Re: (ET) e-15 Noise in power drive unit

[David C Robie <mycroftxx1 juno com>]

Help the guys who are doin pulling with em anyway. YAH I got a yard that
tilts a bit and lose a single wheel traction backing up too. 

Dave
Weymouth MA


On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 20:38:57 -0400 "RJ Kanary" <rjkanary nauticom net>
writes:
>          Now, if only one could find a source for the DuoTrak® 
> limited slip 
> differential that is also found in other 2300 series Peerless® 
> transaxles....then we could have some fun.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David C Robie" <mycroftxx1 juno com>
> To: <kelfy yahoo com>
> Cc: <elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 10:44 AM
> Subject: Re: (ET) e-15 Noise in power drive unit
> 
> 
> > Kee- rect.  When a company makes ten thousand castings the wrong 
> way,
> > they are not gonna melt em down and recast them. A 'whoops' note 
> to the
> > dealers after the problem surfaces is cheaper.
> >   Rather than lift the tractor to fill and drain,  I use a home 
> made
> > vacuum extractor to drain it,  and fill by gravity with a funnel 
> and
> > tight fitting rubber tube suspended high from the seat.  Of course 
> to
> > remove the tubeand quickly put the plug back in  my hand get a bit 
> oily
> > .......    Incidentally; a bit of Lucas in there too seems to help 
> the
> > more or less inherent lower gear noise level.  The GE dealer 
> service
> > notes released after production say 'jack it up.  Likely the 
> reason that
> > most of these trannys are noisy in the 'most often used' gears,
> > insufficient and later on, water contaminated lube from the very
> > beginning.
> >     The front of the tractor in other (gas) brands that used it 
> may have
> > been lower.  Incidentally, these trannys can have a mechanical 
> reverse
> > installed in em. Get the manual, order the parts, install em.   
> But with
> > out electrics we don't need those parts, have instant reverse
> > electrically.
> >
> > Dave
> > Weymouth MA
> >
> > On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 06:29:09 -0700 (PDT) Kelly Williams 
> <kelfy yahoo com>
> > writes:
> >>
> >> --- David C Robie <mycroftxx1 juno com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Drain completely refill with 85 weight
> >> > tranny-hypoid oil.
> >> > Overfill it cause the original fill plug ws put in
> >> > there too low.
> >>
> >> I've read a little about this in the archives, and am
> >> still a bit confused.  Did they really design the
> >> transmission housing so that when the service
> >> instructions say to fill to the plug, there's not
> >> enough oil in it?  Do you have to hoist the front of
> >> the tractor to drain it, then hoist the rear way up
> >> high to fill it?  That downward-pointing fill hole
> >> seems pretty unhandy.
> >>
> >> Kelly Williams
> >> Mount Joy, PA
> >>
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