Well, I got my tractor back the other day and it was a seal leak as suspected. Their wording was:
They did some other routine maintenance so I'm unable to separate out the time spent on fixing the leak verses the other. But the cost for the leak parts and all the service time just over...
Thank you all. Not sure if I got everyone's response about the need to split the tractor.
A few parting questions...
1) There could be several reasons, but any idea what causes the seal to fail? If it is something I could have done, I want to avoid it in the future.
I've had the tractor for...
Okay. Neighbor pulled it up to level ground. I tried to start it but it wouldn't start. I checked the hydraulic oil level and it didn't even register on the dip stick. I can buy more and top it off, but I looked under the tractor to see what might have caused the large oil residue where I...
I noticed a large area (somewhere else) where some fluid had leaked where I had it parked. It wasn't a drip because it was a wide area, maybe like 3' x 3'. That was a bit disturbing.
At the advice of someone I tried adding more hydraulic fluid. I have no way of knowing what level it's at...
I was mowing the back side of our pond dam. I back down and drive back up. I have done this many times before. After a few times today I was driving back up and all the sudden my forward movement stopped. I put my foot on the brake and tried a few times to drive up, making sure that it was...