Rob47
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Greetings Ferris Fans, I bought this mower used from a non-profit organization I used to work for. My first repair I did to it was to weld up the crack in the oil tank that had a slow leak. This leaves me to believe the transmission had been run low on oil in its previous life.
For all the time I have used the mower, it has made noise going forward whereas in reverse it does not make noise. This condition has not changed. At a contract job I have mowing, there are some slight hills where the engine has enough power but the trans acts like it is slipping. So far I have lived with it. Now, with the grass cutting season being at a standstill I am doing a lot of maintenance and repairs that will be called long-term fixes, meaning I am not looking to do band-aid repairs. I would like to know if any members have overhauled the hydro unit, if so where they got parts and advice of what to look for. In my former employment at the non-profit I pulled the top plate off to replace the shaft seal under the cooling fan and also one of the side seals. I did not go deeper into it at the time but am ready to do that now IF I could obtain guidance and a parts source. Last year there was some concern about what oil to use in the hydro, one mower shop mechanic said to use 20-50 wt. though that is not listed on the decal. I went ahead and used that weight oil last year. He told me that in some of them, noise was not a cause for alarm, so I did not pursue it at the time.
Since I have spent my adult life in auto repair - last 21 years in Honda cars - and fixing a lot of other mechanical stuff, I feel I have the skills to do this job unless there are specialty tools needed.
I am anxious to hear from you fellows in the forum... by the way; I did not go further into the trans at that time because I had no idea how this thing worked by looking at the moveable plate.
Rob H2222K Serial #7163
For all the time I have used the mower, it has made noise going forward whereas in reverse it does not make noise. This condition has not changed. At a contract job I have mowing, there are some slight hills where the engine has enough power but the trans acts like it is slipping. So far I have lived with it. Now, with the grass cutting season being at a standstill I am doing a lot of maintenance and repairs that will be called long-term fixes, meaning I am not looking to do band-aid repairs. I would like to know if any members have overhauled the hydro unit, if so where they got parts and advice of what to look for. In my former employment at the non-profit I pulled the top plate off to replace the shaft seal under the cooling fan and also one of the side seals. I did not go deeper into it at the time but am ready to do that now IF I could obtain guidance and a parts source. Last year there was some concern about what oil to use in the hydro, one mower shop mechanic said to use 20-50 wt. though that is not listed on the decal. I went ahead and used that weight oil last year. He told me that in some of them, noise was not a cause for alarm, so I did not pursue it at the time.
Since I have spent my adult life in auto repair - last 21 years in Honda cars - and fixing a lot of other mechanical stuff, I feel I have the skills to do this job unless there are specialty tools needed.
I am anxious to hear from you fellows in the forum... by the way; I did not go further into the trans at that time because I had no idea how this thing worked by looking at the moveable plate.
Rob H2222K Serial #7163