How much fluid does the loader account for?

[CutTheHolesOut]

I went to change the fluid in my “new to me” tractor. The manual says the transmission holds 34.5 liters, about 9.5 gallons. I put in 10 gallons of transmission/hydraulic fluid and it doesn’t even register on the dipstick. I ran around in a panic thinking I must’ve had the filter off or something expecting 10 gallons in the grass but it was all good and there’s no leaks. Could the loader be the culprit here? I didn’t do anything special to get the fluid out of the hydraulic lines. Just laid the loader on the ground to get the pressure out, so I would think the cylinders are still mostly full.

 

[nyone]

You sure your checking the right location?

Cylinders stay full unless you drain each one.

 

[CutTheHolesOut]

Yeah, the fill port is right in the center console area, and the dipstick is right next do it. The people I bought it from used straight hydraulic fluid in there for years so I wanted to get it out asap. I noticed when running it like that it foamed up and poured out the shifter so I don’t really know how much actual fluid I drained out. Once it had time to settle it was low, but when running it was obviously overfull.