Oil Change and Lube John Deere X300 Lawn Tractor Riding Lawn Mower

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Oil Change and Lube John Deere X300 Lawn Tractor Riding Lawn Mower

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John Deere X300 Oil Change and Lube Unboxing John Deere Home Maintenance Kit for Lawn Tractor Garden Tractor Riding Mower Maintenance
I was delinquent in changing the oil on my John Deere X300 Lawn Tractor letting the oil go over two years without changing it! The oil had about 50-60 run-hours in it but that oil endured many Michigan season changes. Over time, motor oil oxidizes and water condenses inside the tractor oil sump and oil passages which dilutes the motor oil with water and in general, messes with its lubrication properties and viscosity.
I've used AMSOIL for most of my internal combustion engines but this time I wanted to try John Deere's Home Maintenance Kit for their lawn and garden tractors. The kit comes with all the parts necessary to properly perform routine maintenance on the John Deere tractor. One of the reasons I bought the tractor maintenance kit was because they were on-sale for 15% off and if you spend over $50 on the John Deere Parts website, you get free shipping. Here's a link to the John Deere Parts web page:
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@sarapetersen8500 Жыл бұрын

There's a lot of how to videos on these john deere mowers but I'm pleased that the first one I chose to watch was yours, very thorough and easy to understand as you explain what you're doing as you go, without a bunch of unnecessary detail unlike others. My mom is a retired electrician and this year she is about two weeks away from a full spinal fusion, and as I am her only daughter living in the area, I've taken on things like mowing her farm every summer and although she's taught me some useful maintenence, she just doesn't want to budge this year on bothering with an oil change which is beyond due! Got 1500 hours and never had an oil change. Thank you.

@WorksIRL Жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you so much for leaving me such a nice comment! I really appreciate that and I truly admire you for digging in and helping your Mom maintain her farm while she goes through what sounds like some painful medical issues with her back...I'm so sorry she has to go through that! Back issues at all levels sucks! I wish her well in her procedure and for a speedy recovery, though, fusion sounds like it may require a lifestyle adjustment as well...I hope it all goes smoothly. You're a wonderful daughter coming to her aid to help and that's a heavy burden to bear, especially when you're trying to live your own life with it's own challenges and chores. Please work safely and be especially careful when you get tired as that's when I make mistakes that can cause bodily injury which is the last thing you need with all you're handling for your Mom. Given your Mom was an electrician shows she's been a truly great role model for you to be taking up working tasks that even in today's "modern sensibilities" isn't something most women likely are doing...I wholly respect you both 💪. Definitely sounds like an oil change is overdue and well deserved for your hard working tractor. I hope all goes smoothly and you might even consider doing your own videos as you maintain your Mom's farm as I'd bet you'd get views...but, that also adds more work 🤪. Good luck getting it all done and stop back to let us know how things go on changing the oil and how the rest of your Summer progresses there "on the Farm"! 👍🏻💪😎🚜

@kaseyklein6002 3 ай бұрын

I appreciated the way you did things in the video and explained why you were doing them, like with the deli container and using the lid like a waterfall. Direct and to the point. Being a dairy farm wife, I am in charge of the mower and large lawn as my husband is busy with the farm work. I knew I picked the right video to watch when I saw that not only do we have the same lawnmower, but also the same Agri-Fab lawn sweeper! After going through a couple lawn sweepers in short order, I bought the Agri-Fab and have had it for several years. I sweep about 1.5 acres and drive each load across the lane to put in the field for our dairy cow heifers to eat. It was the traveling across the lane that broke the previous lawn sweepers. Anyway, I will look for more of your videos when I need help in the future. You Tube has had to replace my father as my teacher since he moved too far away and then passed away.

@WorksIRL 3 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you for your wonderful comment and I feel super humbled as you and your husband are near top of my unsung heroes list as I DO NOT take for granted you few remaining strong, roll-up your sleeves hard working dairy farmers sustaining the World’s need for fresh dairy products 🙏❤️. Hearing you partnering with you’re husband doing the lawn grounds work makes me applaud YOU as I look at so many young women who likely wouldn’t so much as sit on a lawn tractor let alone change its oil! 👏I’m afraid you’ll find my channel videos are a bit of a mixed bag across many topics I come across as I try sharing what I find works in real life. I hope you’ll find other helpful videos but I’d hazard to guess you likely have more to teach others already than learn. Bless you for your ambition to learn and THANK YOU and your husband for the hard work you’ve both chosen that helps let me enjoy a glass of milk, ice cream, cream in my coffee and cheese with my drinks…I salute you both 🫡🫡.

@m_v__m_v Жыл бұрын

Thanks for making this video. Just bought an x330 in the fall, changing the oil for the first time today.

@WorksIRL Жыл бұрын

Congrats on getting your x330 and I hope the oil change goes smoothly! Thanks for watching and keep us posted how you like it!

@benborah1264 6 ай бұрын

My dad gave me an x300 and ill be doing all of this for the first time, thanks for taking a lot of the unknowns out of it.

@WorksIRL 6 ай бұрын

That's great you're Dad gave you this nice tractor and I'm really happy my video helped you see what's involved. Work safely and stop back and let us know how things went! Have a great year and thanks for watching and taking time to leave your nice comment! 💪

@sdavis1771 5 ай бұрын

Hugely helpful!! Taking over mowing duties, not a clue about servicing! This was great!

@WorksIRL 5 ай бұрын

I’m happy to read your nice comment and thank you for watching!🙏. Good luck and work safely 👍

@robertkeys1251 Жыл бұрын

Great video! It is logical, easy to understand, and great camera views! I can now proceed with the oil change with confidence and thanks for the little tips with the tupperware and plastic lid to control spillage of dirty oil during the process!

@WorksIRL Жыл бұрын

I'm really happy to hear your feedback on my video and I really appreciate you taking your valuable time to let me know! This is what I love about KZfaq and contributing to it...being able to "go to school" on someone else to see how big a DIY task might be or any snags to watch out for. Good on you for tackling it yourself and keep us posted how everything turns out!

@michaeljodon1726 2 ай бұрын

Came for the oil change step. Thorough and easy to follow. Awesome. Then I learned a whole bunch of stuff I haven't been doing to mine. Now I'm probably going to do the entire kit you bought. I bought mine used and seems like I should. Plus I didn't know where half those grease fittings were.

@WorksIRL 2 ай бұрын

I’m glad my video was helpful and I appreciate you watching and taking time to leave your nice comment! 🙏 I think these John Deere tractors are pretty resilient even if not perfectly maintained and giving them some overdue maintenance will certainly prolong their useful life. I’m definitely guilty of going longer than recommended on many of these routine tractor maintenance tasks as it’s just the nature of equipment like this. We use these “tools” to get chores done without adding another chore to our list of taking care of the equipment we use to get the chores done 🤣. Good luck on giving your JD tractor some well deserved maintenance and I hope it gives you more years of service in return! 👍

@indianajones6577 4 ай бұрын

Servicing my X330 for the first time, also bought the same maintenance kit that you did. Great video, thanks

@WorksIRL 4 ай бұрын

Congrats on getting your X330...that's a handsome lawn tractor and good on you for jumping in to give it some care yourself! Good luck to you and thank you for watching...stick around and keep us posted how things go with your X330! Have a great lawn '23 lawn season! 👍

@michaeldunagan8268 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so totally!

@WorksIRL 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching and taking your valuable time to stop back and leave your nice comment! 🙏

@Tony-Plinkett 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video! 👍 Hope to put your knowledge to use next spring on my X300...

@WorksIRL 10 ай бұрын

Glad it might help and keep us posted how it goes in the Spring…thanks for watching!

@Jimmy-Legs 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tips. Got one for you. I have the same leaf blower as you. I slide on a 5-6 ft section of standard down spout. Add a 90 and then 45 degree section on the end and use it to blow off out any leaves in the gutter without climbing a ladder. Works like a champ.

@WorksIRL 10 ай бұрын

Love that idea!!! Thank you very much for sharing...I'm gonna do that, buddy! Thanks for watching and hope you'll stick around...I gotta give the John Deere some love with new fuel filter, air filter and likely new or sharpening blades...man, I get behind on my tasks 😆

@luckyafternoon5000 2 жыл бұрын

Just purchased a "like new" Deere x300. Well done video with good explanations and camera views. Thank you Jim!!

@WorksIRL 2 жыл бұрын

That’s great you found a like new X300…I’m sure that saved you some money and still gets you a great lawn tractor. I truly appreciate you watching and taking time to leave me a nice comment! I wish you a long useful life from your Deere and let us know how you like it as you get to use it.

@jaybooth4815 3 ай бұрын

Great information!

@WorksIRL 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and leaving your nice comment 👍

@mikecz328 2 ай бұрын

awesome ,lol had mine for 14 years never noticed the grease nipple underneath in the middle. or the pedal Thank You.

@WorksIRL 2 ай бұрын

You're welcome and thank you for watching and taking your valuable time to stop back and leave your nice comment 🙏. Nice to hear you've had your's for 14 years, too 👍I've had mine for 10 years now and still love it! Best of luck to you!

@jamiehalifax4954 10 ай бұрын

I change my oil and filter once every three years, well over ten years old now and runs like a champ,doesnt burn oil.

@WorksIRL 10 ай бұрын

That’s great to hear as I was thinking the other day I likely don’t change oil and filter on mine but every other year and sometimes like you, every 3! I’d like to get a snow plow blade, tire chains and rear weights to start using mine in the Winter to clear snow then I’d likely change oil every year given the added temperature stresses it would endure. Thanks for watching and sharing your real life oil/filter maintenance schedule 👍.

@jamiehalifax4954 10 ай бұрын

@@WorksIRL I just use mine to mow lawn but if you start to plow In the winter you should likely switch to 5w30 synthetic for the colder temps.

@WorksIRL 10 ай бұрын

@@jamiehalifax4954 good advice…I might have forgotten that important operation recommendation 🙏👍

@FinnyG47 2 жыл бұрын

Good tip on catching the used oil. Also, leveling the deck is important to perform annually. Tool is under the seat.

@WorksIRL 2 жыл бұрын

You make a good point about leveling the deck…thanks for that reminder on the leveling, too. Thanks for watching!

@LastBastian 2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, not all JD 300's have that tool, or the holes to use one in. My X300 has to be adjusted from underneath the deck, with a wrench.

@WorksIRL 2 жыл бұрын

It’s been awhile since I last leveled my X300 mowing deck and I believe the “tool” mentioned is more of a gauge to help get a consistent level at various points on the mower deck while using a wrench to make the adjustments.

@LastBastian 2 жыл бұрын

@@WorksIRL Yeah, my height *gauge* is located in the center of my deck height adjuster. But I believe the guy above is referring to a tool that a lot of these seem to have. Which is some kind of long hex bar that can be inserted through holes in the body/running boards of some X300 tractors. To adjust the height much more easily. Apparently a lot of JD 300's are that way, as I had to sort through quite a few videos before finding a couple that *don't* have that set up. 🤷‍♂️

@WorksIRL 2 жыл бұрын

@@LastBastian Ah, okay…then I’m with you. I’ll have to double-check mine and see. I remember the process being a bit sketchy and seemed like I kept teeter-tottering my adjustments, each messing up the previous and going round and round while on my hands and knees until my knee-caps were sore 🤣. Sort of wish there was a more certain system of leveling. I need to sharpen my blades way overdue so I suspect I’ll be doing that process again soon. Take care!

@daveh1081 2 жыл бұрын

Very clear and concise video mate. Just serviced mine.....one thing I'd add is that when you grease the steering components, it's a good idea to jack the front end up. Best Dave (in the UK)

@WorksIRL 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Dave! I truly appreciate you watching and taking time to leave such a nice comment and that’s a great tip about jacking up the front end! I’m thrilled to have my video seen by good folks like you in the UK, too! My wife and I are constantly watching “Escape to the Country” by various channels here on KZfaq since I can’t seem to find a paid streaming service that allows us to see it legitimately here in the U.S. We like to daydream about moving to your beautiful areas there in the UK. Thanks again for watching and I hope you’ll stick around and give me some more tips to share. Cheers!

@daveh1081 2 жыл бұрын

@@WorksIRL Ha ha.......we did just that........we escaped to the country! "All creatures great and small country" to be precise. Okay.......here's another tip. I have a sticking starter motor and a replacement costs a fortune.......solution????? A few squirts of clutch and brake cleaner.......hey presto, you're off again!! Best Dave

@WorksIRL 2 жыл бұрын

@@daveh1081 how fabulous and what a classic, magical place on Earth to which you’ve “escaped!” I repeated your comment to my wife who immediately knew where you are and had read all the books. When she mentioned your county I remembered that’s where the Brontë sisters had placed their classic book which I’d voluntarily read in my early 20s. I was trying to read all the classics thinking it would fool people into thinking I was a “renaissance man”…I didn’t fool anybody 😆. I love your starter motor “elixirs” tip and look forward to saving mine or my neighbor’s day when the starter acts up…I’ll be sure to give my new UK buddy, Dave, the credit 👍. Thank you!

@daveh1081 2 жыл бұрын

@@WorksIRL Well now, MY favourite holiday destination is Florida but Washington State is a close second.......we've had many fabulous holidays in the States........I have relations all over........Chicago, Virginia, California, Washington State!! I would always come home with bags full of tools......I was a kid in a candy shop........and the muscle cars, oh boy!! I always dreamed of owning a Charger or GTX...........actually, any Mopar. I could kick myself because I've watched the value of Mustangs and Trans Ams soar!! Tell your wife I live in the same North Yorkshire Town as the famous vet!! Also, many years ago as a young Firefighter, the Bronte parsonage was in my station area.......visited many times. Whereabouts in the states are you bruv? Dave👍👍

@WorksIRL 2 жыл бұрын

@@daveh1081 Wow, you have more relations here in The States than me, 🙂. I'm with you entirely on the muscle cars here but in Michigan the salt on the roads and Wintery-Wet conditions just ravage those old cars until there's nothing left. My first car at 15 was a 1971 Pontiac Firebird and in today's standards, I can say "only" 11 years old but was so rusted-out I could see my feet when I opened the trunk/boot. Great fun car though...pretended to be Jim Rockford and pulled many a "Rockford" on the farm roads where I grew up...fun times! I'm in West Michigan near Grand Rapids about 30-minutes from shores of Lake Michigan. My day job is keeping me so busy I can't do what I need to around home/cars so my videos are back-logged and piling up. You've had some interesting times traveling and I'll say I had aspirations to become a firefighter in my younger years but equal-employment-opportunity laws here in those times pretty much squelched those ambitions soon out of the gate for me. Still think it was what I would have loved doing. I put you good folks up high on the list of respect for any time served in the fire brigades. Enjoying our exchanges here...hope to stay in-touch. Feel free to find my email under my KZfaq channel About tab. Take care my UK friend!

@flylooper 2 жыл бұрын

I just bought a X300 and am looking for "how to's". Nice presetation. Thanks. (Practical tips on catching oil, too.)

@WorksIRL 2 жыл бұрын

Congratulations on buying your x300…curious if you bought new or used and how many hours on it if used. I truly appreciate you watching my video and taking your valuable time to let me know it was helpful! Hope you’ll stick around.

@flylooper 2 жыл бұрын

@@WorksIRL No it is used. It had 225 hours on the clock. Not bad for a mower made in the 90's (Was it?)

@WorksIRL 2 жыл бұрын

@@flylooper Nice! I bought mine new in 2014 and currently have about 175 hours on it and I’d have to do some Googling to see when JD started selling the X300. I believe their original factory warranty covered through 400 hours or 4 years which ever comes first so I like to think major repairs won’t be necessary until after the clock rolls last 400. I suspect PTO and/or clutch bearings and transmission will be the big likely candidates for repair after that but maybe we’ll be lucky and we’ll not find out 🥴.

@flylooper 2 жыл бұрын

@@WorksIRL Well, the x300 is a tremendous improvement overc the old LX188 I had before. The motor is the same but mechanically the tractor-to-deck hookup is superior in theX300.

@kenjohnson5498 11 ай бұрын

What's funny is the bearings are all sealed bearings in the belt pulley system, i always pull the top cover off the bearing so it can actually receive grease

@WorksIRL 11 ай бұрын

That is silly design. Designed obsolescence/failure seems to be the standing order on practically all products these days 😏. Good on you for figuring way to “sneak” grease into those and gain some life 💪👍. Thanks for watching and commenting!

@sdavis1771 5 ай бұрын

@@WorksIRL any chance you could show us NOOBs how to add that grease directly?

@WorksIRL 5 ай бұрын

@@sdavis1771 as Spring has nearly sprung in my parts of the U.S., my X300 needs some TLC so I’ll investigate the spindles more closely and try recording what I find and if I can do as the other viewer mentioned about greasing the bearings inside directly.

@1963Fall Жыл бұрын

Nice job. Hope you caught your breath. :)

@WorksIRL Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much and I'm afraid I may be even more behind lately with "honey-do's" and that much older and out of shape that I may be even more out of breath 🤣. I appreciate you watching and taking your valuable time to leave me your kind feedback...I hope you'll stick around!

@darlove546 2 жыл бұрын

Thank You . Video was informative and well explained..

@WorksIRL 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and taking your time to leave me your nice comment! I hope you’ll stick around and let us know how your oil change task goes.

@tgsmith9276 Жыл бұрын

thats got to be the cleanest lawn tractor I have ever seen. did you get it detailed before the video?

@WorksIRL Жыл бұрын

Wow, that’s nice to hear! It’s been awhile since I made that video so I don’t recall but I may have hosed it down a bit in weeks prior but pretty sure I just blew it off with blower prior to changing oil. I think you’d be disappointed in me if you saw it now 🥴…it needs some cleaning TLC. Thanks for watching!

@stevenhughes6255 2 жыл бұрын

Great Video! Any updates on the spark plug / other annual maintenance videos?

@WorksIRL 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and taking time to leave me a nice comment! I am disappointing many viewers by not keeping up on my maintenance 🙂! Honestly, I NEED to replace the plugs, fuel filter and sharpen the blades. Weather here in Michigan warmed up for not quite two full days and now had snow flying again but we're getting close. Once it warms up consistently in next few weeks, I'll get out there and get more maintenance done on it and get video(s) posted. Thanks for watching and hope you'll stick around!

@ShawnSchroeder Ай бұрын

Any idea why my belts squeel when I engage the mower? I got this from my mother-in-law after my father-in-law passed in 2018 and it's always done it. 2019, I put on new blades and belts and it still does it.

@WorksIRL Ай бұрын

It might be the mower deck spindle(s). They have grease zerks on top into which I try squeezing a few pumps of grease routinely. However, I've heard the grease may or may not even reach the bearings inside. The spindles on our X300 apparently are notoriously loud and often need replacing or rebuilding. Mine has one that's very loud but not "squealing"...more of a "rumble". I usually attribute squealing to a slipping belt on a pulley or sheave. Too much or too little tension from the belt spring (likely too little tension if the spring doesn't keep the belt taut enough). Grease on a belt surfaces of sheave or pulley might also cause the belt to slip and squeal. The other possibility is the PTO bearing driving the mower deck belt directly underneath the engine. It has a clutch mechanism and might be worn out. I've not changed mine, yet, but I suspect it could also "squeal". Good luck and keep us posted what you find out! Thanks for watching!

@ciphercode2298 5 ай бұрын

I see you mulch,hows it handle the mulching chores? Im wantin to mulch with mine,but probably not all the time. Sometimes i get stuck mowing when the grass is damp and ive heard the wet grass and mulchings not a good idea.

@WorksIRL 5 ай бұрын

I bought and installed the mulching kit (deck chute plug and dual mulching blades) shortly after buying my X300 back in 2014 and it's performed perfectly well! I definitely am a patient mower and adjust my forward-motion mowing speed to allow it to "chew" through taller, wetter grass and I'll even re-mow in a different direction over those areas if I see the clippings laying on top of the grass but mostly in my mowing route...in other words, I'll simply choose to turn widely through those areas as I'm turning to give those areas in which I see any grass clippings on top an extra "chew". I also do try to raise the deck to maintain the idea of only taking 1/3 of the length of the grass if I've let the grass get out of control due to rainy week and/or my work schedule didn't allow me to get out and mow as often as I should, etc. I could see it being a problem if I mowed like some of my neighbors I watch ripping through their riding mowing sessions like they're NASCAR drivers 🤣 I tend to have more patience and enjoy my time on my mower because if I'm not mowing, I'm working on other more laborious tasks so why rush it?😆

@richardburnett2749 Жыл бұрын

Is it worth having a Briggs & Stratton motor? Is it a good engine then the Kawasaki

@WorksIRL Жыл бұрын

Off the cuff, I'd place B&S as 2nd to Kawasaki being better in overall engine quality, durability, lower-maintenance, efficiency and smoothness. My experience with B&S engines is they seem to always have some carburetor issues even a few seasons into use whereas I've utterly neglected the Kawasaki in my John Deere X300 expecting to have issues and it runs as smoothly as it did from day 1 (...now I've jinxed it saying that! 😆). Japanese engines are just superior in my opinion. My Honda walk-behind mower is now 30 years old, neglected terribly all those years (rarely removing old gasoline in Winter) and it starts on the first two pulls every Spring...it's unreal. I get that same confidence from the Kawasaki engine on this John Deere. I'm confident the John Deere X300 hydrostatic transmission will fail long before I even consider having engine issues. Keep in mind, this Briggs and Stratton vs. Kawasaki engine debate is very much like any "Chevy vs. Ford" debate and will likely always be tainted by individuals' bias but I truly think Japanese engine quality, reliability and longevity has become pretty much legend of truth so I'd doubt many could argue with it. Good luck and keep us posted what you decide or what you conclude from your research/experience. Thanks for watching and commenting!

@chucklegere Жыл бұрын

Question… what is the brand and where did you get the oil filter remover tool? Thanks very much!

@WorksIRL Жыл бұрын

In the video, I'm using an AMSOIL oil filter wrench (I don't recall the size off top of my head) but I found the John Deere equivalent on Amazon and it's listed in the video description. For your convenience, I've copied that Amazon affiliate link and pasted it here...(if you use this link and purchase it, the product price is the same to you and I'll get a small commission from Amazon...thank you!!) John Deere TY26640 Wrench: amzn.to/3TsPaCI Good luck and thanks for watching...keep us posted if you do it yourself and let us know how it goes!

@stefaniegibson6757 2 жыл бұрын

What is that grease you’re using?

@WorksIRL 2 жыл бұрын

I'm using AMSOIL Synthetic Multi-Purpose Grease NLGI #2. I'm an independent AMSOIL dealer only because I used their products for years before becoming a dealer and found them far superior to all the lubricant products found at my local auto parts stores, local hardware stores, big-box store and other online retailers. As an independent AMSOIL dealer, I make a commission if you follow this link and make a purchase directly with AMSOIL: www.amsoil.com/p/synthetic-multi-purpose-grease-nlgi-2-glc/?zo=5085611 Here's a link directly to John Deere's website for their multipurpose grease they have listed on the X300 maintenance sheet: partscatalog.deere.com/jdrc/partdetails/partnum/TY6341 If you follow that link, toward the bottom of the page, you'll find another link to all the lubrication products they offer which might also be helpful. Thanks for watching and I hope you'll stick around by subscribing. Let us know if you end up lubricating your own John Deere tractor and if so, what you end up using.

@ninemilliondollars Жыл бұрын

Here's the recommendations from John Deere manual. Note any "NLGI #2" grease is OK. "The following greases are preferred: John Deere Multi-Purpose SD Polyurea Grease John Deere Multi-Purpose HD Lithium Complex Grease If not using any of the preferred greases, be sure to use a general all-purpose grease with an NLGI grade No.2 rating. Wet or high speed conditions may require use of a special-use grease. Contact your Servicing dealer for information."

@Winter8R1 2 жыл бұрын

enjoyed your video Jim - what was the name of the tool you used to get the oil filter cap off and where did you get it?

@WorksIRL 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching and leaving me your nice comment. In the video, I'm using an AMSOIL oil filter wrench (size 76mm x 14-flutes). I just updated the video description to include an Amazon affiliate link to the John Deere oil filter wrench. If you click this link, you'll pay the same price and I'll receive a small commission as an Amazon affiliate: John Deere TY26640 Wrench: amzn.to/3TsPaCI

@unclefreddieDied Жыл бұрын

do you oil the pre air filter?

@WorksIRL Жыл бұрын

No, I do not. With any small engine cellular foam air pre-filter, I usually vacuum them out then hand-wash them with hand-soap or dishwashing liquid under warm water and just squeeze them dry, let them air dry then reinstall them. I replace them periodically but usually just clean and reinstall them until they look too worn out then I replace them.

@unclefreddieDied Жыл бұрын

@@WorksIRL one more question... do you think it's ok to use plain old 10w30 motor oil?

@WorksIRL Жыл бұрын

@@unclefreddieDied check out my channel’s recent Community tab post where I provide you the motor oil details specified in my 2014 John Deere X300 tractor user manual. Understandably, John Deere prefers owners using John Deere branded oils but they do state it’s acceptable to use any oil with the “API Service Classification SJ or higher”. See the photos I posted from the manual in my Community post for operating temperature range viscosity recommendations.