The type of fluid depends on exact model of trans. 10W30 full synthetic is common but a couple of models are different. Tuff Torq has a website and the torque specs and actual fluid types are listed there.
I just replaced my JD L118 tranny with one I found from an L110. Tuff Torq K46. it's now working like new. Only advice I'd give you is to make a long tubed funnel and top off the fluid after the first use. It was full but later took 1/2 quart more. The running sound improved a lot.
Nice work. Just finished doing this for the third time on mine ride on. These K46 tufftorq hydrostatic transmissions are junk. They are in Husqvarnas and a heap of others also. Very light duty. Okay on the flat but they hate hills. They are meant to be unserviceable in a lot of cases but changing the oil can help mask the inherent flaws.
Hey bud, did you split yours and clean the magnets? I have a question if you did. That is all I did to mine was split the case and clean the magnets on a k46 with ~ 200 hrs. Anyway now it is weak going up hills…. Or rather won’t even go up hills. Any clue what I may have done? I know at one point the trans kind of rolled over when I had it split and the “neutral/ engage bar” went from neutral to engaged and the reduction gear with washers and spacer fell out. I was sure to put the pin with the cut in it facing up like it was. Anyway do you have any ideas what May have happened to make it now not climb? Thanks in advance for any information.
Yeah we cleaned the magnets if I remember correctly. What fluid did you put back in it? Assuming everything went back together right, I would guess it's the fluid.
Amsoil synthetic Hydrostatic Transmission Fluid 20w-50 will protect it better, and the transmission will last for many years. Factory says regular 10w-30 synthetic so you will have to replace the transmission sooner! Read about the differences in these oils!!
Wee bit late worrying about it aren't you??? That model is is already 10 - 12 yrs old The tuff torque should of been done @ least x4 times by now......else cost you a new replacement tuff torq which $800.00 so definitely not cheap for replacement parts 🙄
@@jazpanoz4996 I’ve got a ‘04 L118 with the Tuff Torq K46. Six hundred hours on the machine. Transaxle runs fine, tractor still hits full speed (5+ MPH) and does not bog on hills or when hot.
Beyer Forestry, Welding, and Other Stuff Yeah I'm not a fan of having to pull the transmission out of the machine to fill it with oil. That is not cool. For a shop to do what we did, I'd imagine it'd be cheaper to buy a new transmission or just buy a new machine. Plus we waited to long to do this fix and that caused the carb to clog up some. It didn't sound good in the end of the video. We ran it for a few hours and that seemed to clear it up.
Hey curious if this held up at all? I am in the same situation with my LA165 and want to do this myself but just want to see if it was worth the time. Is yours still holding up?
did the tractor have trans slip before you did the service? I got a JD L130 and it will run good until it warms up(about 20-30 minutes) then trans slips. was gonna replace the drive belt and try this oil change
It leaked out all the oil everywhere and wouldn't move at all You might want to polish up the circular pistons inside the transmission. That's what other have done and it worked. Maybe a little thicker oil might help also.
They tell you that so you junk your tractor every couple of years and get a new one. We've gone from having the ability to fix things ourselves to just tossing it and buying new. It's quite sad to be honest.
That's why we try to fix ours as much as possible. This fix maybe cost $50. Not $2500 for a new mower or 700 for a new transmission. They make them so you can't work on them or make it really difficult to work on them and time consuming which is what happend here.
Dale, they say they are not serviceable but we certainly serviced ours. Lol. It's not fun having to pull the transmission out of the mower to fill it. Imagine having to do that in a car or big farm tractor. That wouldn't fly with people.
@Love2boar92: There are some newer BMW and Mercedes cars that advertise having "lifetime" transmissions in them. They don't have dipsticks under the hood. So you can't even check the tranny fluid levels. Which is dumb especially when you're paying for a car upwards of $70,000. They do it because people tend to lease cars for about three years and just get a new car to keep the cycle going. As for old garden tractors, the old Cub Cadets from the 60's back when International Harvester made them had driveshafts going to the tranny. They were built so well that when MTD acquired Cub Cadet in the 70/80's that they made them cheaper.
