a place it can be cleaned or replaced and does not fall off. Otherwise it's a situation of capture and release.

 

[Buggs67]

Sounds like a good idea as long as the magnet is in a place it can be cleaned or replaced and does not fall off. Otherwise it's a situation of capture and release.

I put a magnet on the outside and then make it stick with electrical tape.
IDK if it makes a difference but it only costs a foot or so of tape.

 

[oosik]

I changed everything at 50 hours on my M6040. No pictures. The oil filter - nothing. The two hydraulic filters - a few tiny, shiny chunks on each donut magnet.

 

[RickB]

I guess I don't get all the fuss about filter magnets. The filter media will catch far more than any magnet in any location ever will.