Draining Transmission Case - How Catch Fluid?

[penokee]

Plan to drain the 11.1 gal. out of the Transmission case on my L3130HST and just realized I don't have a container large enough to handle that volume. Have some old 5 gal. pails. Any tricks or ideas on this so I don't take a shower in Super UDT? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
penokee /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[KennyV]

Penokee…
Use 3 of your 5 gallon pails, You might spill a little but it works good… Glug, Glug.
You might want to save and filter your old hydraulic fluid to mix with fuel and burn it. Keep clean… KennyV.

 

[jhb]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Penokee…
You might want to save and filter your old hydraulic fluid to mix with fuel and burn it. Keep clean… KennyV.
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Great idea! What ratio would you mix? Why filter it, isn't there a filter on the system that would catch anything?

Its like free fuel!

 

[SkyPup]

It is really very simple.

Just fill one 5 gallon pail at a time, reinstall drain plug, and then do the next until done.

Work real good for chain saw oil too.

 

[hobbyfarm]

penokee,
<font color="blue">Truck Oil Drain</font>...I know it's very expensive, but...look at the alternative.

I've seen people take a 55gal drum and cut the bottom 1/3 off or so and weld a handle to it so they can pull it out from under the equipment.

 

[LBrown59]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Penokee…
Use 3 of your 5 gallon pails, You might spill a little but it works good… Glug, Glug.
You might want to save and filter your old hydraulic fluid to mix with fuel and burn it. Keep clean… KennyV.
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Burn it in what ?
I'm not sure what you mean here.

 

[JJT]

Just last night I drained and refilled my L3710, (almost 10 gallons of fluid). I have a 4 gallon drain pan and there are 4 separate drain plugs. I started with the tranny drain and inserted the drain plug when the pan was close to capacity. I only needed to reinsert the tranny plug and dump the pan. The colume from the other 3 drains came nowhere near filling the pan.

 

[KennyV]

Jhb has it right… ‘Its like free fuel!’ … and you are right, if you don’t add any dirt while you drain, it is already filtered.
How much to mix, I’ve never had ANY problems mixing half and half during the summer in a Cat crawler or motor grader. Same in a small tractor. KennyV.
PS It is far better than sending it to a landfill or burning it on a brush fire.

 

[jhb]

I assume you are mixing with diesel at 50/50?

 

[KennyV]

Yes that is right /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif...KennyV.

 

[caylor]

I am doing the same thing this weekend to my 3130 and the idea of cutting a 55 gal drum is one I have never thought of. I have two barrells rusting away behind the shop, I think I just might chop 'em off and used them as the drain pan. This forum is great for ideas just like this.

 

[LBrown59]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Jhb has it right… ‘Its like free fuel!’ … and you are right, if you don’t add any dirt while you drain, it is already filtered.

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If its to dirty to run in your Hydro doesn't it naturally follow that it's also to dirty to run in your engine?

web page Kubota and Biodiesel

 

[California]

Here's what worked for the 5 gallon transmission on my tractor:

My wife buys kitty litter in 3.5 gallon jugs with a wide mouth. I put two of them in my large galvanized drain pan. They are nearly tall enough to reach the drain plug, no funnel needed.

For changing oil I wear blue oil-resistant disposable gloves.

It was easy to put my gloved finger over the drain to stop the oil while I moved the second jug under the drain. A little oil dripped in the galvanized pan.

I also have a 30" x 48" galvanized drip pan under the whole project to avoid staining the shop floor.

 

[KennyV]

Are you changing your hydraulic oil because it’s too dirty /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif???? If you ever have to for that reason you have some serious contamination problem.
Most hydraulic oil is changed because the additive packages are running near their expected life… the additives needed to keep diesel stable and flowing are not an issue in a summer mix of clean hydraulic oil and diesel.
If your hydraulic oil could cause any problems with your diesel injectors or pump you are running oil with no filtration and heavy contamination in your hydro system. What can you imagine clean but used hydro fluid could have in it? Diesel fuel is FAR from pure… it has all kinds of ‘bad’ things introduced from shipping/storage and end user handling.
Detergents/stabilizers are added to all oils and fuels to help, but even under the best of conditions even water can end up in your fuel. Your injector system is not quite as fragile and unforgiving as you may think. But … I don’t think you could run a steady diet of used motor oil with your fuel. Carbon is rather abrasive; you should not have any carbon in your hydro fluid /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif. KennyV.