Yesterday, I completed the 50-hour service on our LX3310.
One strange thing occurred when changing the H660-36060 hst filter (OEM filter from dealer.) When installing the filter by hand, I felt contact of the gasket to the filter mount, and within another 3/8 - 1/2 turn, the filter bottomed out... metal to metal. The gasket was there; I oiled it prior to spinning it on, and I felt it contact the mount. I did a soft snugup with a wrench, didn't turn anymore.
In hundreds of filter changes on many vehicles throughout the years, I've never felt a bottom out like this.
I used the tractor about an hour. There was a very small amount of hydraulic fluid below the filter on the frame, not even a drop in quantity...may have just been residual from the filter change. I'll keep an eye on it, but seems to not be leaking.
Anyone else experience this? It didn't feel right... I may buy another filter and replace it.
One strange thing occurred when changing the H660-36060 hst filter (OEM filter from dealer.) When installing the filter by hand, I felt contact of the gasket to the filter mount, and within another 3/8 - 1/2 turn, the filter bottomed out... metal to metal. The gasket was there; I oiled it prior to spinning it on, and I felt it contact the mount. I did a soft snugup with a wrench, didn't turn anymore.
In hundreds of filter changes on many vehicles throughout the years, I've never felt a bottom out like this.
I used the tractor about an hour. There was a very small amount of hydraulic fluid below the filter on the frame, not even a drop in quantity...may have just been residual from the filter change. I'll keep an eye on it, but seems to not be leaking.
Anyone else experience this? It didn't feel right... I may buy another filter and replace it.
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