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Read articles →A real-time, step-by-step 50-hour service on a Kioti DK4710 HST filmed at the owner's property with a friend doing the wrenching. Covers engine oil drain, hydrostatic and hydraulic fluid changes, transmission/axle fluid top-off, and air filter cleaning, with candid commentary on fluid quantities lost and DIY cost savings versus dealer service. Greasing zerks is left for a follow-up session. Best for first-time DIY service owners.
Posted by the In The Woodyard channel, apparently an owner-operator focused on woodcutting and rural property work who openly admits he dislikes mechanical work himself.
No matter how quick you are, you lose at least a minimum of a gallon or so, even working carefully to avoid spilling it on the concrete.
The job included changing the engine oil, the hydrostatic and hydraulic fluid, the transmission or axle fluid in the front, and cleaning the air filter and screens.
Yes, according to the transcript, the hydrostatic and hydraulic systems use the same fluid, though there are two separate reservoirs.
The dealer service would have cost about four or five hundred dollars, so a friend brought the supplies and tools to help do it instead.
