adkdad84
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hi all,
long time lurker, now looking to get myself a garden tractor.
locally, there's a cub cadet gt2000 with ~170hrs, average to good condition, with a 48" snow blower for $3900. I talked the guy down to $3600 and said i'd think about it.
thing is, he doesn't recall ever changing the hydrostatic transmission fluid, nor does he have any record of it. He's 80 with health problems. Snowblower has been used sparingly, maybe 3 times and i believe it, so the hours are from mowing and from what i could see he has a flat lot.
should i stay away? Manual says oil change at 10hrs and every 50 after that. i pulled the stick and the fluid looked good, light honey color.
if i do end up buying it, i'll change all filters and fluids asap. These things really take 15w40 rotella? Love that stuff never thought of it as a tranny fluid though. How about rotella T 5w40 synthetic? Would that be an upgrade?
thanks for your input! Hopefully this goes through as it's a decent deal and there's not much for sale up here in GT's with snowblowers.
long time lurker, now looking to get myself a garden tractor.
locally, there's a cub cadet gt2000 with ~170hrs, average to good condition, with a 48" snow blower for $3900. I talked the guy down to $3600 and said i'd think about it.
thing is, he doesn't recall ever changing the hydrostatic transmission fluid, nor does he have any record of it. He's 80 with health problems. Snowblower has been used sparingly, maybe 3 times and i believe it, so the hours are from mowing and from what i could see he has a flat lot.
should i stay away? Manual says oil change at 10hrs and every 50 after that. i pulled the stick and the fluid looked good, light honey color.
if i do end up buying it, i'll change all filters and fluids asap. These things really take 15w40 rotella? Love that stuff never thought of it as a tranny fluid though. How about rotella T 5w40 synthetic? Would that be an upgrade?
thanks for your input! Hopefully this goes through as it's a decent deal and there's not much for sale up here in GT's with snowblowers.