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Read articles →This is a real-time, warts-and-all fuel filter swap on a 5055E that should take five minutes but stretches into a multi-day ordeal because of air in the system and confusion over the fuel shutoff valve's on/off position. It covers removing the old filter, threading the new one past a hydraulic line, bleeding air per the service manual, and finally getting it to fire. Useful mainly as a what-not-to-do cautionary tale, especially about valve orientation.
Posted by owner-operator Chris of Deans Creek Ranch, sharing an unpolished, mistake-filled hands-on account from his own property rather than a polished how-to.
The tab in line with the fuel line (9 o'clock in this case) is on. Perpendicular to the line (12 o'clock) is off, like most hydraulic or sprinkler valves.
Shut the fuel off, crack the ring with a filter wrench, slide the old filter down and off. The new filter must be fished in at an angle past a hydraulic line, logo facing you, then the ring slides up.
Per the service manual, pump the primer with the bleed screw open for several minutes, then close the screw and continue pumping until pressure builds and fuel gushes out.
No. The John Deere manual advises against using starting fluid, so the owner kept cranking until the engine finally started on its own.
