Finding the Hydraulic Bypass Valve on the Snapper Pro S200XT

[rajthepilot]

Youtube videos show many mowers have two levers, one on each side of the engine. You change their position to disengage the hydraulic bypass valve.

Snapper Pro manual says to "Open the Hydraulic Bypass Valve. To open the bypass valves, turn the bypass valve, which is located on the side of the transmission, CLOCKWISE.

I cannot find this bypass valve. Do I need I need to remove the entire cover to get to this? I'm attaching a few pictures.

 

[StarTech]

You're looking in the wrong location. This drawing should you a better idea where to look for the bypass. Notice it location is in relation to wheel hub.

 

[MParr]

Underneath the mower and behind each rear wheel.

 

[rajthepilot]

I still couldn't locate it. Do I need to lift the mower from the rear to be able to access it or do I need to remove the back cover? Can you guide me on which direction I should search it for based on these pictures

 

[MParr]

It’s underneath the mower and on the back side of the transaxles. It’s going to be near the filter access. It’s slotted to accept a large screwdriver. You cannot see or access it from the top of the mower. For reference, it’s below the fan.

 

[rajthepilot]

Thank you very much. I was able to locate it yesterday afternoon. And what are the odds, the belt came off that evening after 2 hours of mowing and owning this mower for 3+years. I couldn't believe that I just learned how to move the mower easily and that information became useful few hours later. So I turned the screw driver clockwise on the left one and counter clock wise on the right one and then moved the mower.

Now I'm having trouble putting the belt back on. I do want to replace the belt, but I still wanted to see if I can get the old one back on and I was unable to. Just because this is a different issue, I'll start a new post for it. I'd appreciate if you can add your input there as well

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