Clean or Replace JD 430 Air Filter?

[Suburban Plowboy]

A while back, my John Deere 430 slowed down, and it turned out the air filter was dirty. I blew it out with compressed air, and the revs went back up.

Seems like it may be slowing down again, and it hasn't been long since I cleaned it.

Is it possible to keep cleaning these things, or is it best to replace them?

Of course, the filter is about $60, while a filter for my 360-HP Cummins is about half that.

 

[sixdogs]

You do damage them to a degree when cleaned because most people clean wrong and use too much pressure. I may clean once or twice, depending, but if the tractor is slowing down I would replace both filters. I'll gather that you know these things .

It's unusual that a tractor would slow down like that. Is the filter damaged or something else going on?

The filter is possible the same as a Kubota model. I cross referenced mine and now use a Kubota filter that is the same as my JD790 and less expensive.

 

[Suburban Plowboy]

It had a lot of dirt in it, so I don't think anything is wrong with the tractor, other than it being a thousand years old. I wonder if I can find a JD cross reference. I don't care that much about $60, but I hate giving JD a penny.

 

[arto98607]

I vacuum clean air filters from the outside when possible, but looks like my JD 430 has aftermarket air filter and it's built so it may not be possible to do so.

 

[Suburban Plowboy]

Ebay has a Wix 46296 which will supposedly fit. About $42.

I found this list:

JOHN-DEERE AM100258:

BALDWIN PA2807
CARQUEST 88296
DONALDSON D055004
HASTINGS AF2139
HIFI-FILTER SAD055004
LUBER-FINER LAF8301

 

[Suburban Plowboy]

I may have vacuumed my filter, now that I think about it. I don't remember whether I used the compressor or vacuum.

 

[arto98607]

Ebay has a Wix 46296 which will supposedly fit. About $42.

I found this list:

JOHN-DEERE AM100258:

BALDWIN PA2807
CARQUEST 88296
DONALDSON D055004
HASTINGS AF2139
HIFI-FILTER SAD055004
LUBER-FINER LAF8301

Thank you for the info, I will check those out!

That looks exactly like the one in my JD430 and so far I have not figured out any way to open up the plastic case to check it out...

 

[5030]

If you use compressed air, blow from the inside out and no more than 35 psi ever. I do my Kubota's every service and change the secondary inner filter every other year (if you have one in yours).

 

[sixdogs]

It had a lot of dirt in it, so I don't think anything is wrong with the tractor, other than it being a thousand years old. I wonder if I can find a JD cross reference. I don't care that much about $60, but I hate giving JD a penny.

That was my motivation as well. I got the numbers off the filters and typed in computer. It helped in that they were made by Donaldson. I'll bet those numbers fit a hundred tractors across many brands. One was for a Kubota I already had filters for in the basement.

I looked and the filters were different colors but the same name and numbers. Imagine that.

Then I crossed the Donaldson number and got the part number so I could stock up on a few filters. I did a thread on this on TBN and should be easy to find. Tractors were an L4300 and a JD790

 

[sixdogs]

Ebay has a Wix 46296 which will supposedly fit. About $42.

I found this list:

JOHN-DEERE AM100258:

BALDWIN PA2807
CARQUEST 88296
DONALDSON D055004
HASTINGS AF2139
HIFI-FILTER SAD055004
LUBER-FINER LAF8301

Now cross these with Kubota and see what you get. If you find just one Kubota model you can cross whatever numbers and models fit that (at a dealer site) and that will dramatically expand fitment.