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Our new 425 has the quick-attach feature that our old one didn’t have. I’m about ready to swap out the grapple bucket and put on the auger head. I got the run down from Terry on how to take off the grapple, but I didn’t think about any particulars hooking up the auger. I know there are the 4...

I happened to be looking at YT videos today and look who I ran across—Terry from Power Trac! My wife and I had visited with him a couple of times before we bought our new 425 from him. Super nice fellow on top of being a guru of all things Power Trac. 😊 This is from a few years back—maintenance...

Seeing our old unit sitting with the failed pump, I keep thinking about it and what might be able to be done with it…thought I’d ask your opinions… I know that a new tram pump (replacement for the Sundstram Series 15) is terribly expensive, and again this is an old, 2001 unit with a lot of...

On our new 425, I’m having trouble (typical for me having troubles😆) with the Float feature. I had found it on the old 2001 unit by accident and found it to be easy to use. (Only glitch was sometimes the joystick would “fall out” of its Float position, but I’m sure that 20-plus years had a lot...

April 10 we took delivery of a new PT425. We drove down to Power Trac and Terry even run it up on the trailer for me. (As most of you know personally, he is a great fellow, and is a walking encyclopedia for Power Trac!😆) He took a lot of time with us on a couple of trips down there and was with...

Our old 2001 425 (Kohler CH25) has been doing fine since repairing the last issue. Now it has started having terrible trouble moving—reverse is struggling, and while trying to back up a small flat trailer with it on a slight incline, it struggled more and eventually stops moving. But whines...

Latest episode: seems to be losing some power when on inclines (does great going downhill! 😜) and I have a lot more “whine” I think coming from the front one or both motors. And backing up on a steeper incline it almost won’t do now…am I looking at bad wheel motor issues?

Forgive me if I’ve asked before and can’t see it in a search (my brain is not up-to-par with aging) My 425, hydraulic oil tank dipstick under the seat, is short (maybe 3-4”) and no markings. Anyone tell me what the correct level would be? Thanks!

I had my PowerTrac PT425 finally running again for a period, and then it broke again. Ended up finding cylinder head #2 exhaust valve seat had come loose and boogered up a couple of areas around the seat location. I started trying to find a replacement head online and having trouble (more on...

Opinions please. Previous owner put turf tread tires on our 425 (23 x 10.50-12)…hardly any tread wear but cracking in sidewalls, and a couple have slow leaks. Last time I bought a new tube for a lawn tractor (good brand I thought) it came apart real easily…new tires are quite expensive… Thoughts? 😊

On my Kohler CH25s, I have the analog SAM ignition… If a battery connection is loose (as in just put the cable end onto the post and pushed down slightly) can it cause an intermittent miss/stumble etc.? After much work on the motor recently I had just put the battery cables on, but forgot to...

MTD 5hp chipper shredder that I want to replace the motor with a new (but about 6 years old in box) Harbor Freight 6.5 hp motor. Best I can measure, I get 5/8” diameter shaft on the HF, but the original motor has a 7/8” diameter at the end of the tapered shaft. I’m seeing lots of adapters out...

My Kohler CH25s motor had a tag that listed the Spec number, but most of the label has worn away now… How else can I find out what my Spec number is?

In my last post, it was about getting in “tow mode” and about the engine quitting on bad gas, etc. So I was able to get it moved with the Bypass Hose installed. Got it home and ordered a new push rod for the bent one. Changed the oil and filter. Took the lifter out and bled it (it was solid as...

My PT425 was borrowed, taken out in the woods, and some bad gas was put in it…long story short, I need to get it back home where I can dig into the non-start problem now. So… I need to “tow” it—drag it up on a trailer. My manual says on way page that a “bypass hose” is to be hooked up between...

My 425 has developed an intermittent issue—running fine on level ground/road. Then when I hit a hill (especially my long, uphill paved driveway) it wants to bog down and sounds like the Kohler engine slows to the point of almost dying. If I let up on the pedal, or feather it some, then it seems...

My first time changing filter and fluid on our 425. Damn that filter is a beast to get to and loosen! I parked it where it was slightly leaning down towards the drain plug. Emptied it, removed filter, and put all new back. (I didn’t try and fill the filter seeing how it was such a pain to get in...

Our little older 425 sometimes loses pulling power—noticed it happens sometimes when I get a bucket of rock and bring it back up our fairly steep driveway. I’ll get about halfway and it slows down quite a bit, as I’m about to mash the pedal through the floor. I believe once it did come to a near...

I have a Briggs &Stratton Vanguard 6.5HP engine that the plastic carb float lost a sliver of material容nough that the needle valve falls through it. I致e talked with Briggs as well as countless others (even used) and always the same answer 登ut of stock and no idea when it would come available...