As I stated in a previous post I bought an IH Farmall 544 and it has a loud whine from the hydraulic system. I went to a local fellow that has been repairing tractors for 50years especially red ones. I asked him which fluid he would recommend and he told me to get this universal tractor hyd fluid from a local oil distributor. I bought a new filter from him and it came with a gasket and a lot more free advice.
I read on the tractor data web site that the 544 takes 80qts. So I bought 4 - 5 gallon buckets and home I went to get started.
He told me where all the drain plugs were to drain the system. I pulled the plug on the under side of the tractor close to the filter housing. The 1/2 inch pipe plug that points forward. Drained about 6-7 gallons from there. after that was empty I pulled the filter cover and got about a qt from there. Wiped the housing out and cleaned the filter screen. Lots of debris on it. Installed new filter and clean screen and gasket. last moved to the rear differential. Pulled the plug on it and a few oz of water came out and then a little fluid and then it all but stopped. I stuck a piece of copper wire in the drain hole and swirled it around. This hole is about an inch opening. A huge gob of sludge came out and then the fluid with other gobs of crap chunking out. Got about 5 gallons out of the rear diff. When I first went to look the tractor over before I bought it I pulled the hyd dipstick and the oil looked quite clean. This however was not the case at all. The oil in the white buckets was a dark gray color. Nothing clear about it.
Like I said Tractor Data stated it held 80 qt. At best I drained 12 - 13 gallons total. I am wondering if Tractor Data was speaking of a 544 Hydro capacity. Mine is a gear tractor. Does this sound like the correct amount of fluid. The stick was showing just above the add mark before draining.
I left the diff open to drain overnight as there were still gobs of sludge plopping out. I would like to flush the rear diff out with some diesel fuel but I don't know how to get it into just the rear diff and not the rest of the system. Should I worry about the remaining sludge or let sleeping dogs lie and just put the plug in and fill it up. From the looks of the fluid and the filter/screen I am betting this is the cause of my whine.
I read on the tractor data web site that the 544 takes 80qts. So I bought 4 - 5 gallon buckets and home I went to get started.
He told me where all the drain plugs were to drain the system. I pulled the plug on the under side of the tractor close to the filter housing. The 1/2 inch pipe plug that points forward. Drained about 6-7 gallons from there. after that was empty I pulled the filter cover and got about a qt from there. Wiped the housing out and cleaned the filter screen. Lots of debris on it. Installed new filter and clean screen and gasket. last moved to the rear differential. Pulled the plug on it and a few oz of water came out and then a little fluid and then it all but stopped. I stuck a piece of copper wire in the drain hole and swirled it around. This hole is about an inch opening. A huge gob of sludge came out and then the fluid with other gobs of crap chunking out. Got about 5 gallons out of the rear diff. When I first went to look the tractor over before I bought it I pulled the hyd dipstick and the oil looked quite clean. This however was not the case at all. The oil in the white buckets was a dark gray color. Nothing clear about it.
Like I said Tractor Data stated it held 80 qt. At best I drained 12 - 13 gallons total. I am wondering if Tractor Data was speaking of a 544 Hydro capacity. Mine is a gear tractor. Does this sound like the correct amount of fluid. The stick was showing just above the add mark before draining.
I left the diff open to drain overnight as there were still gobs of sludge plopping out. I would like to flush the rear diff out with some diesel fuel but I don't know how to get it into just the rear diff and not the rest of the system. Should I worry about the remaining sludge or let sleeping dogs lie and just put the plug in and fill it up. From the looks of the fluid and the filter/screen I am betting this is the cause of my whine.