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Read articles →This is a hands-on DIY walkthrough of replacing the fuel filter on a 5065E with the front loader left attached, filmed by the owner after five years and zero prior service work. It covers locating the bleed valve and shutoff, removing the filter ring, bleeding air with the priming pump, and cranking the tractor afterward. It also candidly covers wrench trial-and-error, showing which filter wrench actually works. Best for owners planning this same job themselves.
Posted by Fred Self, an owner doing his own maintenance and sharing an unpolished, trial-and-error firsthand account rather than a professional or dealer perspective.
Open the shutoff valve, unscrew the ring holding the filter, swap the filter, reattach the ring aligned with the receiver groove, then open the bleed valve and use the priming pump to remove air before cranking.
Yes, the owner left the front-end loader attached and worked around it rather than removing it, since taking it off seemed like more trouble than it was worth.
A rubber strap wrench with a narrow strap and short handle worked best, since it could get purchase around the ring in the tight space. Wider straps and long metal wrenches did not work.
With the proper wrench, the job took less than an hour including pumping diesel fuel through the new filter, though the wrong wrench had wasted 45 minutes previously.
