Did I mess something up?

bhostasa · Sep 17, 2017

Hi guys -

I have a mahindra 2015 hst with 1150 hours on it. I was finish mowing the front field this morning when I started smelling something hot. It was primarily when I went from forward to reverse.

I stopped mowing immediately and pulled the tractor into the barn. The rear end was (lightly) smoking it was so hot.

I can't think of what the issue would be. I'm going to drain and fluids and change all filters. The only thing I can think of is that maybe I had a clogged transmission filter and the fluid wasn't passing through like it should. I just service everything in the winter and have probably only put 100 hours on it since.

Any other ideas in what I should check out? Any help would be very appreciated.

Thanks!

Bilko · Sep 17, 2017

I can't help as in if you damaged anything, but do you know if it has a plastic fan located under the seat on the rear end? My emax 25 does and I believe yours will have one also. It's the cooling fan. I Have heard about the blades getting broken off from sticks and such, getting jammed up in them. Sorry not much help.

Mike

JerryK · Sep 18, 2017

Could have been working it with the brakes on the whole time... that would heat up the discs/ shoes/ and the fluid.. Real easy to do ..... I've caught myself driving around with the brakes on several times. I modified my first Mahindra [ 5035 ] with a sonalert and bright LED to keep me from doing it. I need to get with making similar mods to my other two... someday...