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The book calls for 5W30 or 10W30 depending on temperature, needing a CK4 API compliant diesel oil. He used a Rotella synthetic blend since he could not find a conventional option.
The book says five quarts with the filter. He added a gallon plus a bit more and hit exactly five quarts, landing right at the full mark on the dipstick.
There is a drain plug on each side of the oil pan, since the front axle driveshaft runs through the middle of the pan. Both plugs are 19 millimeter.
Not many: one grease fitting on each tie rod end, and trunnion fittings on the front and back of the front axle, plus fittings on the loader bucket.
