[AT] OT. Grasshopper mower

[H. L. Staples]

Hi Larry thanks for the come back. This grasshopper has direct drive to the
wheels two nearly exactly the same except L & R. These units are belt driven
from the front flywheel side of the engine. The mower is driven from the
normal PTO with a shaft to the U-joint shaft to the mower deck. I think I
read somewhere that the fluid should be changed at something like five
hundred hours . 

Recommendations for service oil is all over the place some units using
straight or multi-weight engine oil, regular and synthetic depending on the
manufacturer.

I have been told that the Grasshopper people did build the Woods units at
one time.

The oil in the drive units now looks like the multi-weight JT-8 engine oil
that I use in my diesel tractor.

I have some 10-40 Amsoil synthetic that I may use.  I recently read that B&S
recommends the artificial oils in some of their engines.

Any and all ideas considered.

Thanks

H. L. 



On 5/24/2009 4:32:13 PM, Larry Goss (rlgoss at insightbb.com) wrote: > 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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H. L. Staples
McLoud, Oklahoma
USA