Draining Overfilled L2501 Hydro Fluid

[Chuckster5]

My first post in this or any forum. I see a lot of discussion about overfilling L2501 (or similar) tractors with the sight windows.

My question is since I have overfilled this, how do you drain a little to recheck it?

My dealer said loosen the hydro filter.

Is this right?

 

[SidecarFlip]

That or the drain plug (carefully) and use a clean catch pan as the fluid is useable again. (so long as you drain it into a clean container.

 

[SidecarFlip]

In reality, if it's just a tad overfilled, it won't hurt anything. If you 'filled it up' it might.

 

[Bulldog]

You need to be sitting on very level ground to check. My experience with the site glass is that just a small amount of lean in any direction will through the fluid level high or low.

 

[Bulldog]

And if it was me I wouldn't loosen the filter to drain. You stand a chance of messing up the seal then the filter is useless.

 

[shiraz627]

Fluid extractor pump is what I would use. https://www.harborfreight.com/23-gal-manual-fluid-extractor-62643.html

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

Loosen a plug and drain some out.

 

[Blondie70]

A super easy way to do it is to remove the sight glass. Probably unscrew by hand. It's a plastic screw in that is easy to take out. Have a big wide pan to catch the fluid. If you park the tractor with a right hand lean, you will probably have the level just right when it drains down to the bottom of the hole.
Good Luck.