For other viewers: Just pop the 4 visible bolts out, unhook the two hoses, don't drain the tank until 1,000 hours, then you need 12mm on about two extensions to loosen but don't completely unthread the two bolts holding the filter that's down under a few inches of fluid, can use long sleeve glove while in there although hydro oil isn't as toxic as used motor oil. Filter wrench to remove filter, then reverse process making sure to (if it fell in the tank) fish out the 8" or so o ring that seals the cover, install it during reassembly.
First of all, thanks for watching and comments. Doubtful, once particles/debris get embedded into the filter, it's designed to trap it. I spoke to a senior mechanic at one of the dealerships, and he said that he does Not drain the reservoir. The filter was pretty damn clean, and IMO, it probably didn't need to change, but I'm guessing Kubota wants to cash in on servicing, that would probably cost you atleast $500 to have them change it. Everything, of course, is based on machine use. I'm located in a very dusty environment, so I will continue to change the $70 hydraulic filter under the cab every 250 hours. I'm not gonna change that return filter again until the machine hits 1k hours.
Great question, I should have noted that! Of course, I bought the new filter, and then I made sure I had the socket. Oh jeeze, this was such a boring video, lol. I will check my box, I only have a few really big sockets from doing front wheel hubs and see if I remember which size.
