[AT] OT. Grasshopper mower
Larry Goss
rlgoss at insightbb.com
Sun May 24 14:32:13 PDT 2009
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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