This video showed us all on YOUTUBE how to fix something NONE FIXABLE. I really like the short cut.

I wanted to try your way, but I also had to do the seals too. I dropped the unit out and rotated the pully to get every drop out. Then upon refilling it I used my drill driver to rotate the pully and move the f/r lever back and forth to get all the air out. Hey great video thanks for posting it.

I yanked my Hydra Gear out the bottom, but it's easier said than done. The linkages are the most impossible puzzle to disconnect and reconnect because they obviously don't care about ease of access. After 15 years the oil was many shades of metallic grey and the expansion tank had sludge in it. Maintenance-free, my ass. Luckily the transmission was still working perfectly fine. The transmission manual called for a 20W-50 engine oil and I used five quarts of 10W-50 full synthetic to do a complete flush and refill.

Was trying to find videos of how to get to hydro trans on a Cub Cadet.
Was getting seriously frustrated with having to take 1/2 the mower apart.
Thanks for the Gorilla method. I'm all about this :-)

If you're persistent and you say enough bad words...LOL, love it!!  I would love to have this done to my 11-year-old Craftsman mower that I have loved all these years till now, when it's jerky because of issues with the transmission, hangs up in gear. But this would probably cost too much, would probably be better off just buying another mower. Thank you for this though! If I had a shop and could do this myself I would totally do it, even as a 70 year old woman.

that was a great video i have looked for 2 hours to find that THANK YOU

Really wanted to change the fluid on my L110.  I knew I was going to have to take damn near everything apart, but my goodness man! Hats off to you for doing that!

Legend.
Im about to do mine thanks to you

Thanks for the Tip, I have a Scott’s S1642 And I was able to drill a hole through the body with a hole saw where the battery is and pop the plug spring and filter out from the top and bottom. Then refilled it with 1.5 quarts of 20W50 , I did not take the belt off Works great now. The transmission was really whining before and would barely move under load.

A HUGE Thank You in demoing how I can repeat your repair! Just what I thought was possible but now , after seeing your example, I know I can do the same. My 3- hr push mower lawn I can now cut it in 1 hr and trim it in 30 mins..Thanks Again Man!!

Thank you for this video, it  helped me out a lot.  I  also raised the deck rear end to access the transmission fill plug, since it had leaked a lot of transmission oil from a bad seal. I had done this before to get the gas tank out to clean it. I know its not the correct way, but you cant even see any creases from lifting up the rear end and its much easier. The fill cap was the hardest part, a real pain to get off. I used a small screwdriver that I ground down to make it sharp as knife, then got a tiny but lifted on the cap. I switched to a hook screwdriver (basically has  a really sharp mini hook on the end like a pirate's hand hook).  I used a 12V pump to suck about 1 quart out of the transmission.  Next year I will drop the rear end to get to the transmission, open it up and clean the filter and the lower magnet. I was under time pressure this time around. To check the oil level from the top,  I used a small palm screwdriver with permanent marker line at exactly 7/8ths of an inch which is the level to fill to from the top.  You DON'T want to over fill it.  just place the palm screw driver in the fill hole and note where the oil comes. to. I used the cap from the trans oil to add slowing till I got exactly to the marked spot.  Make sure the spin the wheels backwards and forwards a few times as you are filling.

cut at the scene where it was bent and then putting hinges for like a door with pop rivets

That is how I changed my gas tank a few seasons ago. I am going to pull the unit for the oil change. Nice video.

Great video!   Glad I.dont have to pull the trans!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️

Good job Yankee!

Awesome job. Now that we know where the access is, one can cut a trap door over it, in order to not have to lift the whole deck up.

Did mine that way a few years ago, works good.

That is so awesome about motor oil cause I do have that laying around. I bet you spend $100 filter new oil. You did good brother. Now I need to find ideas how I can reuse the oil filter. Oil in the transmission. Proud of them thinks.

I'm always in charge of the bad words when we are doing motor work.  LOL  Just helped our daughter pull a motor out of a Toyota pick up.  She's torn it down and rebuilt it almost all by herself.  But, I've always got the bad words to add in.

You done ok lad i would have cleaned it b4 taking the blug off I'm also a yanky engineer and never lived in us and have done my own transmission i have this mower 24 years it's a JONSERD 22 horse power hydrostatic it's totally original with a replacement deck i have a 1.5 acres lawn and it was slowing down on the hills i also bought a €200 husqvarna with transmission problems and fixed it with a new belt and new transmission oil. Watching here from rural Ireland 👍 🇮🇪