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09-14-2011, 09:43 PM
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I had a Lesco ZTR that used motor oil in the Hydro-Gear brand pumps. But for our Cubbies.....stick to what the manual says. In other words..
 . I'm glad it's working normal now.
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09-15-2011, 06:04 AM
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Todd
Did you end up with that one in Gainsville? I had a thought on how I could hook up the command again into my super, I know here I go again, LOL My case used 30 wt in the hydro pump, I hated to sell that tractor. While were on the subject of trannys, funny thing the other day. Guy brought in his ZForce and said the left tranny locked up. Sure enough I couldnt get the dump valve to work to relese it. Then I got to looking, there was a long piece of rope wraped around the tranny pully and I told the guy that may be your problem. With out blinking an eye, he said so thats where that rope went too! Me him and the two guys that were in the truck with him just laughed. It was wedged in there so bad I had to pull the tranny out and the fan and pully off to get the rope out! 
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09-15-2011, 09:57 AM
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Thanks for the replies guys. Feels great to have her back to normal.
I stopped by a guy's house the other day who had the same model of Cub as I have. I asked him about trans problems, etc. He never had any problems - but his tractor was a complete wreck! He bought it new in 99, so it's two years older than mine, but it looks like it's three times older. Panels beat back into shape with a hammer, scrapes and rust on the body, greasy-grass sludge piled up on top of the trans, clumps of grass under the engine shrouds.... Does it ever seem like some people can just abuse equipment and have less problems than people like me who are nuts about maintenance? Oh, and Vince, that looks like one stout machine  Good luck on the Command in the Super. I have nothing but praise for the Command in my 2186.
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11-01-2020, 05:50 AM
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Bringing back this post from the dead because experience has taught me a few things.
Fluid type is one of those topics that just gets so much attention but little resolution, so I wanted to follow up after years of owning these machines. Rotella 15w-40 in the HydroGear BDU-10 and BDU-12 works just fine. I'm not sure what anomaly had caused the scenario where the trans "lost power" on my 2186. I have since sold it but have owned several other 2000 Series and 3000 Series and I can say that not one of them has exhibited this issue. One of the things that contributes to the feel of the pedal being "squishy" on these machines is in the linkage. If the hydro control rod and spring are lubricated properly, there should be a spongy-like feel to the pedal when you mash it to the floor. It functions similarly to the trunion springs on the IH/Sunstrand units to help control the "snap your head back" when making drastic changes in motion. My guess is that I had lubricated that linkage when I did that service. That had caused the pedal linkage to move more freely. Most of these are never lubricated and so you have that instant response from a direct connection between the pedal and the hydro control. That combined with (most likely) air needing purged from the system had caused the scenario I described if I were to guess. All of this is to say I have used Rotella 15w-40 in all my HydroGear units without issue since.
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