My Idiot Moment

[MacTractor]

Regarding the wasted fluid: this may not seem practical to everyone, but I keep a short hose with a male coupler on one end. If I need to drain hyd oil from a tractor(or lower the level), I simply plug the hose into a coupler, put the open end of the hose into a clean container and operate the associated valve. I can pretty much empty the entire tractor this way, and have the oil safely contained for re use when the project is completed.

I actually have a Jabsco 5 Gallon Pail with an Oil Transfer pump on it. It has a tube small enough to go down the filler hole but there is some form of obstruction to get it deep enough to empty the case.

I used this pump for Oil changes on the Jeep GC CRD I had as it was easier to pump out through the dipstick than it was to remove the skid plates and panels on the bottom to expose the drain plug. No love though with the Hydo filler hole.