I have a brand new XUV590M that I bought late November of last year. It got to 100 hours and so it's been time for me to do a bit of maintenance.
All I have to say is that Deere did a HORRIBLE job of making this thing user friendly to work on by yourself. It is extremity awkward to work on. Does anyone have any helpful video on doing basic maintenance on this thing?
First issue: The oil filter was EXTREMELY hard to get off. I did not have a filter wrench that fit, and so I went to my dealer to get one, and was told that Deere does not make one for my machine. Weird. How is that even true? The shop did show me the one they use and so I went to an auto parts to get the same one. Problem was, with the skid plate on, I cannot get the wrench to fit in the space. Wonder if they take the whole plate off? Also, the filter was on unreasonably tight. I ended up having to drill holes in and use a long screwdriver to turn it. I can't begin to imagine how much torque was used to put that factory one on. I tried using a strap, but could not budge it.
Second problem was the spark plugs. The plug closer to the passenger seat is directly under a metal bracket and so you can't work straight down so I had to us a universal joint to get it out. Not a problem, until when trying to get the plug out I realized you can't even pull the plug out with the sockets attached because there isn't enough room until running into that stupid bracket. Thankfully I have long needle nose pliers and was able to grab it when it was still stuck to the socket, then pry the socket off, and then take each one out separately. A pain in the butt, but doable.
3rd, went to change the fuel filter, which according to the owners manual, is behind the drivers seat. I took the side panel off like the manual said, and I've look EVERYWHERE and traced every hose coming from anywhere near the gas tank to find the fuel filter, and I cannot find it for the life of me. Is it possible that my lines got installed without a fuel filter? There are no videos on YouTube of my model being worked on, but there is a similar gator, and his fuel filter is right out in the open. Am I just than dense? Or is it hidden in a special, secret location?
I'm no mechanic, but this machine seems very hard to work on. I have a 3025E and a Z530R and both of those have been very easy to work on for normal maintenance. This gator has been a PAIN to work on. Love the machine, but hate working on it.
Any helpful hints or tricks for these issues? Videos?
All I have to say is that Deere did a HORRIBLE job of making this thing user friendly to work on by yourself. It is extremity awkward to work on. Does anyone have any helpful video on doing basic maintenance on this thing?
First issue: The oil filter was EXTREMELY hard to get off. I did not have a filter wrench that fit, and so I went to my dealer to get one, and was told that Deere does not make one for my machine. Weird. How is that even true? The shop did show me the one they use and so I went to an auto parts to get the same one. Problem was, with the skid plate on, I cannot get the wrench to fit in the space. Wonder if they take the whole plate off? Also, the filter was on unreasonably tight. I ended up having to drill holes in and use a long screwdriver to turn it. I can't begin to imagine how much torque was used to put that factory one on. I tried using a strap, but could not budge it.
Second problem was the spark plugs. The plug closer to the passenger seat is directly under a metal bracket and so you can't work straight down so I had to us a universal joint to get it out. Not a problem, until when trying to get the plug out I realized you can't even pull the plug out with the sockets attached because there isn't enough room until running into that stupid bracket. Thankfully I have long needle nose pliers and was able to grab it when it was still stuck to the socket, then pry the socket off, and then take each one out separately. A pain in the butt, but doable.
3rd, went to change the fuel filter, which according to the owners manual, is behind the drivers seat. I took the side panel off like the manual said, and I've look EVERYWHERE and traced every hose coming from anywhere near the gas tank to find the fuel filter, and I cannot find it for the life of me. Is it possible that my lines got installed without a fuel filter? There are no videos on YouTube of my model being worked on, but there is a similar gator, and his fuel filter is right out in the open. Am I just than dense? Or is it hidden in a special, secret location?
I'm no mechanic, but this machine seems very hard to work on. I have a 3025E and a Z530R and both of those have been very easy to work on for normal maintenance. This gator has been a PAIN to work on. Love the machine, but hate working on it.
Any helpful hints or tricks for these issues? Videos?
