Hello all. First post on the forum and I am glad to be apart of the site.
To give a little info about the 555E, its a 1998 with about 3950 hrs. Its 4x4, cab, and seems to be in great working order. I've owned it for about 9 months now and short of changing out some fluids/filters, greasing the pivot points, and fixing a flat, its been great.
I noticed when I last blew a hose a few weeks ago that the hydraulic fluid is a milky color. Obviously water has gotten into the system at some point, so I am going to drain all of it out as much as possible. I understand that it might take changing the fluid 2-3 times to get as much out as possible, but lets not go down that road.
My question for the group is, I am going to change the fluid and 2 main filters, but does anyone see the need for changing the filter inside of the reservoir tank? I honestly did not know it had one until a few minutes ago when I stumbled across it. It seems to be a wire mesh filter that does not cross over to any WIX or Baldwin filter. I really don't want to pay $75 for a filter that is just screening debris.
To give a little info about the 555E, its a 1998 with about 3950 hrs. Its 4x4, cab, and seems to be in great working order. I've owned it for about 9 months now and short of changing out some fluids/filters, greasing the pivot points, and fixing a flat, its been great.
I noticed when I last blew a hose a few weeks ago that the hydraulic fluid is a milky color. Obviously water has gotten into the system at some point, so I am going to drain all of it out as much as possible. I understand that it might take changing the fluid 2-3 times to get as much out as possible, but lets not go down that road.
My question for the group is, I am going to change the fluid and 2 main filters, but does anyone see the need for changing the filter inside of the reservoir tank? I honestly did not know it had one until a few minutes ago when I stumbled across it. It seems to be a wire mesh filter that does not cross over to any WIX or Baldwin filter. I really don't want to pay $75 for a filter that is just screening debris.