Craftsman garden tractor transmission issue
ctpuritan
13 years ago
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Comments (7)Disassemble the carburetor and give it a judicious cleanout using spray carb cleaner and compressed air. You might also want to post the engine model number and the Craftsman technical model number (9 digit number under the seat). Of course, if this machine has a fuel cutoff solenoid valve on the carburetor, that might not be working and could cause the same symptom you are reporting. Take your can of "starting fluid" and throw it in the trash. You should not use it on these light duty engines. Spray carburetor cleaner is much safer (for the engine) to use as an alternate fuel by spraying into the carb throat when diagnosing fuel problems....See MorePoulan Pro tractor broken axle/transmission
Comments (9)try to jack up the tractor so the rear wheels are off the ground. start it up and put it in drive/foward and see if whats left of the axle spins as it should. if ok, then try in reverse as well. if still ok, then try to grab the opposite wheel that is spinning and attempt to put a load on it as it spins slowly, this might take two people. if still ok. then do what the previous poster said and get it welded at a welding shop. there is a possibility that something is floating around inside the hydro unit causing this thing to jam up, like a broken gear tooth or maybe just a lot of ground up metal or dirt. rtu sealant can cause this problem as well, if the hydraulic pump has no screen to prevent things like this from getting into it. so I would flush and change the hydro fluid and filter as well. If the axle does not spin as it should while in gear, then you will need to open the trans case up and inspect it very closely, and try to find what is broken. if nothing, then I would suspect the pump itself. if something broken, try to find a replacement at sears service center. if this is not possible, swap it for a new transmission. you can try www.surpluscenter.com for a new, bolt in lawn tractor transmission. try to see if they can cross reference your part number or model number to one of theirs. hope this helps. altbob...See Morecraftsman dlt3000 hydrostatic transmission/pto issue
Comments (1)The PTO issue should be fairly straight forward in checking, simply have someone operate the engaging lever from the seat while you watch to see what is taking place down at the deck end of the cable. Do not run the engine while checking the PTO engagement mechanisms. Possibilities rang from a broken cable, missing pin or nuts for the cable to attach to the engaging lever on the deck, or even a broken or de-railed belt from the engine to the deck. The trans issue is a bit more dicey as to the cause but unless there is damage to the ground drive belt causing severe belt slippage, it is probably in dire need of having the hydro oil changed. You can use the forum search feature (bottom of opening page) to uncover a multitude of threads covering oil changes on hydros....See MoreCraftsman hydrastatic transmission
Comments (13)I am a professional mechanic, forklifts & Class 8 trucks. Have some varying degree of experience in a several fields. Though I might have made a statement to the effect that "the units in these tractors are made by Hydro-gear", I was surely referring to a specific make and model of tractor with a statement like that. I would not make a "scatter gun" comment to that effect because there have been quite a few different vendors invloved in supplying small transmissions for the L & G market through the years. But I have been known to make a few "scatter brained" comments during my wanderings. Trying to help folks on a forum can be a challenging experience sometimes (but also rewarding) in that I have no idea of the skill level, experience, tool box, or determination of the person requesting help. I'm sure some of the other folks who are here to help concur with that. Mostly, the person posting the problem must decide if they are capable of a DIY repair for their particular problem. Obviously, "mechanicing" ain't for everybody or all the other professions would be hard up for staffing and everybody else would be carrying tool boxes instead of briefcases and laptops. I can't say with certainty, but if you exploded an old Turbo-hydramatic tranny, put it back together and it worked, you can probably handle a hydrostat too. I still want to issue my standard advice: Take about 1,000 pictures with a digital camera of every step of the teardown, write notes, attach tags, mark parts with a sharpie, "bag and tag" parts that make up sub-units, lay out parts in order of disassembly (first off=furthest away from ground zero, which is the machine), and anything else you can think of to map your trail. Do this and you can breeze through the reassembly with a lot better chance of success. Fail to mark your trail...........well, you can always search ebay for a hydro assembly. I will also caution you about taking things apart in that some internal parts must be returned to the exact same place they were found in. Some parts and pieces are "fitted" to a specific location and if exchanged to a different slot or hole, will not perform the same even though the parts look the same at a casual glance. This makes identifying and marking even more crucial....See Moretomplum
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