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Read articles →A follow-along 50-hour service on a Branson/TYM 3015H covering engine oil, hydraulic fluid, transmission fluid, and front differential gear oil. The owner films his own real struggles, deforming a hydraulic filter with the wrong wrench, magnetic drain plug fuzz, awkward backhoe support bar placement, and shares actual fluid quantities. Most useful to 3015H owners doing their first service and wondering what to expect.
An owner-operator documenting maintenance on their own tractor, with no apparent commercial affiliation.
The video states it is 4.3 liters of oil, drained and refilled through the 17 mm drain plug under the tractor.
A strap style filter wrench is recommended. The clamp style wrench used in the video bent and deformed the filter and was hard to grip.
The tractor takes 1.69 gallons, or about 1.7 gallons, minus whatever fluid does not fully drain out.
The owner says it was not too bad overall. The oil change took about ten minutes, while the hydraulic fluid took longer due to funnel issues.
