My JD314

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About 6 weeks ago my brotherinlaw informed me that the lawnmower he was borrowing of mine was leaking hydro fluid everywhere. So I went out there to his place and seen that the main differential seal was wet, didn't see it leaking. I started to gather intel on the project and found all the info and parts($40).
This last saturday my wife got a call from her mother and her sister wondering when I was going to get out there and fix it. Just remember I believe kids first. This also torqued me off that her mother of all people has 3 riders, all JDs. She could have let them borrow one? Nope! They are tight wads. Okay, getting back to my lawn mower. Found out the JD dealership wanted around $800 to do this job!!!!! Ouch!!! I thought f150 spark plugs were bad. I asked, "what's the job rate?" And they replied 8 hours! Oh boy, I got my hands full on this one. Armed with my work truck I decided to tackle it. My word! After getting everything apart, I was only a 1 1/2 hours into it and 78 fasteners and brackets deep on the work bench. The cell phone camera came in handy when putting things back together! Well got the 3 seals in and everthing back together. Started to fill it up and it started to leak again! WTF! Nope wasn't the seals! It was a $.40 piece of sight tube hose buried back behind the differential cover and the back bracket! 31 years old and the plastic tube started to crack. Oh well I got new seals and sight tube and its good for another 31 years. Only took 6 hours total and that included 2 parts runs(sealent,rtv,plastic tubing)

Lars