sfalco1957
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Greetings, my father in law asked me to look at his Scag Tiger Cub model STC48A-19KA, there was a puddle of oil under it. I found a huge mess of oil everywhere, and the hydraulic reservoir was almost completely empty. I cleaned it up the best I could, and refilled the oil, but an initial run is not showing any leak yet. I have been perusing the manual, and I do see some low pressure hydraulic hoses used, so I am keeping an eye on those. I am hoping that the problem is not a pump shaft seal. The machine has about 750 hours on it, he was having it maintained at a dealer but it is getting too expensive.
Is there any place these machines are prone to leak like this? The fluid seemed to be coming from the area of the pumps, but it was everywhere, mixed with grass clippings, a nice mess.
I do see that they sell a seal overhaul kit for the pumps, is that a difficult job to tackle (I have plenty of auto repair experience and tools, nothing on a machine like this though).
Also if it is one of the low pressure hoses, what can be used to replace that? the parts supply websites sell it by the inch, but that seems way expensive. Is this basically like the low pressure hose on a car power steering system?
thanks for any suggestions....
Is there any place these machines are prone to leak like this? The fluid seemed to be coming from the area of the pumps, but it was everywhere, mixed with grass clippings, a nice mess.
I do see that they sell a seal overhaul kit for the pumps, is that a difficult job to tackle (I have plenty of auto repair experience and tools, nothing on a machine like this though).
Also if it is one of the low pressure hoses, what can be used to replace that? the parts supply websites sell it by the inch, but that seems way expensive. Is this basically like the low pressure hose on a car power steering system?
thanks for any suggestions....
