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BX-25D ,PTB. Under Armor, '90&'92-B7100HST's, '06 BX1850 FEL
Gonna be a long post, so be forewarned!
There have been a many a forum written on the fun replacing those wonderful BX series fuel filters! (Inject sarcasm)
I had some time on my hand, so I said wtf, time to change those @#$%@%@ filters! I had seen Paul do it in a video, and several others have posted on how it can be done.......
I was a bit bored, I finished placing on my LED lights back on the canopy and got all those freakin wires cleaned up, so time was a plenty!
I placed the BX25D in the center of the shed, so I could get around the machine (typically up against one wall), I place some good ol 4x4 pieces under the outriggers and started to raise her. That went well, I then placed some steel ramps under the ol girl for the "just is case scenario".
First off the is the under-armor shield, I dont even drop the MMM linkage, simple push up a bit, pull the locking pin back and bullya, she's off! So far so good.
SO to get to the #@$#@@#% filter that get clogged the most, YOU now have to remove the factory metal plate that acts like a low budget fan guard. This is the guard they added in 2013 to slow down the fan breakage problem!
This is held in place with 4 nut/bolts. 13mm on both, O forget a ratchet here, aint know way in hell you get a ratchet in there! So up from under the machine the 2nd time.........13mm box end, check, 13mm ratcheting wrench, check......back under.....
well, the sumbeach who put these on did a grand job, they must be turned to about 6 grunts and a half!! Get back up and get another box end to use as a cheater bar, crawl back under, I had to place about 70 lbs of pressure, had to get a toe hold on the frame, to break each one of these bolts/nuts!!! As the first one falls to the floor, the @##@#$%^%$ nut rolls UP under a place that I cannot find.....so up I get....where the #$### did that mo&*%$@## nut go???? Found it up under the ramps, had to look real hard to see it too. Looking at the bolts, I see they have those little slits in them, like a locking mechanism, no wonder they were tough to get off!
Aw.....there's the filter I am looking for! Ok, next thing, cut those damn zip ties hold all those cables and hoses in place, up again to get the wire cutters!
Cut those free, time to pull the filter clamp off, up again to get that socket, guessed right and off it comes, now the fuel pump.......mmmmm....uses TWO different #$#$%$#% bolts like a 13 and a 10 mm!!! Two more up and downs! OK - that is off and all that crap is free.
Now the big light bulb hits........yesterday was the day I DECIDED to top of the fuel tank.....well hell, what to do? Not a problem! I grab the 5 gallon empty yellow tank, pop the spout off and slide it under with me......crap, I need a regular ol pair of pliers to pull the hose clamps off, you know the kind that you pinch? Now ready to empty! Get everything in close proximity and pop the clamp off, and try to get hose off of the pump (it is a lot easier to grab than the filter and has a longer hose!) Hose comes off, little spill of diesel - empties into fuel can......mmmmm....this is somewhat a slow trickle!.....get up and crack the fuel cap - get back under, fuel is flowing fairly well. Watching the outside of the plastic can, I can tell how fast it will take to fill up. Well, it is gonna be a few if not 10 minutes - time to find a ice cold adult beverage........everything is going good, right? NOT so fast my friend - thats a five gallon fuel yeller tank and I am filled to the top??? 6 gals over 5 gals leaves a hellva mess!!! Ok - no problem - I'll get the other semi empty 5 gallon tank. Get that and get back under- well now, I had not got any diesel on me or the floor at all.....up to this point.
AS I slide my arm in place to slide the one semi full tank out of the way, the slight movement make the hose come out. So, diesel on the wood floor, and diesel up my arm! great - get the hose into the second container, get back up to get some kitty litter for the spill and place it all around both containers that now have diesel all over them!
After cussing a bit, I realize the ice cold can is empty.....I need another one bout now! Check - on the way back under, I bring a big ass LED light with me, the ones that have replaced those 4" halogen types. Looking back up towards the HST fan - I see a bunch of red stringy stuff hanging down. Wth is this? MMM... this is the start of a mouse nest or something, there is all kinds of stuff up against the fins of the fan, and there is enough dirt packed around those fins on the hst pump - I am surprised it didnt over heat!!!! Looking at all the fan blades, I am happy that all of those are intact. That mess will have to wait until I get this fuel situation corrected.
Back to the fuel filter - after draining about 6 gallons of fuel out, and making one more mess on the floor, I pull those tanks out and see if I can get the filter off the hose. Give a little twist.....nuttin happening. I cannot get under the tractor as well as I could at the start - damn kitty litter and diesel is in my way BUT you cannot get a good hold on the hose the the filter unless you have a little better access to the underside. Find a piece of cardboard and back in business. Even with pliers, the damn hose will not free itself from the plastic filter!!! I have to take the tips of the pliers and push back against the body to pry the hose away. Success! Filter does not look to awful bad either! ( I filter the hell out of my fuel)
I bought a while back a brass 90 ball valve to go here ....time to find that!!! Well, low and behold I found that! So I find a couple of little hose clamps - get the 1/4 nut driver and get back under.......place the clamp on, a little more diesel up the arm never hurts - and now the valve. Naturally went I go to tighten the clamps, they bind up and I have to find another to fix the foobar. Up and back again and that is clamped off.
Now to cut a small link of hose off the original line and place it to the new cutoff valve. No problem there. Slide the old clamps over the line and reconnect the new filter back to the valve body. Which way does this sumbeach go ???? BAck up looking at the old one......just as I thought, back under and place it back together.
Now to solve the problem I knew was gonna bite me in the ass - the filter clamp cannot go back to the same spot it was originally bolted to, if it does, the lines will bind and have a kink.....mmmm.... I still can place the fuel pump back to those original two different bolt hole however. SO I said wth, the pump will go back in its place and the filter will have to "float" free a bit!
The valve is tied down loosely to the cross bar that brake lever uses with a pair of zip ties. The filter is tied back to something else - looks not factory but as much as this is covered up - can't nuttin get to it once covered up!
get up again, and place about 4 gallons back in the tank, close the cap. Get back under and open the valve.....mmmmmm.....filter get about 1/4 full. That makes sense, air trapped in line. Get back up, turn key - the fuel pump does not make any noise.....mmmm.....I get the O SHYT moment, but once back under I realize the pump is unplugged. Plug it up, turn the key about 20+ seconds....the pump makes an ugly noise when dry! Hit the glow plugs and hit the engine to start, fires up....then stumbles a bit and then picks up and runs smoothly. Recheck the filter - full and no leaks!
Satisfied with that, and all the other crap tied off - time to place the factory shield back in place. Where gravity was once my friend - it is now a mother fletcher! The distance between the frame and the nut placement is about 1mm less than a fat finger and a thumb! After another 20 minutes of creativity holding a nut in place with tape on the end of the box end, those nuts are in place and tight. I only gave them a grunt and half!
Getting under armor from BXpanded back up was the easiest part! IF you havent bought a undercarriage protector - I highly recommend them.
Lower the machine and clean up my mess.
3 hours have passed more or less and only two beers later that infamous filter is changed out! Looking at the old filter, cutting it in half - there was only a small place that had anything on it. If this filter can last as long, Ill be in good shape!!!
Anywho - thought I would share my story of trials and tribulations of changing the filter!
Only thing left to change ....the front end oil.......that ought to be a piece of cake!
There have been a many a forum written on the fun replacing those wonderful BX series fuel filters! (Inject sarcasm
)I had some time on my hand, so I said wtf, time to change those @#$%@%@ filters! I had seen Paul do it in a video, and several others have posted on how it can be done.......
I was a bit bored, I finished placing on my LED lights back on the canopy and got all those freakin wires cleaned up, so time was a plenty!
I placed the BX25D in the center of the shed, so I could get around the machine (typically up against one wall), I place some good ol 4x4 pieces under the outriggers and started to raise her. That went well, I then placed some steel ramps under the ol girl for the "just is case scenario".
First off the is the under-armor shield, I dont even drop the MMM linkage, simple push up a bit, pull the locking pin back and bullya, she's off! So far so good.
SO to get to the #@$#@@#% filter that get clogged the most, YOU now have to remove the factory metal plate that acts like a low budget fan guard. This is the guard they added in 2013 to slow down the fan breakage problem!
This is held in place with 4 nut/bolts. 13mm on both, O forget a ratchet here, aint know way in hell you get a ratchet in there! So up from under the machine the 2nd time.........13mm box end, check, 13mm ratcheting wrench, check......back under.....
well, the sumbeach who put these on did a grand job, they must be turned to about 6 grunts and a half!! Get back up and get another box end to use as a cheater bar, crawl back under, I had to place about 70 lbs of pressure, had to get a toe hold on the frame, to break each one of these bolts/nuts!!! As the first one falls to the floor, the @##@#$%^%$ nut rolls UP under a place that I cannot find.....so up I get....where the #$### did that mo&*%$@## nut go???? Found it up under the ramps, had to look real hard to see it too. Looking at the bolts, I see they have those little slits in them, like a locking mechanism, no wonder they were tough to get off!
Aw.....there's the filter I am looking for! Ok, next thing, cut those damn zip ties hold all those cables and hoses in place, up again to get the wire cutters!
Cut those free, time to pull the filter clamp off, up again to get that socket, guessed right and off it comes, now the fuel pump.......mmmmm....uses TWO different #$#$%$#% bolts like a 13 and a 10 mm!!! Two more up and downs! OK - that is off and all that crap is free.
Now the big light bulb hits........yesterday was the day I DECIDED to top of the fuel tank.....well hell, what to do? Not a problem! I grab the 5 gallon empty yellow tank, pop the spout off and slide it under with me......crap, I need a regular ol pair of pliers to pull the hose clamps off, you know the kind that you pinch? Now ready to empty! Get everything in close proximity and pop the clamp off, and try to get hose off of the pump (it is a lot easier to grab than the filter and has a longer hose!) Hose comes off, little spill of diesel - empties into fuel can......mmmmm....this is somewhat a slow trickle!.....get up and crack the fuel cap - get back under, fuel is flowing fairly well. Watching the outside of the plastic can, I can tell how fast it will take to fill up. Well, it is gonna be a few if not 10 minutes - time to find a ice cold adult beverage........everything is going good, right? NOT so fast my friend - thats a five gallon fuel yeller tank and I am filled to the top??? 6 gals over 5 gals leaves a hellva mess!!! Ok - no problem - I'll get the other semi empty 5 gallon tank. Get that and get back under- well now, I had not got any diesel on me or the floor at all.....up to this point.
AS I slide my arm in place to slide the one semi full tank out of the way, the slight movement make the hose come out. So, diesel on the wood floor, and diesel up my arm! great - get the hose into the second container, get back up to get some kitty litter for the spill and place it all around both containers that now have diesel all over them!
After cussing a bit, I realize the ice cold can is empty.....I need another one bout now! Check - on the way back under, I bring a big ass LED light with me, the ones that have replaced those 4" halogen types. Looking back up towards the HST fan - I see a bunch of red stringy stuff hanging down. Wth is this? MMM... this is the start of a mouse nest or something, there is all kinds of stuff up against the fins of the fan, and there is enough dirt packed around those fins on the hst pump - I am surprised it didnt over heat!!!! Looking at all the fan blades, I am happy that all of those are intact. That mess will have to wait until I get this fuel situation corrected.
Back to the fuel filter - after draining about 6 gallons of fuel out, and making one more mess on the floor, I pull those tanks out and see if I can get the filter off the hose. Give a little twist.....nuttin happening. I cannot get under the tractor as well as I could at the start - damn kitty litter and diesel is in my way
BUT you cannot get a good hold on the hose the the filter unless you have a little better access to the underside. Find a piece of cardboard and back in business. Even with pliers, the damn hose will not free itself from the plastic filter!!! I have to take the tips of the pliers and push back against the body to pry the hose away. Success! Filter does not look to awful bad either! ( I filter the hell out of my fuel) I bought a while back a brass 90 ball valve to go here ....time to find that!!! Well, low and behold I found that! So I find a couple of little hose clamps - get the 1/4 nut driver and get back under.......place the clamp on, a little more diesel up the arm never hurts - and now the valve. Naturally went I go to tighten the clamps, they bind up and I have to find another to fix the foobar. Up and back again and that is clamped off.
Now to cut a small link of hose off the original line and place it to the new cutoff valve. No problem there. Slide the old clamps over the line and reconnect the new filter back to the valve body. Which way does this sumbeach go ???? BAck up looking at the old one......just as I thought, back under and place it back together.
Now to solve the problem I knew was gonna bite me in the ass - the filter clamp cannot go back to the same spot it was originally bolted to, if it does, the lines will bind and have a kink.....mmmm.... I still can place the fuel pump back to those original two different bolt hole however. SO I said wth, the pump will go back in its place and the filter will have to "float" free a bit!
The valve is tied down loosely to the cross bar that brake lever uses with a pair of zip ties. The filter is tied back to something else - looks not factory but as much as this is covered up - can't nuttin get to it once covered up!
get up again, and place about 4 gallons back in the tank, close the cap. Get back under and open the valve.....mmmmmm.....filter get about 1/4 full. That makes sense, air trapped in line. Get back up, turn key - the fuel pump does not make any noise.....mmmm.....I get the O SHYT moment, but once back under I realize the pump is unplugged. Plug it up, turn the key about 20+ seconds....the pump makes an ugly noise when dry! Hit the glow plugs and hit the engine to start, fires up....then stumbles a bit and then picks up and runs smoothly. Recheck the filter - full and no leaks!
Satisfied with that, and all the other crap tied off - time to place the factory shield back in place. Where gravity was once my friend - it is now a mother fletcher! The distance between the frame and the nut placement is about 1mm less than a fat finger and a thumb! After another 20 minutes of creativity holding a nut in place with tape on the end of the box end, those nuts are in place and tight. I only gave them a grunt and half!
Getting under armor from BXpanded back up was the easiest part! IF you havent bought a undercarriage protector - I highly recommend them.
Lower the machine and clean up my mess.
3 hours have passed more or less and only two beers later that infamous filter is changed out! Looking at the old filter, cutting it in half - there was only a small place that had anything on it. If this filter can last as long, Ill be in good shape!!!
Anywho - thought I would share my story of trials and tribulations of changing the filter!
Only thing left to change ....the front end oil.......that ought to be a piece of cake!
