d17 transmission drain plugs
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Topic: d17 transmission drain plugs
Posted By: AllisD17AndyOk
Subject: d17 transmission drain plugs
Date Posted: 07 May 2020 at 9:12pm
| just brought a d17 series lll and want to change transmission and rear end oil. I see a drain plug under the differential, and a smaller plug between it and the right brake housing. What is this smaller plug, do I drain both? Thanks, Andy |
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Posted By: DSeries4
Date Posted: 07 May 2020 at 9:21pm
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Get yourself an owner's manual. It will show you which plugs to remove and the capacities of the reservoirs. They can be found cheap on e-bay and are full of valuable information. Can't think of the small plugs you are referring to, but don't touch them. ------------- '49 G, '54 WD45, '55 CA, '56 WD45D, '57 WD45, '58 D14, '59 D14, '60 D14, '61 D15D, '66 D15II, '66 D21II, '67 D17IV, '67 D17IVD, '67 190XTD, '73 620, '76 185, '77 175, '84 8030, '85 6080 |
Posted By: MACK
Date Posted: 07 May 2020 at 9:36pm
| That is the bolt that holds lift ram pin in place. MACK |
Posted By: AllisD17AndyOk
Date Posted: 07 May 2020 at 10:12pm
| Thanks Dseries4 for your advice...I have an owners manual and a shop manual, I read both over and over and find nothing showing the location of the drain plugs...please advise which page I need to read for this info...Thanks, Andy |
Posted By: AllisD17AndyOk
Date Posted: 07 May 2020 at 10:13pm
| Thanks, Mack, this is what I needed to know, I will now research that in the manuals...You have made me a wiser person...again, Thanks, Andy |
Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 08 May 2020 at 5:38am
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When you do drain the rear end oil, be SURE to have TWO (2) empty 5 gallon buckets handy ! If your D17 is like my D14 was, there'll be more than 5 gallons of oil in the diff... ..seems adding a quart of oil to the hydraulic system to get lift to raise , month after month ,year after year, kinda adds up....... there's NO way a 5 gallon bucket can hold 7 gallons of oil ......  ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: AllisD17AndyOk
Date Posted: 08 May 2020 at 8:41am
| Jay, guessing you must have found this out the hard way...according to my owners manual, my D17 rear end holds 24 quarts, that's 6 gallons, but my shop manual for the same tractor says it holds 28 quarts, that's 7 gallons...so based on your experience, I'm gonna have 3 buckets handy...Thanks, Andy |
Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 08 May 2020 at 8:46am
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yeah... that was a FUN way to start the day...... I let the plug drop into the bucket......saves the panic wondering WHEN does it get out of the hole.... ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |