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Read articles →An owner's real-time account of his 50-hour service on the Massey Ferguson 1526, focused squarely on the practical snags he hit: discovering a standard wrench won't remove the oil filter and needing a specific end-cap wrench, locating the non-obvious fill point, and hunting for the correct transmission drain bolts. Useful troubleshooting detail for 1526 owners attempting the same service themselves rather than watching a clean dealer demo.
Posted by the Jeffrey Brown channel, appearing to be an owner-operator documenting his own tractor maintenance as he works through it.
A standard wrench will not work. You need an F cap end-cap wrench, which costs about six bucks, plus an adapter to break down the socket size.
Not at the old cap people expect. There is a separate yellow cap nearby that is the actual fill point, and a long funnel helps reach it.
Yes, the owner had a hard time locating them. The manual says to drain both front and back axles but is not clearly written on where the bolts are.
