Ended up that my dad had been putting hydraulic fluid in it instead of transmission differential fluid. Filters got clogged. One of the hydraulic couplings had a leak the last few years and Dad was just dumping hydraulic fluid in it every once in a while to top it up. :(
Coupling fixed, fluid...
Hi. My Dad has taken a bit ill over the last couple years so I'm now running his hydrostatic CT 445 on his property a lot to deal with hauling some logs around, plowing the driveway, tilling the garden, etc.
Last weekend I'd been running the tractor for about 30m with no issues and had to hop...