John Deere 3032e Tractor Service Manual
It is time for my 50 hour service. My plan was to have the dealer do it the first time and then I would see the process and do it myself forever more. However, my dealer is an hour+ away and wants $110/hr travel plus $2/mile to and from plus the time doing the service plus the materials. Close to $600 dollars! I do my own auto fluid changes and am mechanically adept, but I am new to tractors. I am going to do it myself.
Can someone let me know if there are any unique challenges (difficult access to filter, or something) or pitfalls that I need to watch out for? BTW, I do expert witness work for patent-infringement cases. I CHARGE 1/2 MY RATE FOR TRAVEL. SOMETIMES I DO NOT CHARGE AT ALL FOR TRAVEL!! This dealer has screwed me over once before (AgPro) but they have monopolized the Deere dealerships in the area so I have very virtually no nearby options.
I agree if you can work on your car you can work on this. In fact I think it is easier because if you have a technical manual I know of nothing for an automobile that it is as thorough. Excellent diagrams, excellent instructions and theories of operation on most components. I doubt you'll have any issues but the technical manual would get you out of most. Most of the items for regular maintenance are located pretty easy to get to nowadays. I do blame John Deere for one thing. Once upon a time changing the water pump or most things in the car was easy because the engine compartments were not packed completely full.
Somewhere along the way an automobile designer bought a John Deere 400. When he saw how much crap you could pack in side the frame and behind the dash of it cars were never the same. I just did mine on my 3025E.
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The manual calls for just changing the hydraulic filters and fluid for the 50 hour service and nothing else. There are two filters a small one which you can see from your seat if you look down at the left side of the seat pan and then the hydraulic suction filter which is directly underneath that. The manual says it will take 5.5 gallons of fluid to replace it with however, mine only took 5 because not all of it comes out when you drain it. The drain plug is located in the back underneath the PTO. The fill port is located on the right side of the rear axle as you look at it from the rear of the tractor.
It is an easy job. Hardest part is not making a mess when draining the fluid since the filters are not in super convenient locations. The manual shows the rear tire taken off but you don't need to do that, at all. You do need two different size filter wrenches as another poster mentioned. This task should take you less than an hour. You will spend close to $200 for fluid and filters.
I just did mine on my 3025E. The manual calls for just changing the hydraulic filters and fluid for the 50 hour service and nothing else. There are two filters a small one which you can see from your seat if you look down at the left side of the seat pan and then the hydraulic suction filter which is directly underneath that. The manual says it will take 5.5 gallons of fluid to replace it with however, mine only took 5 because not all of it comes out when you drain it.
The drain plug is located in the back underneath the PTO. The fill port is located on the right side of the rear axle as you look at it from the rear of the tractor. It is an easy job.
Hardest part is not making a mess when draining the fluid since the filters are not in super convenient locations. The manual shows the rear tire taken off but you don't need to do that, at all. You do need two different size filter wrenches as another poster mentioned. This task should take you less than an hour.
You will spend close to $200 for fluid and filters. Just a note here 69project, mine also only initially took 5 gallons. After I drove it around for a minute and checked again on level ground, it was low. I then added another half gallon and it has been fine since. Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk. I cannot remove the HST filter (the smaller one in the transmission service process).
This is the first time to remove it since the installed at the factory. Any suggestions? I recall the first time I removed the filter on my Gator TX, I had to totally destroy the thing to get it off. Wondering if I have to do the same thing with the tractor. It seems a lot of factory filters are installed dry and have this issue weather it be a tractor, car, or truck. You just have to do what you have to to get it off.
I cannot remove the HST filter (the smaller one in the transmission service process). This is the first time to remove it since the installed at the factory. Any suggestions? I recall the first time I removed the filter on my Gator TX, I had to totally destroy the thing to get it off.
Wondering if I have to do the same thing with the tractor. Moot point now. I called service and he said that these filters are a -rhymes with 'hitch' starts with a 'B'-to remove. In the process of using all the mechanical leverage, I broke it off-the stem. Now I have to replace the interface element. Fortunately it comes off with two screws.
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