Junkman
Super Member
Today my BX22 passed the 100 hour mark and to celebrate, it started to drip hydro fluid from the middle of the tractor. I shut it down and started to look for the leak. It is coming from the small red vent at the top of the transmission and running down the case. I was using the tractor in low gear/4 wheel drive when this first happened. I was loading my truck with dirt and stones. The ambient temperature was about 95 degrees, however the tractor was not running any hotter than it usually does. I brought it back to the house and gave it its 100 hour bath and figured that I would look at it further tomorrow, when I am not so tired. Any suggestions what could have caused this? Almost forgot to mention, I was running at full throttle. I finished up the job at part throttle and it seemed to stop leaking. My first thought is that it was expansion of the hydro fluid, but my mind says, "why now, after 100 hours?". I will have to do a complete detail cleaning if I need to take it in for service. It has been up to its "elbows" in mud, clay, and dust. There was so much mud caked on the tires, that you couldn't even tell that they are bar tires. I will get out the pressure washer tomorrow and give it the final cleaning if the problem doesn't resolve itself.
