[AT] OT. Grasshopper mower

[Larry Goss]

That's the one that has the chain for a final drive, right?

>From what I know of working with and maintaining those Eaton drives, I wouldn't replace the oil, H.L.  I know the common wisdom is that you should replace all such fluids, but on some hydrostatic drives, you just don't do that.  BTW, check the condition of the U-joints in the mower drive unit.  That may be a unit that is identical to a Woods in everythng exept the name tag.

JM2CW

Larry


----- Original Message -----
From: "H. L. Staples" <hlstaples at mcloudteleco.com>
Date: Sunday, May 24, 2009 17:04
Subject: [AT] OT. Grasshopper  mower
To: Antique tractor <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>

> Last week I purchased an older model 616 Grasshopper mower.
> 
> After replacing belts, blades,fans and tires the unit seems to 
> do a good job
> and should work well for me. 
> 
> Thought it might be a good idea to change the oil in the 
> hydrostatic drive
> units, dealer gave me a price of nearly $90.00 per gallon for genuine
> Grasshopper synthetic drive unit oil.
> 
> Any one know what would be a safe substitute oil to use 
> ???.  
>  
> H. L. Staples
> McLoud, Oklahoma
> USA
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