[AT] OT(?) Cub Cadet 1812 Hydro question

[Larry Goss]

Rural King has a generic fluid that meets the Hy-Tran specs.  I use that.  It's more expensive than their ordinary stuff, but still cheaper than the product from IH.

Larry
 

----- Original Message -----
From: Roy Morgan <k1lky at earthlink.net>
Date: Sunday, May 31, 2009 20:46
Subject: Re: [AT] OT(?) Cub Cadet 1812 Hydro question
To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>

> 
> On May 31, 2009, at 8:16 PM, Stephen Offiler wrote:
> 
> > ... a 1988 Cub Cadet (MTD built, a.k.a. "Cub Cadet Corp.") and 
> it is  
> > a Model
> > 1812, ... check valve is leaking
> 
> Steve,
> 
> I can't help on the hydraulic valve, but do look forward to 
> the  
> answers of others.
> 
> I have here a Model 2084 Super Cub cadet.  I think this one 
> is old  
> enough to have been made by Cub Cadet, not by MTD.
> 
> I recently took off the snow blower and put on the rear mount 
> brush  
> cutter.  (The lawn here had gotten out of control!)  
> Next, I'll mount  
> up the under belly lawn mower deck.  The thing seems to be 
> a good  
> worker, except for weak interlock switches in the starting 
> system.  I  
> expect to keep it a long time.
> 
> MY questions are about the hydraulic fluid:
> 
> 1) Is there a suitable, less expensive substitute?  I 
> understand that  
> the genuine stuff from the factory is expensive.  I did top 
> it up last  
> winter with generic hydraulic fluid from TSC (maybe a cup and a 
> half)  
> and hope I did no harm.
> 
> 2) Do you really have to replace it at 500 hours or so as the 
> book  
> says to?
> 
> 
> Roy
> 
> 
> Roy Morgan
> k1lky at earthlink.net
> 529 Cobb St.
> Groton NY, 13073
> Home: 607-898-3607
> Cell: 301-928-7794
> 
> 
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