Let’s see how fast we can do the 100-hour service on this Ventrac 4520.
First off- we’re going to change the engine oil.
My wife says she’s been missing her roasting pan- let me know if you see it…
Next, I need to remove this engine cover so I can get to the oil filter.
This will also give me access so I can grease the lift cylinder.
I like to put a thin film of clean oil on the gasket.
This tractor is a 4520P and has the Kawasaki engine- it takes exactly 2 quarts of oil.
Now, we need to change both hydraulic oil filters.
This front one came off easy- I didn’t even need to use a wrench.
At 500 hours I’ll change both the filter and the hydraulic oil.
To change the rear filter, I like to get these weights out of the way.
My socket filter wrenches wouldn’t fit this filter, and I didn’t have room to make the strap filter one work; so, I ended up using this big pair of channel locks which worked out well.
Make sure you put a pan under these filters when you change them, because quite a bit of hydraulic oil leaks out. You can see here I topped it off once I was done.
Next, I remove the radiator screen and blow off all the dead grass. I also blow out the engine air filter which wasn’t that dirty.
Finally, I grease the entire machine- a couple of these zerks are really hard to get to- you actually have to rotate the engine fan to get the drive shaft zerks positioned in order to grease them.
Now it’s ready to go back to work.
Let me know in the comments do you work on your own stuff or pay someone else to? @hausplans
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