I want to first thank everyone for thier patients, understanding and help! It is very much appreciated!
After opening the drain plug on the very rear I barely got any fluid to drain at all, about a pint then just a very slow dribble.
Knowing it takes a lot of fluid as I have watched him just pour from a 5 gallon pail I was shocked and dumbfounded at the same time because the dip stick was still showing it was full.
So I searched the closet and office till I found the paperwork and manuals that came with it. Dummy me should have looked first in his old file cabinet. There it was under the J files along with every other piece of paper from every John Deere he ever owned. My lord I don’t think he ever threw anything away!
Anyway I found there is a second drain plug on the side of the transaxle and once I opened it everything drained fairly quickly. A little messy as I could only find a 5 gallon pail and an old hot baloghny jar so I used what I had and made my sister cover the hole with her finger when the jar was full then dumped it into the pail.
I know now why he has so many tools because that filter for the pick up didn’t. Want to budge after getting the cover off and I cut my finger trying. Searched the toolboxes and found a real nifty little thing that puts outward pressure when you squeeze it that fit right in there and it just pulled out with no problem.
The filter was covered in a thick gooey silverish sludge and something told me the filter change was due in Dec. 2021 not just done.
So I headed into town and purchased an other filter after using the parts washer on this one, figured I best replace the other one again. Holy S that filter costs more by itself then one can imagine! Is there a cheaper source?
Anyway back to the tractor replaced the filter again, installed the pick up screen as it’s been referred to after blowing it dry from the inside out with the low pressure air line he has. If I read the gauge correctly it was set at 20 psi so I hope that didn’t hurt anything. I was worried that the stuff from the parts washer would contaminate the hydraulic fluid.
After tightening everything back up and cursing like a sailor as I balanced myself on a chair trying to pour 4.75 gallons of hydraulic fluid into a poorly fitting funnel without spilling it all over the place. I let it sit for a while for the fluid to settle, then topped it off to replace what ended up on the floor.
Once it was full, I crossed my fingers, started it up and held my breath as I pulled on the joystick and Holy Cow it raised the loader, it all worked and once I realized I had put the hi low selector in neutral to pull it out of the barn and stuck it back into gear it started moving as it’s supposed to.
So again Thanks to everyone who helped!
Janet
After opening the drain plug on the very rear I barely got any fluid to drain at all, about a pint then just a very slow dribble.
Knowing it takes a lot of fluid as I have watched him just pour from a 5 gallon pail I was shocked and dumbfounded at the same time because the dip stick was still showing it was full.
So I searched the closet and office till I found the paperwork and manuals that came with it. Dummy me should have looked first in his old file cabinet. There it was under the J files along with every other piece of paper from every John Deere he ever owned. My lord I don’t think he ever threw anything away!
Anyway I found there is a second drain plug on the side of the transaxle and once I opened it everything drained fairly quickly. A little messy as I could only find a 5 gallon pail and an old hot baloghny jar so I used what I had and made my sister cover the hole with her finger when the jar was full then dumped it into the pail.
I know now why he has so many tools because that filter for the pick up didn’t. Want to budge after getting the cover off and I cut my finger trying. Searched the toolboxes and found a real nifty little thing that puts outward pressure when you squeeze it that fit right in there and it just pulled out with no problem.
The filter was covered in a thick gooey silverish sludge and something told me the filter change was due in Dec. 2021 not just done.
So I headed into town and purchased an other filter after using the parts washer on this one, figured I best replace the other one again. Holy S that filter costs more by itself then one can imagine! Is there a cheaper source?
Anyway back to the tractor replaced the filter again, installed the pick up screen as it’s been referred to after blowing it dry from the inside out with the low pressure air line he has. If I read the gauge correctly it was set at 20 psi so I hope that didn’t hurt anything. I was worried that the stuff from the parts washer would contaminate the hydraulic fluid.
After tightening everything back up and cursing like a sailor as I balanced myself on a chair trying to pour 4.75 gallons of hydraulic fluid into a poorly fitting funnel without spilling it all over the place. I let it sit for a while for the fluid to settle, then topped it off to replace what ended up on the floor.
Once it was full, I crossed my fingers, started it up and held my breath as I pulled on the joystick and Holy Cow it raised the loader, it all worked and once I realized I had put the hi low selector in neutral to pull it out of the barn and stuck it back into gear it started moving as it’s supposed to.
So again Thanks to everyone who helped!
Janet
