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Hydrostatic trans.
Ok, so I know nothing about hydrostic transmissions in lawn mowers and we just got a 1976 Cub Cadet 1250. (12 hp, hydro trans lawn/graden tractor).
This lawn mower was really well taken care of, the engine was rebuilt 3 years ago, kept really clean and indoors. everything really nice (He sold it becase the seat safety, and I think a could other safty switches arent working and he wanted to make sure his daughter didn't run into any problems mowing the lawn). He was the original owner also.
Anyway, He just changed the hydro trans fuild and filter before we got it. We actually had to top it off before we used it again. It doesn't seem to leak any fuild at all and all seems good.
What I want to know is, how do you make sure you have the trans 100% full and not miss any spots. The oil is up to the very bottem of the plug on the side.
Also, it has a fran oil filter on it, I'm guessing as long as its the right size, its 100% safe, as far as i understand it is basicaly a pressured oil system and just a preticualr weight engine oil almost.
I just want to make sure all is well, it is a nice built and nice kept tractor and I don't want to change that.
Also, it has one other problem, the amp meter on the dash doesn't have any numbers, but when I first start the tractor, it is almost all the way to the right and slowly goes down almost back to the center. The battery seems fairly old, and I do plan to change that out with the brand new one we have, but I just want to check this. I don't even know where the charging system is. nor have i really looked at the engine (it is completely boxed in like on a car).
It mows perfectly fine, even on higher grass, it can move along, and not have a problem, etc. So really just those two concerns.
thank you
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