Oil & Fuel 50hr service on 2017 ck2610

[kkimura]

Read as much as I could from this site on other's doing their 50hr service. I still had questions on details that I had to solve as a lot of comments were specific to different machines. I followed the maintenance guide in the manual and changed the engine oil and filter and just the hydraulic and hst filters without replacing hydraulic fluid.

First the engine. There are two metric plugs on the oil pan non magnetic. The filter spun off easily with a band wrench. I took it apart to examine the filter media. The oil case is pretty thick, so I carefully scored around the top edge with a hack saw as I turned the filter and cleaned the cut. Didn't want filings inside if it could be avoided. After cutting away the media, I pulled it out to inspect for contaminants. Very clean with nothing evident in way of metal or other debris. In fact, the engine oil was clear. One picture shows the oil filter cut away. The media is a thick fibrous structure.

Second the hydraulic system. The hydraulic filter under your right side was about as easy to take off as the engine oil filter. A band wrench with painters masking tape on inside to increase friction. Before spinning off the filter, I rigged my shop vac, a Fein Turbo II with variable suction set low, to the filler port. Even set low, the oil was sucked up to tip of nozzle. I turned the machine on just when the oil started to leak from the hydraulic filter. Lost a couple of tablespoons of oil plus a cup in the filter. After replacing the new filter, I turned off the vac. The HST filter on drivers left side was a lot harder to break free. I resorted to the plier wrench plus band wrench. Again, when spinning off this filter, I turned on the vac when it just started to leak. A cup of oil dropped immediately and a bit more than a cup remained in the filter. So I lost a little over a quart of hydraulic oil. I took a picture of the oil in the filters after dumping in a clear cottage cheese container. The container on the left is that oil and the oil on the right is the unused travelers from TSC. The trouble light shows off clarity. After 50 hrs., the hydraulic oil is pretty clear but there is a clear suspension of uniformly fine carbon? Anyway, I'm not too concerned at this point. A third (middle) picture shows the all the filters, wrenches used, oil from filters and new travelers (amber color).

 

[Valkyrie Rider]

Nice pics and writeup! What engine oil did you put in?

It will be time for me to do the 50 hour service on my 2610 pretty soon. I知 at 40 hours now. For the $80 for two 5 gallon pails of traveler premium at TSC I知 just going to change the hydro fluid along with filters on mine. I know it痴 not required, but I figure what the heck for $80 on an investment as costly as this tractor.

 

[kkimura]

Nice pics and writeup! What engine oil did you put in?

I used Rotella T6 5-40W 1.5 gal. total. Part of the hood support made it hard to use the side filler so I opened the hood and filled from the top. Draining off a little fuel from the filter was hard. The plastic valve/drain was on with a lot more pressure than hand tight. Noticed a little particulate in the fuel but no water. I'll replace the fuel filter at 100hrs.

 

[prof fate]

I got all the filters and oil and a container of hyd fluid at the dealer when I bought my tractor. Figure i'd need to top off the hyd fluid and got rear remotes so may need to fill the system when I get a top link.

at 28 hours now..less than 2 weeks in, so won't be long.

 

[kkimura]

I've finally disassembled both hydraulic and hst filters. Please correct me if I'm wrong but in studying an oil flow diagram for the CK20, the oil seems to flow out of the reserve through the hydraulic filter before going to the hst filter. Here is a picture of the cut away filters. The hst filter on the left and the hydraulic filter on the right. There were bits of machined metal stuck to the hydraulic filter. Not a lot, but the filters trapped contaminants on close inspection.

 

[Grateful11]

Great write up! What did you use to cut the filters open with? I was thinking about using a Dremel with thin reinforced cut-off wheel.

 

[iflywhatevr]

Great write up! What did you use to cut the filters open with? I was thinking about using a Dremel with thin reinforced cut-off wheel.

AVIATION OIL FILTER CUTTER from Aircraft Spruce

That’s what I use to cut all my filters. Works great on aircraft engine oil filters and tractor filters alike (which are generally a little more heavy duty metal than car filters). I wouldn’t use a Dremel as you will cause contamination and not know for sure whether metal particles are coming from the engine or cutting the filter open.