Oil & Fuel Changing Trans/Hyd filter but not oil
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Gary Fowler
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Well, I have read that putting a vacuum hose from your shop vac in the fill opening keeps the oil from running out when changing the filter. I have not tried it when changing filters but not the oil. Wont hurt to try it.
oosik
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I've heard the shop vacuum solution also. With my luck - I'd suck oil back into the vac - ruin the vac - and the remaining 16 gallons of hydraulic oil would drain out on the ground. Its a real PITA, but I drain all 16 gallons of hydraulic oil into a LARGE Tupperware tub - change both hydraulic oil filters - then dip & pour all 16 gallons back into the transmission. I've only done it once and I was VERY careful. I didn't spill any oil and only made one trip back into the house when I got frustrated with the dip & pour routine. I'm telling you a Tupperware tub full of 16 gallons of oil is a heavy thing. Hard to shuffle it around without oil slopping out.
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If you have access to a vehicle lift, changing the filter isn't that bad. With the tractor on the lift, clean the area around the filter. Place a wide, shallow pan underneath as close to the filter as possible. Have the new filter ready to go and swap it with the old one as quickly as possible. I usually lose between 1 and 2 quarts of oil doing it this way. If you do a good job of cleaning the area around the filter, you can reuse the spilled oil.
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adimice
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Motor oil I change oil and filter every 100hrs, Trans and hyd oil every 400 hrs, filters every 200 hrs. I've had 4 kubotas, this 4330 is a beast, it has never let me down, from logging to haying and everything inbetween
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adimice
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Thanks for the suggestions guys, I tryed parking on a rather steep sidewards hill and didn't loose anything except what was in the filters. Worked great for me.
Spanner
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I'm not sure what you guys are trying to achieve here.
Of the two - (Filter, Oil) the most important to change is the... Oil.
The filter can wait and will handle two, or even three, changes of oil.
It's the oil that wears out. The filter just catches the debris as the worn-out oil causes wear in the hydraulics and transmission.
Change your oil when you need to - and your filter when you can.
Think of your engine - and play this game - You are only allowed to change one thing (Oil or Filter) Would you leave the oil in the sump and just change the filter?
I'd change the oil every time. The filter can wait (But just not forever).
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Of the two - (Filter, Oil) the most important to change is the... Oil.
The filter can wait and will handle two, or even three, changes of oil.
It's the oil that wears out. The filter just catches the debris as the worn-out oil causes wear in the hydraulics and transmission.
Change your oil when you need to - and your filter when you can.
Think of your engine - and play this game - You are only allowed to change one thing (Oil or Filter) Would you leave the oil in the sump and just change the filter?
I'd change the oil every time. The filter can wait (But just not forever).
:wrench:
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adimice
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An inexpensive engine oil filter is well worth changing right along with the 100 hr oil.
Spanner
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You have missed my hypothetical point.
