My newly restored 135 was put to work mowing 4 acres of tall grass yesterday and it did great. Once we parked it on the trailer for the day, it immediately began bleeding engine oil out the trans weep hole as shown in the last photo.
A little history, My engine runs perfectly, but since I've owned it it has always run at about 60psi oil pressure, no matter the engine speed. I noticed just as we were finishing the mowing yesterday that it had slowly worked its way down to 50psi and when I went to idle, 20psi. It had never done that before and that was just before it started spewing oil.
The other problem I found yesterday, is that the PTO clutch doesn't engage easily, it grinds. And while it is fully depressed to the floor, it vibrates and make a lot of noise. I figure it needs to be replaced. I also thought that maybe the vibration from the clutch disturbed the rear motor seal and caused the oil drop.
But I've come here to get a prognosis from you gents, the experts. What needs to be fixed and how to proceed?
Thanks a lot in advance for any help you can give me!
Jeff
A little history, My engine runs perfectly, but since I've owned it it has always run at about 60psi oil pressure, no matter the engine speed. I noticed just as we were finishing the mowing yesterday that it had slowly worked its way down to 50psi and when I went to idle, 20psi. It had never done that before and that was just before it started spewing oil.
The other problem I found yesterday, is that the PTO clutch doesn't engage easily, it grinds. And while it is fully depressed to the floor, it vibrates and make a lot of noise. I figure it needs to be replaced. I also thought that maybe the vibration from the clutch disturbed the rear motor seal and caused the oil drop.
But I've come here to get a prognosis from you gents, the experts. What needs to be fixed and how to proceed?
Thanks a lot in advance for any help you can give me!
Jeff