First post here, glad I got invited by the sister site. Anyway, wife bought a new car so I'm stuck with old lawn tractors, our old JD LT180 lunched the TuffTorq hydro, so I went to refurbing this 2048 that had been sitting in the back for 5 years. Had to completely go through it changed most all the idlers and all the belts, drilled a hole in the Hydro-Gear and installed a plug so I could do a complete oil change with the correct synthetic. Started mowing for a few months limping along with it until I adjusted the valves in the intek 21HP before finally getting up to full power. Now I'm at the point where toward the end of mowing my 1 acre where it starts to struggle going up slight inclines. I have learned to do the one area with a larger incline first while it's still relatively cool, then the smaller incline next. But still would like to get more out of the transaxle.
New drive belt installed correctly seems pretty tight, cooling fan is missing 2 blades out of I think 8, debris is clear off the top of the hydro. I do notice the Transmission Disconnect Rod is kinda funky, it does work but doesn't really stay in the slot at all when I disconnect the trans. Where should I look next?
New drive belt installed correctly seems pretty tight, cooling fan is missing 2 blades out of I think 8, debris is clear off the top of the hydro. I do notice the Transmission Disconnect Rod is kinda funky, it does work but doesn't really stay in the slot at all when I disconnect the trans. Where should I look next?