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Read articles →This is a real hands-on 1200-hour hydraulic oil service on a 1999 two-wheel-drive John Deere 5310, not a quick overview. The owner drains the fluid, fights (over multiple days) to remove a stuck filter, replaces it, pulls and cleans the transmission hydraulic pickup screen with solvent and compressed air, and refills. Useful for owners doing this exact service themselves, especially anyone worried about a seized filter.
Posted by the Dogwood Springs Outdoors channel, an owner-operator documenting a DIY maintenance job on their own tractor for the first time.
The owner used a strap wrench and filter wrench without success, then punched a screwdriver through the filter for leverage to finally break it loose after multiple days of effort.
Remove the 12 millimeter cap screws, slide the screen out, clean it with solvent working from the inside out, then dry it with compressed air.
Lower the rock shaft to remove any trapped oil before starting the drain process.
Hand tighten the filter, then add one and a quarter turns, making sure the threads are good first.
