Recent content by Highgrass23

If you find the factory part not tight enough. Grab a Gates 9440. “Roll” it on around the rear pulley under the fan. Just a little tip.

I don't see the vent hose cap vent. Make sure to have one. Should be available at just about any auto parts store. Chevy rear differential vent. turbo 350 transmission vent. Lots of options.

Ex Exactly as mine was.

Wrong on the date. It was 1971.

Black Sabbath/Mountain Sam Houston Colosseum 1970. Went to see Sabbath, Leslie West and Mountain blew them back across the pond. And Black Sabbath was GOOD

I just got a used one with 930 hours. The oil leak on mine was a broken/missing nylon vent hose fitting. Wasn’t the HST unit rather the PTO gear box vent. I hope yours is something simple.

It was seized alright. I’ll tell ya, I did a lot to it. One set of gimbal bearings and seals, sharpened 3 blades. Oil and filter. Air filter looked to have never been changed, did that. Starter solenoid was clicking. Installed a universal relay. Starts every time now. 90* grease zert in center...

Jriedy85, If parking brake/brake pedal doesn't work. Remove the puck lever castle nut cotter pin. This lever pushes a pin through the brake plate to squeeze the brake puck to the puck plate. On mine the lever was very loose. With the brake pedal in the released position, I simply tightened the...

Thanks ve9aa. I can understand now why that part failed. Using the correct size extractor, a nylon or plastic what was left of it anyway came out. Maybe 3/16 thicknesses left. I always keep new radiator install left over cooler line fittings and such. 1/4” male to 5/16 barbed brass was close...

That was it. Stopped the oil slinging problem.

Ok,To clarify things a bit. Now that I pull up a parts diagram. I am looking at what’s called the Bevil Gear Case. I need to get back to the shop and look closer at it. If I was correct in assuming the leak was coming from the top left (looking from the front) mine has no part ID #370 [O-ring...

Lug, very good assessment. Concerning the gearbox, HST drive or whichever it’s called. I did see a lighter SAE looked to me like leak. The drip was collecting on the PTO. I don’t know if it got slung from spinning, but only makes sense that’s what happens. I ran the engine, deck removed and no...

This seems to be an pretty awesome forum. I’m sure I will have more inquiries about the mower. Seems to have had some amateurs with the wrong end of a wrench, get ahold of it, no doubt. It has one gimbal bearing making noise. Grease didn’t help. No biggie, I’ll git ‘er done. I corrected the...

Oh, and another point. my deck being 54” with three blades does take a longer 60” belt.

Ok, I got it lined out. Drove out to the river to check my buddies machine out. Here’s what I found without pictures. Someone back down the line had removed the tension bracket. When they re-installed it, the spring tab that faces up was installed incorrectly. The tab should be aft of the mid...