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    case 580C rear transmission drain location , oil spec

    Bell housing is now off and we will be removing the torque converter for a flush out tomorrow Lord willing. I am thinking I will dump a couple gallon of diesel in the transmission to rinse out the last of the water. The water trap in the bottom of the fuel tank was plugged. Also 3/4 full of...
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    case 580C rear transmission drain location , oil spec

    My machine has ROP so that should cut down on it a lot from the gear shift lever. But I don't know how long it has had water so flooding may be a possibility too. I will be attempting to drain it later today.
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    case 580C rear transmission drain location , oil spec

    Any suggestions as to the source of the water? We are too dry here in Nebraska to get a lot of water from the air. We have had the machine 7 years and purchased it from near Lincoln Nebraska. It has never been flooded in the time that we have had it, but can never know about before then. I have...
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    case 580C rear transmission drain location , oil spec

    Thank you, I will look there. I could not find it the last time that I was under the machine and neither could my brother in law. I try to not get on the ground if not totally essential because it is so hard to get back into my wheel chair. Both my knees and one shoulder are bad so I am very...
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    case 580C rear transmission drain location , oil spec

    I have found the answer to some of the questions but not others . The oil is 80-90 weight. The only likely place that I can find to drain it is an access cover on the back. Is that the drain location?
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    case 580C rear transmission drain location , oil spec

    Where is the drain for the rear transmission on a 580C case backhoe. ( Not the shuttle) the 4 speed transmission that uses a the threaded in dipstick in a hole through the floor of the operator's platform. Also what is the most likely path that water is using to get into this transmission. I...
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