Yanmar 1600 oil and hydraulic fluid

[TaterBug]

Newbie writing for the first time and would like some advice from my fellow knowledgeable tractor owners. I recently bought a YM1600 (good tractor I hope) and have used it about 15 hours so far. No problems yet and this is a relief since it is a grey market tractor. Anyway my question deals with where to put the oil and hydraulic fluids as well as the transmission fluid. There are two caps on top of the engine that both say oil. There is one on the side near the front of the engine that says oil. And last but not least there is one near my gear shift that also says oil. If anyone has experience with this please help a new tractor owner out. Thanks

 

[Normmm]

The cap on the right side near the front of the tractor opens directly into the crankcase. If the two caps on top of the engine are in the valve cover then they most likely are for engine oil also. The one near the shift lever on the trans is for combination hydrolic/transmission oil (hytrams or jd303). Sometines there is a dip stick on the trans. If there is no dipstick on the trans loosen the drain plug and let a little oil into a cup. If it is water or milky then change the trans oil and clean the screen. If the tractor has been left out in the weather all will get some water in the trans not a big problem just change it.

 

[mark777]

Taterbug, Welcome to TBN.

Norm be me to it.........
Good luck with your new tractor.

Regards, Mark

 

[TaterBug]

Thanks Normmm and mark777. I thought that might be the case but didn't want to risk being wrong. I've read many threads before but now it will be nice to join in and gain knowledge from others.