250 hr filter change

[chuck172]

I'm coming up to my 250 hour filter change on my dk40 hst.
I know the hst filter will be easy, but the hydraulic filter is in question. Is there a trick to keep the fluid loss to a minimum?

 

[Wagtail]

Really? A 250 hours hydraulic filter change... wow. My 4105 doesn't require that until 400 hours.

I'm not questioning your ability to read a manual, mate, but that does seem short hours for an expensive filter (let alone the fluid you'll lose during the change).

 

[chuck172]

On my DK, the manual says after the initial 50 hour filter/fluid change, every 200 hours for the filters, 400 hours for the fluids.

 

[Wagtail]

That's pretty much the same recommendation in my manual but for fuel and oil filters + oil change. "They" treat the hydraulic filter as a separate thing because there's no way to stem the flow of the hydraulic fluid if you pull out just the hydraulic filter... that's why you wait until the 400 hour mark& do the fluid & filter together.

 

[murphy1244]

Use a shop vac on the hydraulic oil fill hole and change your filter.

 

[chuck172]

Use a shop vac on the hydraulic oil fill hole and change your filter.

The shop vac won't suck up any hydraulic fluid? Should I ducttape the shop vac piping to the hydraulic fill hole?

 

[murphy1244]

The shop vac won't suck up any hydraulic fluid? Should I ducttape the shop vac piping to the hydraulic fill hole?

No it won't suck up fluid. yes the tape will work.