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Read articles →This is Part 2 of a hands-on 50-hour service on the Mahindra 2638, focused entirely on filter changes: a stubborn hydraulic/transmission spin-on filter that requires a chain wrench, plus both dual fuel filters including draining, priming after air got into the system, and comparing OEM versus cross-reference parts. It's real-time, unscripted wrenching with mistakes and workarounds shown, best suited for owners doing their own service.
Posted by the Mr. Gil channel, an owner doing their own DIY maintenance and narrating the process as they go, including missteps.
The spin-on filter was put on extremely tight. Pliers did not work, so a chain wrench had to be used to finally break it loose.
Fill the new filter with hydraulic fluid, coat the O-ring with hydraulic fluid, spin it on until it makes contact, then give it about two-thirds of a turn.
The tractor started, ran briefly, then died because of an air gap from the other filter. Pumping the primer forced fuel back into the system and it ran fine.
Cut off the fuel line, remove a 10mm bottom bolt to drain diesel, then loosen a 13mm bolt on top to drop the bowl down for element replacement.
