changing boomer filters

[deepsnow]

On an unusually warm January day I decided better today than a cold day to do my 50 hour filter/fluid changes. Only one problem was the excessively tightly screwed on break-in oil filter. One surprise. The amount of hydro fluid that came flowing down my arm upon loosening the filter ( the long one located underneath the backend of the tractor). I ended up having to replace more than +1liters of hydrofluid. The system was depressurized. After the inital release of fluid it basically stopped. Is that "normal"? The location of this filter on a TC25D seems relatively exposed. I will be more careful when backing this unit up in any brushy/tall grass area and uneven terrain.

 

[Spencer]

I just did my 62 hour service today. I was at my dealers yesterday picking up all the filters and fluids that I would need. I asked the guy who sold me the tractor how much hydraulic fluid I would need to do the 50 hr service. He said a quart should do it but I better grab two just to be sure. Another employee standing nearby said that he almost used a gallon the day before when he did a 50 hour service on site for somebody. I bought a gallon of the stuff and I ended up needed about 3/5ths of it. So how much did you pay for all your filters? I still need to do my fuel filter, I don't quite understand the directions yet so I will wait a while longer.

Spence

 

[ForceTen]

I used 9 gallons, but I went ahead and changed my hydraulic fluid (even though the interval was at 250 hours). My fluid looked a bit dirty to me, so I went ahead and changed it. Call me kooky, but I grew up learning that it is really hard to *over* maintain a piece of mechanical equipment.

As far as fluid loss when changing the filter itself, I'd say about 1 to 1 1/2 quarts when I took the filter off. Mine were not especially hard, but I had the correct sized filter wrenches for all the filters. Most of them were "2 1/2 hand" tight, meaning, a small flexible belt wrench was quite adequate to the task. Where I had problems was the clearance between the linkage, frame, and wheel trying to get the filter out. I have a 35D, but, at least fromt he illustrations, the filter arrangement is the same.

As far as the filter being exposed, the class III boomers have it up fairly high, and insde of a rear wheel, just above the frame, so clearance is no problem.

Hope you had fun servicing the tractor - we had a nice day and got it done in about two hours, including the hyd fluid change.

Regards,

Steve