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Read articles →A first-time, owner-performed maintenance session on a New Holland PowerStar 120 covering engine oil, two fuel filters, and hydraulic and transmission filters, with the loader removal required to reach the oil filter adding genuine complexity. The video runs nearly an hour and doesn't hide the struggles: a GoPro battery dying mid-job, improvised troubleshooting, and a fuel-system priming failure that spilled over into the next day. Best for PowerStar owners wanting a realistic, unscripted look at what this service actually involves.
Posted by the Sandbox Ranch channel, presenting as an owner-operator documenting their first time performing this maintenance on their own tractor.
The manual suggests changing engine oil every 600 hours; the owner did it at about 330 hours after nearly a year and a half of ownership.
Yes, the loader bracket is in the way enough that the loader itself must be removed to reach the engine oil filter, though the bracket stays on.
Coat the seal with hydraulic oil, screw it in until the seal touches the housing, then turn it three quarters of a turn by hand, no wrench mentioned.
No, the owner did not change the roughly 15 gallons of hydraulic fluid since it still looked good, only replacing the filters to keep it clean.
