I haven't posted in a while fighting the snow and all.
I have a new problem with my L35 GST and thought I would propose my ideas here hoping for some real world solutions.
During the last storm, frozen weather specifically, I found my GST transmission failed to go into reverse. I checked the fluid thinking it was low and to my horror it was the shade of a semi chocolate milk shake and frozen.
The transmission holds 10 gallons of fluid which I would change and not think about it per se but the loader and backhoe add another 10 or so gallons that I cannot simply replace. At about $15 a quart for super udt I could easily spend a thousand dollars draining and replacing it several times.
So I have researched and for about $600 I can build a vacuum chamber cooker to release the water and recycle the fluid. I would be able to do this once a month or so until I am sure I got a handle on it. It would also be a tool like any other I would own until I am gone and some one says WTF is that and throws it away.
My question to the group is; do you have another suggestion? Not being able to get the fluid out of the loader and backhoe are really driving my thought process.
semper fi
I have a new problem with my L35 GST and thought I would propose my ideas here hoping for some real world solutions.
During the last storm, frozen weather specifically, I found my GST transmission failed to go into reverse. I checked the fluid thinking it was low and to my horror it was the shade of a semi chocolate milk shake and frozen.
The transmission holds 10 gallons of fluid which I would change and not think about it per se but the loader and backhoe add another 10 or so gallons that I cannot simply replace. At about $15 a quart for super udt I could easily spend a thousand dollars draining and replacing it several times.
So I have researched and for about $600 I can build a vacuum chamber cooker to release the water and recycle the fluid. I would be able to do this once a month or so until I am sure I got a handle on it. It would also be a tool like any other I would own until I am gone and some one says WTF is that and throws it away.
My question to the group is; do you have another suggestion? Not being able to get the fluid out of the loader and backhoe are really driving my thought process.
semper fi