Recent content by X332race

All fixed. New filter mesh acquired and fitted. Oil topped up. Hydraulics now feel fast and smooth......much better than at any time in my short ownership.....I guess the problem has been building for some while. Thanks for all the advice, much appreciated.

I bought the tractor recently. I am guessing that it still had the original filter and that’s around 35 years worth of crud in the photo! Everything is now very well flushed through with oil and I don’t use the tractor a lot so the new filter should last me quite a while.

Here is a photo of the inner filter mesh!

Thanks for your responses. However, I may have solved this myself. This morning I drained down the transmission yet again and ripped the old mesh filter apart. The filter comprises 3 layers of mesh; two slightly coarser meshes sandwiching a finer layer of mesh. When I peeled back the outer layer...

I have an old B8200 manual shift with front loader. A few weeks ago the loader and rear hydraulics slowed and became useless. The transmission oil was very dirty so I changed this and cleaned the mesh filter (this is the only filter). On starting the hydraulics worked well for about 10 mins and...