woodlandfarms
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- Joined
- Jul 31, 2006
- Messages
- 6,139
- Location
- Los Angeles / SW Washington
- Tractor
- PowerTrac 1850, Kubota RTV x900
So, A couple of months ago I ran through two oil filters on my PT in quick succession. The backstory is that I have a PT, which is an all hydraulic tractor. It was used, left to rot in the sun basically, until a kind gentleman salvaged it and its twin and restored it.
This all said, within a few hours of ownership the filter the tractor stopped running right. I contacted PT, and the advice was imediate and simple, change the hydraulics oil filter. And that I may have to repeat as the tractor is getting stuff out of its system.
So, now the tractor appears to be running just fine... But I went back to those old oil filters and cut them open, i guess expecting to find a pot of gold.
Instead, the paper filter looked just fine. I am thinking that maybe what I am looking for may be microscopic? A couple of chunks (pin head size at the most) of black...
Should I put the filter under a microscope (don't really want to send anything in yet for testing).
Carl
This all said, within a few hours of ownership the filter the tractor stopped running right. I contacted PT, and the advice was imediate and simple, change the hydraulics oil filter. And that I may have to repeat as the tractor is getting stuff out of its system.
So, now the tractor appears to be running just fine... But I went back to those old oil filters and cut them open, i guess expecting to find a pot of gold.
Instead, the paper filter looked just fine. I am thinking that maybe what I am looking for may be microscopic? A couple of chunks (pin head size at the most) of black...
Should I put the filter under a microscope (don't really want to send anything in yet for testing).
Carl
