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Need some advice please. I rushed into my Ariens Max Zoom Transaxle Oil change without reading the manual, big mistake.

I removed a plate underneath thinking it was a drain plug and I think but am not sure that I drained all the oil from the internal pump.

The other side I did properly. When I refilled with oil, the side that I messed up now has no drive.

Please can someone who understands this tell me if that is the case and if so, how can I refill the internal pump with oil, I'm thinking turn unit upside down and pour oil into the same plate I removed. But this time I'd rather ask for advice first.

Thanks in advance

The cover that you have in your hand is the charge pump cover. If you rotate it 180 degrees from the proper orientation it will not prime, because it pumps the opposite direction.

Shouldn't that oil change just require the filter to be removed, new one put on and then filled up with oil?