rjkobbeman
Platinum Member
Saturday I did the 50 hour service on my M8540HD12-1. Piece of cake. Anyone that does their own oil changes on the family car should be at home changing the fluids on their Kubota.
I pulled the two hydraulic filters and let them drain into a BIG plastic bin my wife had laying around. I then pulled the drain plug and went inside for a sandwich.
When I came back, everything was completely drained with no drips. I put the drain plug back in and screwed the new filters on. The new filters came with new magnetic rings.
I then pulled the engine oil drain plugs and engine oil filter and let the engine oil drain a while.
As the engine oil drained, I started pumping SUDT into the filler hole. Pumped 15 gallons.
Put the drain plugs back in the engine and screwed a new oil filter on. Put in almost 3 gallons of Kubota 10W30.
Started it up and let it run for a few minutes. (Actually, I turned it off and started back up several times... checking fluid levels.)
While I was at it, I hit all the zerks too.
Couldn't have gone any easier. I didn't change the front axle lube yet. Will do that in a day or two.
For the SUDT, I bought the 5 gallon buckets of the stuff. It save me a couple of dollars. I used a "5 gallon bucket hand hydraulic pump" (not EXACT verbiage) from Northern Tool. Cost about $35, but was VERY handy.
Poured the old fluid back into the empty containers. I think the clean up took longer that the actual LOF.
I pulled the two hydraulic filters and let them drain into a BIG plastic bin my wife had laying around. I then pulled the drain plug and went inside for a sandwich.
When I came back, everything was completely drained with no drips. I put the drain plug back in and screwed the new filters on. The new filters came with new magnetic rings.
I then pulled the engine oil drain plugs and engine oil filter and let the engine oil drain a while.
As the engine oil drained, I started pumping SUDT into the filler hole. Pumped 15 gallons.
Put the drain plugs back in the engine and screwed a new oil filter on. Put in almost 3 gallons of Kubota 10W30.
Started it up and let it run for a few minutes. (Actually, I turned it off and started back up several times... checking fluid levels.)
While I was at it, I hit all the zerks too.
Couldn't have gone any easier. I didn't change the front axle lube yet. Will do that in a day or two.
For the SUDT, I bought the 5 gallon buckets of the stuff. It save me a couple of dollars. I used a "5 gallon bucket hand hydraulic pump" (not EXACT verbiage) from Northern Tool. Cost about $35, but was VERY handy.
Poured the old fluid back into the empty containers. I think the clean up took longer that the actual LOF.