How to Service (oil change) Honda Pioneer 1000 | Easy, Simple and Thorough

Folks, today on the Stony Ridge Farm channel, we're going to give you a nononsense how to service your Pioneer Honda 1000. I hope you guys appreciate this. Hit that like button. Let's get down to business. >> I ain't afraid of I ain't afraid to get the job done and do my own damn way. I ain't afraid to lie. Times like [music and singing] this. If you can miss my freedom, I'll tell you just what you can. That's right. >> Hey folks, welcome back to another beautiful day here on the Stony Ridge Farm. This is a farm. See the cows? We have a good audience. [laughter] So today, what we're going to be doing is a quick down and dirty what I'm hoping is going to be the best video on the internet of how to service your Honda Pioneer 1000. This is a Honda Pioneer 10006. I do believe this is the same for 2016 and above. This is a 2025 camo edition. Honda quality. Honda quality. Everything I run on the farm is Honda as it pertains to vehicles that I get around on. So, ATVs and Honda UTVs. So, let's get down and dirty. This is going to be the fun how-to video on how to service your Honda Pioneer 1000. So, this video brought to you in part by our friends at Milwaukee Tool. This is a Milwaukee heated jacket. You'll see me wearing it some of the video. I got my Kuma wood stove fired up over here. We're in the shop building. This is a first generation farm project. If you like that kind of content, please subscribe. I'd love to have you back here on the channel with me. If you like this nononsense kind of video, let me know. Honda Pioneer 1000. Very, very simple. This thing has about I don't even want to say a little over a 100 miles on it. And the little wrench has popped up on the screen. We've got a few tools that we're going to need for the job here. And I'm going to get you a tool list and a list of all the parts that you're going to need for this. So, there are two filters that you're going to need. A DCT filter. Oh, by the way, I wrote this stuff down. The DCT filter is this smaller filter. You can pause it right there and get your part number. That is your small filter. That's your DCT filter. Now, you have a larger filter. Very, very common Honda filter. Okay. I think this is also used in some other machines. Super common, those two filters. Now, there are two gaskets that you'll need. Pause it right there. This is a gasket. Also, you may need some crush washers, and you can get those at your local Honda dealer as well. I only have one crush washer, but there is also one more gasket that you may need. It's a smaller gasket for the ADCT filter. I'm going to read that off to you, and we can actually post it down here, and there'll be a full list down the video description. Just click show more. You're going to need a 10 mm and a 12 mm socket. This machine holds 6.8 quarts of 10W30 genuine Honda motorcycle oil. And I'll show you what that container looks like. In review, you're going to need two crush washers, maybe. So, have them on hand. You're also going to need two rubber gaskets, maybe. Have them on hand. They may be just fine. You may not have to replace them. Save them for next time. You're going to need those two filters. And you're going to need genuine Honda oil. This is 10W30 GN4. Now, you can buy it just like this in a quart container, or you can buy it, I believe this is a four quart, one gallon. Yep, a four quart container. We've got some of both here in the shop because I've got all Honda equipment so I keep it. If I could buy it by the five gallon bucket I would. Let's get under this machine. We're going to raise it up on the lift here from Northern Tool. And check it out with a Honda. Reach in here. Grab your door handle. Reach right here. Lift up. Your bed will dump back just like so. We need to be able to access this panel right over here. So, there's a panel right here. And basically everything on a Honda is held together by these little push pins. Okay. So, there's a little push pin. You push down to release. Push. Come on, bud. There we go. And I'm just using a little screwdriver real quick. Right here. So, we've removed the access panel. We've placed it neatly over here. It says oil filler cap access. Bam. Right there it is. So, we got a dipst stick down here down in the bottom. And then we got a oil filler cap access right here. If you have the Pioneer 1000 3 model, I do believe some of those and some of the Pioneer 1000s have an access panel down in the floorboard in the rear. So, double check your owner's manual for that critter. Yeah, you died. Stick around for the bloopers. You're going to see what a struggle it was for me to get this thing up. a 20 amp uh setup right here. I got a 20 amp breaker and I think the breaker's gone bad. So, I had to finagle some things in order to get this thing up in the air. Get your PPE rocking. Let's get up underneath this critter. We got a 10 and a 12 mm underneath. We got lights. Oh my goodness. Not like the other guys on YouTube. So, we've got a skid plate. Let me just show you. You got plates, plates, plates, plates, plates. You've got one drain here. This drain is for your rear end. It is not what we're working with today. This is for your transaxxle. This is labeled. Very nice. Engine oil. It's labeled. It's also labeled here. Engine oil. You can remove this pan if you'd like and it won't make quite as big of a mess. Today, we ain't removing it. So, we're going to drain the oil. If this is on the floor and you're up underneath it, you may want to remove the pan just to get it out of the way. I do believe that these are a 10 mm engine oil. Engine oil. There are two drains. Kind of silly, right? Well, maybe not. Honda thinks things through. So, without further ado, let's go ahead and pop those loose after we get our drain bucket to catch our oil. This is the first oil change. I don't anticipate this oil being dirty at all. The filters may have a little bit of break-in material on them. So, we're going to pop the lowest one off first. Engine oil. Engine oil. I want to pop that one. Drain it. Pop this one. Drain it. Super simple. I believe it's the 12 mm. By the way, if you didn't notice, I warmed the machine up a little bit. I don't want it roasting hot. I don't want it to burn my face off when I do this. And I also want to do righty tighty, lefty loosey. And that's backwards. There we go. Be sure you inspect your crush washers when you take them out. Okay, I broke that loose. Let's just go ahead and we'll break this guy loose, too. There we go. Now, I know that this drain plug faces that way, and there is a guard right here. What's the odds of that hitting that guard and making a big honking stinking mess? They are pretty darn high. So, let's take our Milwaukee razor knife and make ourselves a little piece to go in here. A little piece of cardboard. I keep cardboard on hand for just this kind of thing. And we'll stick it in there. That way it hits that and goes down instead of going all up underneath your machine and then after you get done you're scratching your head wondering if you did it right and if you're leaking oil or not. That's a big thing. Got little dag on piece of cardboard right there. Make sure it's a little wider than the gap in that hole and lay it right in there. Just like that. Magical unicorns just laid eggs underneath my side by side. Right. By the way, I do work with Honda. Uh, this is not a Honda sponsored video or anything like that, but I do work with Honda Powersports. And, uh, last year, a year ago or so, uh, they flew me and my camera crew, who's not with me today, all the way out to Montana for an awesome video. Did you see that? Do you see how it hit that cardboard? It would have made a huge mess underneath this machine. I'm going to inspect my crush washer, which is right there attached. Looking good. I've already pre- loosened this critter. So, as soon as this gets done draining, we'll pop the cap back on it, I think. And it's getting ready to hit the floor. There we go. I feel pretty comfortable. We can go ahead and drain both at the same time right now. So, let's go ahead and take out number two. I'm going to make note of which one came from which hole. Right. Be smart. Make note of it. Yep. That's a little bit of grease on my foot there. [laughter] All right. Crush washer looks good. And so does my greasy foot. [laughter] There's a lot more oil in this thing than you think. Let me just tell you, you ain't living right if you're not using this stuff. It's called Super Clean floor absorbent. Really cool. Pop the lid. It's a corn cobbased product, I do believe. Don't quote me. And just simply sprinkle it on and you're good to go. You can reuse this. So you can sweep it up and use it again and again and again. Super Clean Floor Absorbent. Hey, leave a comment. Super Clean's a good friend of mine. Their company's a great friend. Leave a comment. You'll be entered in to win a Super Clean prize pack. How about that? Something free from the video. We're going to let this drain. Put those plugs back in to 22 ft-lbs. So, we got oil plug number one back in. We're going to wait for just a minute more and we'll get oil plug number two. In the meantime, I told you sometimes it'll get on this guard. So, I'm going to wipe this guard off. I don't want to worry when it's parked in my garage if I'm leaking oil. I have a oil drip. Nothing like worrying about not having everything back together like it should be. We're going to go ahead and pop this guy back in. Super simple. Just barely dripping there. So, I think we'll be fine. We'll see if we can get a little bit of oil on our jacket. Now, pull my little guard out. That worked like a charm, didn't it? Really cool. Throw that on the floor, too. Somebody else cleans this place up, right? [laughter] All right, we're going to get our fingertight. Crush washer was good. Snug that guy down. This one's a little tougher to get. There we go. Just don't be a gorilla. That's all it is to it. All of our oil is drained out. We're going to bring the Honda on back down a little bit to where we can access our filters on the side of the engine. And they are on the driver's side right up over here. Basically directly in behind our wheel. Bam. It's labeled DCT and engine. Okay, they're both labeled. We are doing both the DCT and the engine filter. Same [snorts] thing. 10 mm. You want to get you a long nice extension. Hey, why' the cowboy get a corgi? They said to get a long little doggy. We're going to get a long little extension and get way back in here and do a filterctomy. Crack them loose. Very, very simple. Three of these guys. You may want to have a little pan underneath because a little bit of oil is going to come out. We call it oil around here. Not a lot's going to come out and it is going to drip on the chassis just a little bit. So, you may want to just take a rag and stuff it right up underneath to where you can not get oil all over everything. Starting to get cold in here, but my jacket's in the way. I'm going to go put another log on the fire, and then we'll get these filters out. Take a rag, set your nuts and bolts down on a rag. That way, you don't lose them or drop them like me. Wipe them clean if they're dirty. It's best to do this with a clean machine. You don't want to service a dirty machine. It's covered in dirt and grease. I will give you a pro tip. As you're popping this cover off, loosen all three bolts. Then pop the cover ever so slightly. Then remove all the bolts all the way out. And that way you're not making a mess and taking a chance and dropping your cover. And you can just take a flat tip screwdriver or typically your fingernail and kind of pry a little bit and that cover should pop off. Or your Milwaukee razor knife. Let's give that a try. There we go. A little bit of oil is going to come out of there. I'm going to slip my cover off. And there's going to be a spring in here. You got to make note of that spring. Okay. Slip your cover off very, very gently, very carefully. Have a rag underneath to catch the spring in case it releases. Pull your cover off and inspect your rubber gasket. When you slide this on, slide it back on correctly. We don't need to replace that rubber gasket. It looks awesome. We're going to pull our filter and our spring out first. Our spring. That's what our spring looks like. And we're going to go ahead and put our spring back into our little cup here in the direction that it was. So, we remember that. Okay. That's not really necessary, but that's what we're going to do. You need a pair of needlenose pliers to pop that filter out. All right, out comes our filter. Doesn't look too bad. Looks fairly clean. I don't see any metal in it. I think we're good to go. Set this guy to the side. We'll get our new filter. Be sure we check our new filter with our old filter. And it has writing on it. It says towards cover on there. Just remember that. Don't be an idiot. Match them up. Look great. Rubber gasket. Everything looks totally identical. Slide the new filter back into place. No sense in wiping or introducing any contaminants into your filter. So, you don't need to get up in there unless you got some dirt. You don't need to get up in there and wipe. Okay? Just be smart about it. Slide our spring back into place. The spring is probably our biggest challenge. And then we need to remember our orientation. [snorts] Says engine on there. Okay. Once you've got it on, give it a good press. Hold it one one hand and get at least one of these bolts fingertight. Two would be best. Back with our 10 mil. Righty tighty, lefty loosey. Now, you can take your Honda and have this done your local Honda service place. If you got an ATV guy, whatever you want to do. I just like to do it myself. I think it's fun and I like to take the pride of doing a good job and making sure everything's nice and neat and clean when I get it done. Okay, so my gasket was good. I tightened my nuts back up just like they were. We're going to pop the DCT cover off next. Come on, baby. There we go. Little bit of oil's draining out of it right now. Do have a drain pan down below. It's a good idea to have a drain pan under you. Once again, cover is off and check your bolt. Don't drop it in the dirt. Check your washer right there. This one looks really, really good. We're in good shape. We're going to go ahead and reach in, pull out our spring. Same as we did before. Same orientation. We just need to maintain that orientation. It's not that important. We'll reach in with our needlense. Now, our old DCT filter is kind of popped in there a little bit tighter than the uh oil filter. Slide my new filter back in the appropriate orientation. It does say uh there is some there's some letters in here. What does it say? I can't read it, but just know your rubber gasket goes towards the machine and the writing goes towards the enemy, right? Towards enemy. I'm an old Air Force vet. This spring holds in place a little easier. Slide our cover. One hand holds it. The other hand goes back and finds a bolt. So, in an upcoming video, look forward to seeing this machine. And then West Virginia, we're going to go up to the Hatfield McCormack trail system and do a little bit of riding, a little off-roading. This normally is dedicated farm machine and uh we're going to take it and have some fun with it. That's what it's all about. Having a good, reliable machine on your farm, on your property. And I tell you guys, I've had the John Deere Gator and I've had the K Cabota RTV and I will say, I'm a Honda Honda guy. I really am. I don't need to go 90 m an hour and I don't need all that big fancy suspension. I just need something tough, durable, and reliable. And Honda hits the mark every time. Oh, and affordable. These are a little less expensive than most of your side by sides out there. And they're just awesome. Just great reliable machines. Okay, snug this guy down. And now we're ready to bring her all the way down and pop her back off with oil. Just like I said before, there are two different caps in here. There is a oil check cap down low over here on this side. And then there's an oil filler cap on the top side of the engine. I'm wiping them all nice and clean so I don't introduce contaminants. I'm going to pull the filler, excuse me, the dipstick out and just look at it real quick. That's it right there. Just going to take a look at that. I'm going to drop her back down in there. Screw it down in. It is plastic, so be careful. And if it has a gasket on it, be sure you watch that little gasket. See all this micro dust kind of floating around in the air here? We got to be careful with that, too. So, take that guy out. I'm going to drop our funnel in place. Now, this is a little awkward spot for our funnel to get into. So, if you've got a bent funnel, that would work a little bit better. We're going to put 6.8 quarts. Now, 6.8 quarts is almost seven quarts. Don't overthink it. Right in we go. All right. There we go. I tell you what, that right there seem about like 08. Gently and carefully remove my funnel and take it to my rag. Bam. Take my rag and go away. Take my filler cap and put it snugly back in place on the top of the engine. Yep, we're good to go. We're going to start this machine. Let's go up front and I'll show you guys how we reset the maintenance reminder and we'll let this machine run for a minute. Turn our key on. You'll see the little maintenance reminder right there. Little wrench right there. So, what we're going to do is we are going to hold that button down. We're going to turn our key on just like so. Holding that button down, you see it flash and then it resets. Now, we're going to start. We're going to give it a minute to get all that oil up out of the crank case. Good to go. Don't want to rev it right now. Just want to give it a few maybe a minute, something like that. Just like with a truck or a car. If we are low of oil, we don't want to overrun it, right? So, we'll shut that dude off. This is tight quarters in here, man. Uh, it just is tight quarters. Now, let's wipe our dipstick off. I see oil on it. Good to go. Drop that guy back in there. And yep, good to go. Ready to rock and roll, baby. So, now he's ready to head up to the heels and do a little bit of riding and this thing will be good to go. And it, the cool thing about a Honda is that it has this maintenance reminder system in there that will tell you when you need major and minor service. And this is a minor service. This is the first 100 mile service on this Honda Pioneer 1000. So, we got to pull that Buick back in here, park it on the lift, and you'll see more automotive fun stuff. Thank you guys so much for tuning in today. This is a Mechanic Monday how-to fun stuff. I hope I made it shorter than 10 minutes, but I very seriously doubt it. There's some nuances here that everybody needs to know. This machine is good to go. We'll see y'all next time on the Stony Ridge. I got to go feed these cows. Check this out [laughter] before we go. Woo! [laughter] See y'all next time. Woo! Get together. Oh lord. Help me. Help me, baby. That bright. I got dirt in my eyes, man. There, baby. Come on, baby. Oh, neat. I'm certain I want to take a millisecond long video. Oh, where's my other light? I need a portable light. Where's my portable light? I need a portable light. Portable light. Portable light. Where's the portable light? I need a portable light. Portable light. Where's the portable light? Probably in a place where I don't need a portable light to be. Where's my portable light? How about a portable light? How many times can you just say portable light? Portable light. Portable light. Portable light. Portable portable light. Where are my portable lights? Why are they not right here? Where all the rest of the things are supposed to be? There it is. There's my portable light. The total you dirty. That's what happens when you start to bragging.…