Just bought this home last weekend, sort of a hand-me-down from my wife's grandparents. They have had it for about 10 years and only used it maybe 10 hours a year It was too big for mowing around all the trees in their yard, so it only got used for snow removal. Before that it was used for maintaining a graveyard. It has the Kawasaki 20 HP engine, 54" mower deck, and 46" snowblower. I
gave the snowblower a good workout with our surprise dumping of 20" on Wednesday.
I figure I better go over it good, since very little use also means it had very little maintenance.
The engine will be getting Rotella T6 and probably a P1 filter.
I'm not so sure on what to use for the transaxle/hydraulic fluid. Looks like it requires a J20D fluid. Anyone know where to find this? I checked Fleet Farm and Tractor Supply, they have J20C but no J20D. I don't really want to pay JD dealer prices, but I guess I will if I have to.
Since the mower deck was already off and hasn't been used in 10 years, gave everything a good shot of grease and made sure everything is spinning freely. I still need to change the oil in the gearbox before putting the deck on. Looks like that just takes a GL-5 gear lube, which I have plenty of. Blades and belt look to be in good shape.
I'll probably change out the spark plugs and fuel filter just because. Air filter looks like brand new.
Any tips would definitely be welcome. This is my first time owning a real garden tractor, and a huge step up from the little Craftsman rider I have been using to mow our 2 acres.
gave the snowblower a good workout with our surprise dumping of 20" on Wednesday.
I figure I better go over it good, since very little use also means it had very little maintenance.
The engine will be getting Rotella T6 and probably a P1 filter.
I'm not so sure on what to use for the transaxle/hydraulic fluid. Looks like it requires a J20D fluid. Anyone know where to find this? I checked Fleet Farm and Tractor Supply, they have J20C but no J20D. I don't really want to pay JD dealer prices, but I guess I will if I have to.
Since the mower deck was already off and hasn't been used in 10 years, gave everything a good shot of grease and made sure everything is spinning freely. I still need to change the oil in the gearbox before putting the deck on. Looks like that just takes a GL-5 gear lube, which I have plenty of. Blades and belt look to be in good shape.
I'll probably change out the spark plugs and fuel filter just because. Air filter looks like brand new.
Any tips would definitely be welcome. This is my first time owning a real garden tractor, and a huge step up from the little Craftsman rider I have been using to mow our 2 acres.