OK, why can't I locate the hyd fluid drain plug?

sansone · May 20, 2014

first off let me say this 2615 has been good to me for about 6yrs of mowing, bucket loading, raking and some jobs where the machine was not big enough (are they ever big enough?)..

where is the hyd drain plug? I found two large plugs in the rear but don't want to remove the wrong hardware.
this is manual tranny..looks like the gearbox and front loader share the same fluid

sansone · May 20, 2014

the two 24mm plugs on the bottom (rear axles) seem to be hyd drains, at least that's what came out..

that is all the same source for tranny, loader, correct? I wouldn't want to have empty rear axles...thank you

oh, and there was no water in there but thanks again for the suggestion

sansone · May 21, 2014

hyd filter wix $13 does that sound right? and what about this "universal" hyd oil at Tractor supply, don't we need type 32?

AchingBack · May 22, 2014

sansone said:
first off let me say this 2615 has been good to me for about 6yrs of mowing, bucket loading, raking and some jobs where the machine was not big enough (are they ever big enough?)..

where is the hyd drain plug? I found two large plugs in the rear but don't want to remove the wrong hardware.
this is manual tranny..looks like the gearbox and front loader share the same fluid

Those are the correct plugs.

sansone said:
the two 24mm plugs on the bottom (rear axles) seem to be hyd drains, at least that's what came out..

that is all the same source for tranny, loader, correct? I wouldn't want to have empty rear axles...thank you

oh, and there was no water in there but thanks again for the suggestion

Those plugs drain all of the hydraulic fluid in your tractor.

sansone said:
hyd filter wix $13 does that sound right? and what about this "universal" hyd oil at Tractor supply, don't we need type 32?

A hydraulic filter for $13.00 sounds way too cheap. You will be better off with the factory replacement. Wrong filters have caused engine failure in a 2615. As for the universal fluid, I've been using it for several hundred hours with excellent performance.