rmissildine
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- Oct 23, 2013
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- Location
- Fort Mitchell, AL
- Tractor
- 1952 Ford 8N, 1965 Ford 2000 Diesel, 1965 Massey Ferguson 165 Diesel, 1966 Massey Ferguson 202 Workbull / loader / backhoe
Hello all, looking for some help with my Rhino finishing mower. Hopefully someone has run into this problem before me.
Last week I was mowing our 8 acre horse pasture. As it got hotter during the day, I noticed oil coming from the breather cap on top of the gearbox. I took a break and decided to check things out. I pulled the fill plug and breather / dip stick. It appeared to have water in the gearbox oil, all milky brown and I could see water droplets on the dip stick. I only had a bit more to cut, so I cleaned the breather and finished cutting.
When I got it back to the shed I began looking for a drain plug of some kind on the gear box but couldn't find one!!! I have the parts manual but it doesn't show any such plug on the gear box. So, how do I get this gearbox drained, cleaned and refilled???
I've owned this mower for 5 years and have never had this problem. I got it from the original owner but he didn't have the owners manual just the parts manual. All the online articles make no mention of how to drain the oil.
Can anyone help me? I don't want to disassemble the entire mower just to clean and change the oil in the gearbox, but I'll do what I have to.
If you need pictures I can post some.
Thanks,
Roger
Last week I was mowing our 8 acre horse pasture. As it got hotter during the day, I noticed oil coming from the breather cap on top of the gearbox. I took a break and decided to check things out. I pulled the fill plug and breather / dip stick. It appeared to have water in the gearbox oil, all milky brown and I could see water droplets on the dip stick. I only had a bit more to cut, so I cleaned the breather and finished cutting.
When I got it back to the shed I began looking for a drain plug of some kind on the gear box but couldn't find one!!! I have the parts manual but it doesn't show any such plug on the gear box. So, how do I get this gearbox drained, cleaned and refilled???
I've owned this mower for 5 years and have never had this problem. I got it from the original owner but he didn't have the owners manual just the parts manual. All the online articles make no mention of how to drain the oil.
Can anyone help me? I don't want to disassemble the entire mower just to clean and change the oil in the gearbox, but I'll do what I have to.
If you need pictures I can post some.
Thanks,
Roger