Hey guys, hope all is well with everyone!
So I noticed a few mows ago that my 2284 had a few drips coming from the trans as I let it warm up in the driveway. I pull the tunnel cover off and saw that it was coming from the relief valves (don't remember if it was one or both). Anywho, I grabbed a wrench to make sure they were tight and I got a small bit of turn out of each and the leaking seemed to stop. Or so I thought. I went to mow again the other day and noticed it was leaking again. As the leak wasn't pouring and this time of year I need to move when I can, I kept an eye on it and proceeded to get my mowing job done.
Fast forward to today and I just jumped onto partstree.com and looked at a breakdown of things. Seems as though there are three o-rings that go around the outside of the valve when you install it. To me, it seems like a simple fix; replace the o-rings and be done with it but that got me to thinking, I don't think I've read too much about these being an issue on other Cubs. I know that rebuilding the relief valves is a somewhat common thing but is it ever as simple as the seating o-rings? The machine has just shy of 1000 hours on it and since I've had it it has been maintained well (I think I was the first to change the trans fluid, though, maybe a couple hundred hours ago).
Any of you guys have similar issues with the o-rings going bad or allowing fluid to leak by? Or am I looking at something more expensive and a potential relief valve rebuild? I haven't had a chance to pull things apart and take a better look yet so I'm just asking because it's all I can do for now
