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In Reply to: Re: 425 54 inch mower deck engagement kills engine posted by Mike on Friday, September 04, 2009:
There is a hex socket plug on the side of the gearbox a little more than 1/3 up from the bottom of the box. The correct oil level is what the box can hold when the plug is out of the hole. (about 4 - 5oz.) The manual says to check the level every 100 hours, I check mine when I sharpen/change blades, about every 3 to 4 cuts. I cut about 2.3 acres per week. years ago I had a gearbox fail when twigs were cought and wedged in the area between the drive pully and the output shaft of the gearbox. the oil seal for the output shaft was distroyed and the 90w oil leaked into the belt area to be soaked up by clippings. There was no evidence that my machine was bleeding to death until the gearbox seazed and stalled the engine.
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