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The fuel filter is not bad at all to change and can easily be cross referenced and purchased locally. I purchased mine from my dealer and is not expensive anyway so you might as well do the same when you purchase the rest of your Kioti filters.
Make sure you locate the section in your manual specific to changing filters (12-12)and then locate a separate section (12-27)for bleeding air from fuelline. I have listed the sections according to my CK-20 manual but some manuals are different.
Basically,remove the glass bowl on rear of tractor with filter and discard old while replacing with new. I had a bit of trouble with mine wanting to leak very slightly because I was afraid to tighten the fuel bowl enough because it is glass. I stuck with it however and kept slightly tightening as I discovered the slight leakage until it stopped. The glass vial was washed with kerosene before reinstalling with new filter.
Bleeding the line is both simple and quick to accomplish. Read your owners manual and back off the appropriate pump bolt as indicated by manual and then tighten again as it starts to bleed fuel when someone turns engine over for you. This stops any further air from entering system while purging existing.
I would recommend this drill to everybody because if you ever run yourself out of fuel you will need to repeat this bleed process or pay somebody to do it for you. If you are going to own a diesel tractor it makes sense to know how to tend to such things.
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