I read one trick to minimise the amount of oil flowing out when replacing the hydraulic filter is to park the tractor sideways on a slope with the side with the filter on the upside of the slope.
@@bobsbeltsbrakes7704 today we did the 50 hours service on our Kubota MX5200. We bought a oil filter removal tool. It has three arms that grab the filter as the tool is rotated by a socket and ratchet. It was pretty easy to remove each filter with this tool. We did not place the tractor on a slope as there is a HST filter on the left side behind the step and a suction filter on the right side. I guess around a litre of hydraulic oil was lost changing the filters including oil in the filters. We bought a two litre container of the Kubota hydraulic oil to refill it to the top of the sight glass. In all I’m really happy to do the service myself at 49.5 hours. It feels good to know the tractor is good to go. Thanks for the video. It gives confidence and knowledge to those who want to give it a go. My farm is pretty hilly and driving the tractor sideways on a slope is something I regularly do. I take it slow and easy and when the loader is attached, keep it low.
Like you I think the other maintenance could be done later, the engine oil and filter is most important. After performing this maintenance. on our next tractor, I may use a brand new trash liner to catch the fluid and return it to the reservoir. There is probably 10 ways to install canister filters with preferences. I like to seat the seal and filter housing. Thank you for watching.
@@bobsbeltsbrakes7704 ive heard that you can put a shopvac on the fill hole and that will keep all the fluid in when you change hydraulic filters. I'm skeptical. I don't have 120v where my tractor is anyway so I won't be trying that.
I read one trick to minimise the amount of oil flowing out when replacing the hydraulic filter is to park the tractor sideways on a slope with the side with the filter on the upside of the slope.
Wow how easy would that be. Test the ROPS and service the hydraulic transmission filter.
@@bobsbeltsbrakes7704 today we did the 50 hours service on our Kubota MX5200. We bought a oil filter removal tool. It has three arms that grab the filter as the tool is rotated by a socket and ratchet. It was pretty easy to remove each filter with this tool. We did not place the tractor on a slope as there is a HST filter on the left side behind the step and a suction filter on the right side. I guess around a litre of hydraulic oil was lost changing the filters including oil in the filters. We bought a two litre container of the Kubota hydraulic oil to refill it to the top of the sight glass.
In all I’m really happy to do the service myself at 49.5 hours. It feels good to know the tractor is good to go.
Thanks for the video. It gives confidence and knowledge to those who want to give it a go.
My farm is pretty hilly and driving the tractor sideways on a slope is something I regularly do. I take it slow and easy and when the loader is attached, keep it low.
@@kdegraa we use a shop vacuum to hold the fluid in the tractor while changing the hydraulic and transmission filters. think we lost under a pint.
Nice video! Now all I need is a tractor so I can try this!
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Thanks. Imo hand tightening filters is optimal. Those hydraulic filters look like nightmares with all that fluid loss. I'll skip them until 100 hrs.
Like you I think the other maintenance could be done later, the engine oil and filter is most important. After performing this maintenance. on our next tractor, I may use a brand new trash liner to catch the fluid and return it to the reservoir. There is probably 10 ways to install canister filters with preferences. I like to seat the seal and filter housing. Thank you for watching.
@@bobsbeltsbrakes7704 ive heard that you can put a shopvac on the fill hole and that will keep all the fluid in when you change hydraulic filters. I'm skeptical. I don't have 120v where my tractor is anyway so I won't be trying that.
Anymanusa I did a second tractor with the shop vac and it did work like a dream! Less than 1 qt of hydraulic fluid loss.
Great video. Thank you!
Thank you Joe for watching!
Thank you for watching Joe.
REMOVE THE FILL CAP HOOK A SHOP VAC UP TO THE FILL HOLE AND TURN IT ON IT WILL HOLD MOST OF THE FLUID IN WHEN REMOVING THE FILTER.
Yes that did work like a dream. I have used that on many tractors now.