Transmission / hydraulic fluid change!

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plowman12

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New to me L245DT and planning to change out all the fluids - prior maintainence did not appear to be high priority for owner.

Is it necessary to purge all the hydraulic lines of fluid and if so does anyone have a procedure to bleed air out after the change. I have a 1200 FEL and the basic 3 point lift in rear. the manual I have doesn't seem to address this issue.

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No need to worry about purging hydraulic lines they will do it on there own on startup and first use. ;)
 
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Hey Wolfman,
thanks for the quick reply although not the answer I was looking for! Now I have no excuse not to do the change out. guess I'll be buying 6 gallons of hydraulic fluid this week.
 
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plowman12 said:
Hey Wolfman,
thanks for the quick reply although not the answer I was looking for! Now I have no excuse not to do the change out. guess I'll be buying 6 gallons of hydraulic fluid this week.
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Big R has Universal Hydraulic Fluid for very cheap or if you want upgraded fluid go with Mystik JT5, it has the same specs as Kubota UDT and works really well. ;)
 
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wolfman,
thanks for the info. I'll be and town tomorrow and Big R is always on my list of stops.
 
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If your going to be using the tractor for snow removal I would go with the JT-5 as it flows exceptionally well in the cold. ;)
 
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plowman12

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On the L245DT, is there just the one drain plug for the transmission and hydraulic fluid? Draining now and don't seem to be getting anywhere near 24 qts. The manual I have shows a page headed "transmission lubrication" and shows plugs at rt and left rear wheel gear assemblies. Should those be drained at the same time?

PS - broke my heart to see how clean the hydraulic fluid was coming out! But I really want to clean the filter. The cap looks undisturbed as though it has never been removed.

Thanks for your help
 
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Just completed my first 50 hour Oil, Trans/Hydro and Front end services. Followed the manual and the great videos provided by brandotown on YouTube. He did a tremendous 3 part on each service. Videos are "dead-on" for what to expect. Took approx. 3-4 hours from start to finish. Purchased all 3 filters from dealer and oils from Farm and Home. Total for parts was around $220 dollars...give or take.

Did I say that I love my Tractor???? :);)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWSnMr8rjGU

www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6SchMXznjs

www.youtube.com/watch?v=40pEnYMLlxU
 
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plowman12 said:
PS - broke my heart to see how clean the hydraulic fluid was coming out! But I really want to clean the filter.
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If it's really that clean just reuse it after you change filters!
Hydraulic fluid will look bad when it is! ;)
 
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plowman12 said:
On the L245DT, is there just the one drain plug for the transmission and hydraulic fluid? Draining now and don't seem to be getting anywhere near 24 qts. The manual I have shows a page headed "transmission lubrication" and shows plugs at rt and left rear wheel gear assemblies. Should those be drained at the same time?

PS - broke my heart to see how clean the hydraulic fluid was coming out! But I really want to clean the filter. The cap looks undisturbed as though it has never been removed.

Thanks for your help
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There is likely a drain plug on both of the outer final drive housings. The L245 is a very old model, it probably needs changing...:cool:
 
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There's 4 plugs to pull. The main that you found, one where the front driveline housing hangs down, and one on each final drive on the rear end.
 
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plowman12

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Thanks again everybody,
I finally did find all four - the manual actually does point to them, just not very clearly in the diagram. Also, if you do these out of sequence (as I did) you will get significant flow when you pull the filter.

All refilled now with just under 6 gal. of jt-5 fluid. Will continue to check level after use for a while in case any topping off is required.
 
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