help me find my filler for hydrualic fluid for the bucket and back hoe please.

mf40fella · May 19, 2015

HI All, I recently purchased a Massey Ferguson industrial with back hoe. I think it's an MF40. took me an hour to drive it home on the country lanes and have to say I was nervous. But she performed flawlessly. Anyway I became a bit over zealous when I got back and managed to burst one of the hoses, which I am getting replaced. So when I get the new one back I have no idea where to refill the resevoir. Here are a couple of photos to help with the identification.

Many thanks for any info and if someone has an electronic copy of any workshop or owners manual I would be even more grateful.

Many thanks
Chris

Billrog · May 19, 2015

Looks like a site glass on the loader arm if that's the case the fill hole should be on 1 side or the other near the top the canister at the bottom may hold a H filter.

mf40fella · May 20, 2015

Billrog said:
Looks like a site glass on the loader arm if that's the case the fill hole should be on 1 side or the other near the top the canister at the bottom may hold a H filter.

Thanks there is a cap in the middle of the arm (circled in the attached photo) could it be that?

BukitCase · May 20, 2015

Hard to tell from that angle, but if that cap goes into the loader tower it probably is what you're looking for - My 580B has a cap on TOP of the loader tower, and a "full" pipe plug about where the top of your sight glass is located. The entire frame and loader towers is the hydraulic reservoir... Steve

Coyote machine · May 20, 2015

Grease that thing!:thumbsup:

mf40fella · May 20, 2015

BukitCase said:
Hard to tell from that angle, but if that cap goes into the loader tower it probably is what you're looking for - My 580B has a cap on TOP of the loader tower, and a "full" pipe plug about where the top of your sight glass is located. The entire frame and loader towers is the hydraulic reservoir... Steve

Yes I'll take a better photo.

Thanks.