Recent content by unclemike

I cleaned and flushed the system out and installed the new pump and put everthing back together and it all seems to work fine. Putting the thing back together was not as bad as I thought, it went back nicely with very little effort with just one person. Thank you all for your support and good...

I found parts and ordered. could not find just the gears. I was advised not to use an aftermarket pump. I found a reman that has a 1yr warranty so thats what I went with. the pump should be here by Friday just in time to spend the weekend putting it back together. I'll post the final out come.

Well I got the tractor split apart. It took most of the day but it wasnt that bad. The gears in the transmition pump are blown apart. The pump housing and every thing else looks very good. I was able to account for all of the gear teeth and there isnt any metal anywhere. I think some new gears...

I brought an A frame with a chain hoist home last night and will attempt the split tonight or tomorrow.

Thanks for the diagram. The cover that I removed was the top off the transaxel. it has the two lift arms and lift cylinder. I believe that your right about the those tubes. One of them must have come apart. Now to split the tractor apart what do you do about the shift levers? And does the thing...

The pto still works, I cracked the lines going to the front pump and ran the engine nothing comimg out so I pulled the filter and housing and ran it, still nothing, so i pulled the top cover off the transaxel and could not see any problems. I again ran the engine and nothing. There is oil flying...

My old JD has always had a small leak on the steering column and after a long days work always got a little hot. the tractor is a 2wd with power steering and does not have high- low. the tractor was made in Germany. Last week while running a new (very large) brush hog I hit something in the...