Transmission would slip after it got hot, no reverse.
Worked after cooling off.
I had heard that trans wasn't serviceable.
Found a YouTube video that said otherwise.
Removed transmission, drained it ,seperated case- all gears looked good, no metal shavings, just very fine metal stuck to magnet.
Resealed with Permatex Ultra Synthetic
#82135
Synthetic motor oil resistant gasket maker (purple tube)
Refilled with Castrol synthetic 2 qts of 5w-50
and about 1/3 of 32 oz. bottle of Lucas oil stabilizer. (2.3 qts)
Worked great, hills no problem, strong reverse.
So, if your gears ain't shot and there's no worn parts in the pumps (see the videos), your problem may just be loss of viscosity and/or low fluid level of factory filled 10w30 that they put in them because synthetic is about $10.00 a quart.
I might have just been lucky that fixed it but I ain't proud.
It would have been a pisser to junk the mower because it needed a transmission.
I imagine there's been a lot of them junked because the transmission took a dump and folks thought they couldn't be fixed.
Anyhow, thought I'd throw that out there in case somebody runs into the same problem.
But I got out of that ditch and slid in another one.
See my next post (please).
Need some advice.
Thanks
Worked after cooling off.
I had heard that trans wasn't serviceable.
Found a YouTube video that said otherwise.
Removed transmission, drained it ,seperated case- all gears looked good, no metal shavings, just very fine metal stuck to magnet.
Resealed with Permatex Ultra Synthetic
#82135
Synthetic motor oil resistant gasket maker (purple tube)
Refilled with Castrol synthetic 2 qts of 5w-50
and about 1/3 of 32 oz. bottle of Lucas oil stabilizer. (2.3 qts)
Worked great, hills no problem, strong reverse.
So, if your gears ain't shot and there's no worn parts in the pumps (see the videos), your problem may just be loss of viscosity and/or low fluid level of factory filled 10w30 that they put in them because synthetic is about $10.00 a quart.
I might have just been lucky that fixed it but I ain't proud.
It would have been a pisser to junk the mower because it needed a transmission.
I imagine there's been a lot of them junked because the transmission took a dump and folks thought they couldn't be fixed.
Anyhow, thought I'd throw that out there in case somebody runs into the same problem.
But I got out of that ditch and slid in another one.
See my next post (please).
Need some advice.
Thanks