I bought my B2710 tractor 2 years ago, from someone who couldn't get it started and left it in the woods. The first thing I did when I brought it home was get it to start, then replaced all the fluids. Tractor hour meter says 618, but I don't believe it. I've only put about 20 hours on this tractor so far and I've noticed that after running the tractor for an hour or so the hydraulics start to get slower and then to a point where they barely work. I started looking through the owners manual trying to trouble shoot and I came across the changing your hydraulic fluid section. I had no idea there was the little screen filter that also needed to be cleaned... I tipped the tractor about 30 degrees to the side, so I wouldn't waste the relatively new fluid, and pulled the screen filter out. Didn't look like the screen filter had ever been pulled in the tractor as I had to break the paint seal. The screen filter was nearly completely clogged with metal shavings. I used a small magnet to try and get all the shavings I could out. Now that I've seen this I plan to drain all the hydraulic fluid out of the whole system and splash some diesel fuel through it to help work out the shavings. I'm nervous as hell that I have a huge issue now and that other hydraulic components could be at risk. I'm guessing my hydraulic pump is the culprit for the shavings but not even sure how the tractor got to this point... Does anyone have any recommendations or advise?