Alternate Hydraulic Oil and Filter

[xtxpete]

Where is the best place to drain this to ensure I get most of it out ?

Should be drain plugs along the bottom of the different compartments of the transmission and hydro components id think......

 

[5030]

Hydraulic fluid can be cheap or expensive but the expensive stuff is always better simply because it contains hy-grade additives whereas the cheapo stuff may or may not.

Your filters are underneath the floor boards and you must have leaked a bunch of fluid for the tractor to quit moving... You even bother to check the sight glass or dipstick? Something I do EVERY time I start my units up. Keep in mind that running the hydraulic pump or hydrostat trans low on fluid can and will damage it. Lots of close tolerance parts inside the rely on the fluid to oerpate correctly.

 

[5030]

Don't you have the owners manual, that will tell you not only the location of the filters, but the drain point as well as the quantity of the required fluid and the change intervals........

While a shop manual would be ideal, the owners manual will tell you all the basic info you need.

 

[DarkBlack]

Tractor Supply's Premium/Ultra is about $75.

Sounds like your describing their hydraulic oil. You sure your tractor doesn’t specify universal transmission/hydraulic fluid?
Better check a manual first to be safe

 

[5030]

I will say without prejudice than the ONLY thing I purchase at Tractor Supply in the realm of fluids is Power Service Bio-Kleen and Rotella 5-40 T6 if on sale and bird seed and suet blocks again, if on sale. TSC seems to have the best prices on bird seed and the wife likes to feed the birds in the winter so I get it there. Disclaimer, I dislike birds in general as they eat the bird seed and suet and crap on my car as they fly away.... I will say our barn cats try to keep the bird population in check, most times.

 

[Jrasband]

I would flush the system with diesel first. Drain the fluid out, let it sit with the plug out overnight. Next day put 5 gallons of diesel in it and run it for 5 minutes. Drain the diesel mix off overnight and fill with cheap clean fluid cuse you might have to do it again.

 

[klm]

then dump the diesel into the fuel tank ?

 

[Page2]

Tractor supply has different types of hydraulic fluid, you'd want to check the specs and get the right one for you needs. As others have said, check your owners manual first. If you don't know where the filters or drains are, you might want to familiarize yourself with the manual before starting. Personally I don't think I'd put diesel fuel in my hydraulic system, if you want to flush it, use the hydraulic fluid to do so. IMHO :- )

 

[nyone]

I would flush the system with diesel first. Drain the fluid out, let it sit with the plug out overnight. Next day put 5 gallons of diesel in it and run it for 5 minutes. Drain the diesel mix off overnight and fill with cheap clean fluid cuse you might have to do it again.

It's a hydro drive machine. No way would I be putting diesel in the hyd oil.

In fact since its hydro drive I would flush with the correct oil. Flushing $200-250 in fluid is going to be far cheaper than buying any parts damaged by useing the wrong fluid...not to mention the labor.

 

[dryflycaster]

I believe I have located both of the filters. The large one is behind the right rear wheel and the smaller one is on the left side of the engine in front of the firewall. I need to verify each of them to be sure.