Mahindra 5155 Anyone?

[DaBear3428]

I wonder if there’s any more of them that we haven’t discovered yet? At any rate, I think it’s great that they went old school and put a ton of grease fittings on it. So much stuff today is just designed to be throw away and everything is “sealed”. I think being able to push new grease in, and push out old grease and dirt and water is a great thing. I’m just glad I have a pneumatic grease gun!

i'm going for the Popeye look

 

[Andy1969]

i'm going for the Popeye look

Popeye the sailor man!

 

[Irish487]

I must thank you all, I didn't realize those grease zerks we're there, I have notice my clutch being just a bit crunchy feeling, I also noticed that there are two on the brake side as well, it's good to go now...thanks again! On a side note , most of you may already know this, but I make sure to scratch the factory paint off the grease zerks before greasing, little micro paint chips could clog the zerks down the road

John
You say there are two zerks on the brake side as well. Are those both under the floor mat as well?

 

[Irish487]

Congratulations on the recent retirement! And congratulations on the new tractor and property! I think you’re going to enjoy all three. I believe the first service is at 50 hours. Engine oil change, lube etc. they also want you to change the hydraulic filter and clean the suction strainer at 50 hours. They don’t require hydraulic fluid change until 1,000 hours IIRC, but you can’t clean the suction strainer without draining all of the hydraulic fluid. So, I opted to do the rest of the service at 50 hours as recommended. But waited until about 100 hours to do the suction strainer and filter and changed the fluid at the same time. If you want to reuse the fluid you’ll have to come up with a way to catch all 12 gallons and keep it clean to put it back in. I don’t think that’s really practical since it’s inevitable that some crud is going to fall in the drain pan when you take the (6) drain plugs and remove the suction strainer. So I just replaced the fluid and called it a day. Since I’m in a cold climate I upgraded to a semi-synthetic fluid as well to help during cold weather but that’s not mandatory, just my choice. Good luck with retirement and tractors! Be careful and let us know how you’re making out with projects!

Andy
I’m overdue on a 50hr service for my 5145. I was planning on doing this myself but I’m a little concerned about the hydraulic suction strainer. I’ve seen a video of a guy removing one on a 2638 and it looked like a pain in the a@@. I realize that is a different tractor but was wondering how much trouble you had removing yours?
Thx Damon

 

[Andy1969]

Andy
I’m overdue on a 50hr service for my 5145. I was planning on doing this myself but I’m a little concerned about the hydraulic suction strainer. I’ve seen a video of a guy removing one on a 2638 and it looked like a pain in the a@@. I realize that is a different tractor but was wondering how much trouble you had removing yours?
Thx Damon

Damon, the suction strainer is not difficult to remove. There’s 3 bolts IIRC that attach it to the side of the transmission housing and those come out easily. The only slightly tricky thing is sliding the rubber hose section forward past the joint in the steel suction pipe so that once you remove those three bolts I mentioned, you can pull the filter all the way out of the transmission housing. Basically there’s a short (maybe 4-6 inches) long section of rubber hose that bridges the gap between the steel suction pipe that’s attached to the tractor and leads up front to the pump, and the piece of pipe that’s part of the strainer that you have to remove. You loosen the hose clamp assembly and slide that short section of rubber hose forward until you expose the gap where the two pieces of pipe meet. Then you take out the three bolts and the suction strainer assembly will come right out. Word of caution. You have to drain all of the fluid first. If you pull the strainer without draining the 11 odd gallons of hydraulic/transmission fluid, you will have a huge mess on your hands. So I basically ignored the 50 hour clean the strainer service and just changed the fluid, the spin on hydraulic filter, and the fluid all at 100 hours. I chose to go this route because it’s impossible to remove and clean the strainer without draining the fluid. And I also think it’s impossible to drain the fluid and capture it without getting dirt in it. So I just did it all at 100 hours including new fluid. Which I also upgraded at the same time to a semi synthetic fluid which flows better at the lower temperatures that I have. Hope this helps. Whatever you do, get a drain pan that holds at least 15 gallons. There’s a lot of oil in there! Let me know how you make out!

 

[Irish487]

Damon, the suction strainer is not difficult to remove. There’s 3 bolts IIRC that attach it to the side of the transmission housing and those come out easily. The only slightly tricky thing is sliding the rubber hose section forward past the joint in the steel suction pipe so that once you remove those three bolts I mentioned, you can pull the filter all the way out of the transmission housing. Basically there’s a short (maybe 4-6 inches) long section of rubber hose that bridges the gap between the steel suction pipe that’s attached to the tractor and leads up front to the pump, and the piece of pipe that’s part of the strainer that you have to remove. You loosen the hose clamp assembly and slide that short section of rubber hose forward until you expose the gap where the two pieces of pipe meet. Then you take out the three bolts and the suction strainer assembly will come right out. Word of caution. You have to drain all of the fluid first. If you pull the strainer without draining the 11 odd gallons of hydraulic/transmission fluid, you will have a huge mess on your hands. So I basically ignored the 50 hour clean the strainer service and just changed the fluid, the spin on hydraulic filter, and the fluid all at 100 hours. I chose to go this route because it’s impossible to remove and clean the strainer without draining the fluid. And I also think it’s impossible to drain the fluid and capture it without getting dirt in it. So I just did it all at 100 hours including new fluid. Which I also upgraded at the same time to a semi synthetic fluid which flows better at the lower temperatures that I have. Hope this helps. Whatever you do, get a drain pan that holds at least 15 gallons. There’s a lot of oil in there! Let me know how you make out!

Andy. Thanks for the quick response. You told me what I wanted to hear. I did all the service on my previous 3016 but it didn’t have a suction strainer and after watching that video I was starting to have my doubts. I’m 100% with you on draining the fluid and Im currently looking for a BIG drain pan. I live in Kansas and we have our winters but I’m sure they’re not as severe as yours so I’m gonna stick with getting the Mahindra fluid again.
Thanks for the advice and take care
Damon

 

[DaBear3428]

Andy. Thanks for the quick response. You told me what I wanted to hear. I did all the service on my previous 3016 but it didn’t have a suction strainer and after watching that video I was starting to have my doubts. I’m 100% with you on draining the fluid and Im currently looking for a BIG drain pan. I live in Kansas and we have our winters but I’m sure they’re not as severe as yours so I’m gonna stick with getting the Mahindra fluid again.
Thanks for the advice and take care
Damon

for what it is worth, after talking to my dealer who informed me that they never find any issues with the strainer, i second the wait until the 100hr and dispose of the fluid and clean/check the strainer then. replace the filter at 50 though. and it is easy, you can do it standing beside the tractor with a pliers type filter wrench, now the oil filter is a PITA.

 

[Andy1969]

for what it is worth, after talking to my dealer who informed me that they never find any issues with the strainer, i second the wait until the 100hr and dispose of the fluid and clean/check the strainer then. replace the filter at 50 though. and it is easy, you can do it standing beside the tractor with a pliers type filter wrench, now the oil filter is a PITA.

I just everything at 100 hrs. And while the strainer certainly wasn’t filled with metal shavings, it did have some debris in it. I brought it to work and put it in our ultrasonic cleaner for a half hour and there was a decent amount of small particles left in the cleaning solution afterwards. But since I planned to change the fluid anyway at 100 hrs, I just did the fluid change, filter change and strainer cleaning at the same time so that everything could start off fresh. Don’t forget that there’s I believe (6) drain plugs on the transmission. So make sure you get them all because oil will come out of each one.

 

[Irish487]

So it sounds like waiting for 100 hrs before I remove the strainer is the way to go. Do you lose much fluid with just changing the filter?

 

[Andy1969]

So it sounds like waiting for 100 hrs before I remove the strainer is the way to go. Do you lose much fluid with just changing the filter?

I can’t say because I drained the fluid first. That’s kind of why I just did it all at the same time. I didn’t want a giant mess to clean up

 

[SoldierP]

It is SO GOOD to see this thread active again. It has been so helpful to me in the past. Andy and DaBear have been especially helpful. Have been trying to steer 1045/55 owners from the Mahindra group on Facebook to this site also with little luck.

 

[Andy1969]

It is SO GOOD to see this thread active again. It has been so helpful to me in the past. Andy and DaBear have been especially helpful. Have been trying to steer 1045/55 owners from the Mahindra group on Facebook to this site also with little luck.

Thanks! There’s definitely a lot of good useful information contained in this thread. I’m really still very happy with my tractor. I added front hydraulics for my grapple and have been putting them to good use this spring.

 

[Darth_DMack]

Thanks! There’s definitely a lot of good useful information contained in this thread. I’m really still very happy with my tractor. I added front hydraulics for my grapple and have been putting them to good use this spring.

My 5155 has been amazing. I bought the Mahindra branded grapple when I bought the tractor, along with the Mahindra branded box blade. The grapple is my most used implement and it's holding up well. It's not as robust as some of the aftermarket grapples, but it has been working fine for me. I have the W.R. Long third function kit, and aside from a few leaky quick disconnects, it works like a champ!

I'm coming up on 50 hours with mine, torn between doing the service myself, or taking it to my dealership. I know I could save $$$ doing it myself, just need to document everything.

 

[DarbyCrash]

My 5155 has been amazing. I bought the Mahindra branded grapple when I bought the tractor, along with the Mahindra branded box blade. The grapple is my most used implement and it's holding up well. It's not as robust as some of the aftermarket grapples, but it has been working fine for me. I have the W.R. Long third function kit, and aside from a few leaky quick disconnects, it works like a champ!

I'm coming up on 50 hours with mine, torn between doing the service myself, or taking it to my dealership. I know I could save $$$ doing it myself, just need to document everything.

Just did the 50 hour service this past weekend. Totally Do-able. Ordered my filters online beforehand and actually changed the fluid at this time. Found the hyd. spin on filter on ebay for much less than the dealer, also the engine oil filter cross references to a Wix 51324 FYI. Decided to change the fluid because once I changed the spin on hyd. filter the fluid that came out was pretty shiny and glittery. I used Shell Rotella Tractor Fluid. Glad I did it because once I got the suction strainer off it was pretty full of what looked like rough casting edges. No big chunks of gears or anything of that sort, just probably brake material and casting roughage. Just used a few 5 gal. buckets as catch pans. I attached a picture of what was in the bottom of one of the buckets after draining. I also sent an engine oil sample to Blackstone and can post results when I get them back.

 

[arrow]

About 6 months ago l stated we got around $1350 for the first service.
Last week l pulled in a 5155 for the 50 hr.
That price is now $1465 w transport.

 

[Darth_DMack]

Just did the 50 hour service this past weekend. Totally Do-able. Ordered my filters online beforehand and actually changed the fluid at this time. Found the hyd. spin on filter on ebay for much less than the dealer, also the engine oil filter cross references to a Wix 51324 FYI. Decided to change the fluid because once I changed the spin on hyd. filter the fluid that came out was pretty shiny and glittery. I used Shell Rotella Tractor Fluid. Glad I did it because once I got the suction strainer off it was pretty full of what looked like rough casting edges. No big chunks of gears or anything of that sort, just probably brake material and casting roughage. Just used a few 5 gal. buckets as catch pans. I attached a picture of what was in the bottom of one of the buckets after draining. I also sent an engine oil sample to Blackstone and can post results when I get them back.

Awesome information!!!

I am probably going to do it myself, since I really don't trust the dealership. If I take pictures and document everything, save receipts for the fluids and filters, I should be ok with warranty issues, hopefully.

I will also check torque specs on bolts and grease everything!

 

[arrow]

Just did the 50 hour service this past weekend. Totally Do-able. Ordered my filters online beforehand and actually changed the fluid at this time. Found the hyd. spin on filter on ebay for much less than the dealer, also the engine oil filter cross references to a Wix 51324 FYI. Decided to change the fluid because once I changed the spin on hyd. filter the fluid that came out was pretty shiny and glittery. I used Shell Rotella Tractor Fluid. Glad I did it because once I got the suction strainer off it was pretty full of what looked like rough casting edges. No big chunks of gears or anything of that sort, just probably brake material and casting roughage. Just used a few 5 gal. buckets as catch pans. I attached a picture of what was in the bottom of one of the buckets after draining. I also sent an engine oil sample to Blackstone and can post results when I get them back.

Don’t forget to look at cooling fluid and any fel bolt migration based on previous witness marks.

 

[DarbyCrash]

About 6 months ago l stated we got around $1350 for the first service.
Last week l pulled in a 5155 for the 50 hr.
That price is now $1465 w transport.

Wow and I was mulling over the $300 in fluid lol.

 

[DarbyCrash]

Awesome information!!!

I am probably going to do it myself, since I really don't trust the dealership. If I take pictures and document everything, save receipts for the fluids and filters, I should be ok with warranty issues, hopefully.

I will also check torque specs on bolts and grease everything!

One other thing I found in regards to the fuel filter, the part # that was on the old filter is not the same as the new one I got from the dealer. They are identical in size and fit with the only thing I had to do was change the bottom water outlet valve from my old one to the new one. The new one did not come with a metal post for the water sensor. No biggie just something I found odd. I read on another forum that the old part number is the fuel filter assembly as a whole and the one on the new filter I got is the actual element? Just keep in mind when you start swapping filters.

 

[Darth_DMack]

Arrow, DarbyCrash... VERY good input. This is what this forum is all about, sharing ideas and things to keep our "Mighty Mo's" running tip top.

The only thing I need now, is a replacement set of steps... I bent mine beyond repair early on, working in tight timber. OOps!