I'm not dead set on changing it, no. I suppose I need to share more history. I went to Finning and they sold me a bunch of parts for the 500 hr maintenance schedule. I wrote down the list of things listed as overdue in the COMPASS shown below and they sold me a box of stuff for about $600 including: Air filter, fuel water separator filter, hydraulic return oil filter and an o-ring, 2 gallons of engine oil, 1 gallon of final drive oil, and the hydraulic oil filter in the photo above.
Below are screen shots of the COMPASS monitor. I've typed out the list above each photo as well, because some of them are hard to read, due to bad photos.
Screen 1:
HYD OIL FILTER (this is the one I'm asking about in this thread. What am i supposed to do for this one? I can't find anything in the OMM or online.)
551 / 500
HYD RETURN FILTER (This one I replaced. It was at an angle, submerged in the hydraulic tank. Tall perforated canister type filter)
551 / 500
HYD OIL (thank goodness i don't have to do this one for a long time)
164 / 2000
FUEL FILTER (I asked about this in another thread. I think it's the fuel / water separator (primary fuel filter) I changed it ahead of schedule)
403 / 500
screen 2:
FUEL TANK FILTER (I believe, based on the other thread, this is the Fuel tank screen.Thank you, Nige! It just needs to be cleaned and reinserted.)
551 / 500
ENGINE OIL (I changed this!
551 / 500
ENGINE OIL FILTER (I changed this too)
551 / 500
COOLANT
976 / 3000
Screen 3:
ENGINE OIL (repeat from above)
551 / 500
ENGINE OIL FILTER (Repeat from above)
551 / 500
COOLANT
976 / 3000
FINAL DRIVE OIL (this I still have to do, but Finning sold me the oil for it and I know how)
2027 / 2000
When not on the maintenance screen, a yellow overlay rotates through the things over due. I accidentally reset the HYD OIL FILTER one thinking it was the return oil filter, so on my machine, the COMPASS says it's been done, but it hasn't and I need to get that done before I forget and the hours tick up and I hurt my cat.
Oh my, I think I may have figured it out! I was looking at the OMM. Does HYD OIL FILTER in the COMPASS mean "Hydraulic System Oil Sample - Obtain" described on page 237? hmm... no, because it says FILTER, not SAMPLE. Maybe it's just entered wrong on the COMPASS? If Cat were more consistent, it'd really help the noobs like myself.