You're very welcome!

That is good

Thanks sir. I thought of you today. The U.S. is getting hit hard. BUT -29 Here. -29C is - -20F. The wind chill is -35. the snow squeaks under your boots. haha

It's 0 degree F here right now in Tinley Park, IL. Hope you had the heater on in the garage!

i keep it so it doesn't go below 3C which is 36 F Not even my paint frezzes. it is natural gas.

freezes oops

Thanks Joey. Your comments are always welcome.

I learn a lot when i take them apart. Thanks RK

I would have to say no. But i will google it haha

Glad you enjoyed it

Thank you. i know what it did but not what it was called. Cool

Hey could you possibly tell me what the numbers on these belts on this mower is I had to replace the transmission belts the ones MTD sent me are way too big if you could help me with some numbers that I could pick up at Napa or somewhere I would be eternally grateful

​@@j.e.nichols146 on mine there's a parts sticker on the underside of the hood. But some of the numbers are partially missing. Model number: 13AC76LF055 Blades 942-0610A Upper belt 954-0426(F or E worn) Lower 954-042?? Deck belt 954-04062? Deck spindles 918-04474A(2) Customer service1.800.800.7310 Hope this partial info helps

Go for it! Good luck

@@BrucesShop Turns out the gearbox is fine. The variable speed pulley bearings seized up. I have those on order now. I disassembled and cleaned the gearbox, and replaced the grease anyway.

Oh my. I don't know if you saw how much work I put into this little tractor but it was worth it as I learned a lot too. Thanks Mr. Nash. I know the Nash name. Dad drove an Ambassador. 2 actually. AMC was born from Nash. I know you probably hate this saying. He was a gambler -He drove a Rambler. Just having fun. I remember the Nash-Rambler too.

LOL no I don't hate the saying. I understand the educational value in things and time as well I have a masters degree from the school of trial and error and the school of hard knocks. LOL My user name has more to do about where I live than cars or anything else I live in Nashville, TN but I too have been around a few nash automobiles had a teacher at a private school that had a nash metropolitan when i was a junior and senior i remember him driving it on the sidewalks of the school LOL we would pick up carry it and place between 2 close growing trees near where he parked it he would have to wait till class was out for us to pick it up and get it out between the trees. LOL

That is a good price for a replacement

I agree. It is hard t when t call it quits.

There is a differential. It is enclosed right beside that big gear. It's even called a "Differential Ass'y" in the parts book. However, it does not seem to be available separately anymore or if it ever was? Unless you are talking about a completely different machine? Seems to me in his first video that he did rotate one wheel one way and the other wheel turned opposite which means there is a differential in it. The transaxle in this video looks exactly like the MTD lawn tractor and parts book i have. Don't know how old mine is, bought it used, and when i put the Model and Serial number in the MTD search box---nothing showed up? I have not tried contacting them though.

Most of this little stuff will last with any kind of lubrication.

good for you

Thanks. Zippo. Glad you chimed in!!! You learn more on the challenging ones. If you just change the oil and buy a filter you don't learn anything.

You are so right. the grease looked carved out like a scoop

Zippo do you cap the hole you drill on top of the transmission?

@@doublewide6 ! KK

You too. Happy New Year

Thanks George. Tomorrow he motor comes out. Thanks for all your great comments. As always

Yes the Hydro's sell well too. I hated giving up. Motor extraction coming up. I hung the tractor in the garage like a moose during hunting season. The weather just went COLD so I missed that. -28C today. Just sticking around the house.. really.

I know this is 6 years old now, but that's pretty funny cause MTD makes Craftsman riding mowers.

You are exactly right

Right on. I HATE to give up too But these are the one you learn on.

I know. I was talking to the John Deere manager and he said $140 and hour for work. I get it that it is expensive to run a business, I don't have a problem with the that. That is why folks give them to me. 3 hours labour and $400 for parts and I get a free tractor. because they don't want to spend that and then have problems in another week.

Bruce Pender I agree. I have a few parts machines now that will be winter tear apart projects. This Artic cold blast has put that on hold for now.

Yup. Motor extraction coming up

Bruce Pender cool, that should be fun.

Right on. I sent mine to the recylcler after a year or so.

That is very cool. Thanks

Up here in Canada there is just too much shipping cost. I am 3100 KM.s west of Winsdor

Have you seen this video Tim. I gave up on this one. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bLmXkruYy7rVdoE.html

HI Bruce. Similar McCullough sold by Montgomery Ward circa 1970's. Not as bad as that Mini, but after fighting the same problems on the throttle and getting it running, the rubber intake just sort of melted away and it wouldn't run right. Too much trouble. I have two, the other works perfect. I can cannibalize it.

Yeah. 2 cans of STP Thicker gear oil and just a little less air in the tires. haha

I am sorry i am not there to see.

There is a special grease. Lots to google. I had used 0 or 00

I wished i could help

@@BrucesShop thanks for answering

you probably have a Walbro carb on there that's no longer produced. If you need parts, VE Petersen has them. I just had to rebuild mine after 23 years. I do wonder what the tranny/diff looks like inside....

I have no idea. I got it in this condition. No hour meter either.

I think the tractor sat without being used for quite a few years and when it started up again the grease didn't flow.

Thanks for the input.

@@BrucesShop Well, actually thank you to you. Your video is 1 of 2 I downloaded into a folder named ''Mikes Bolens MTD Mower. With a tag on the bottom side of the seat with, ''Troy-Built'', then ''MTD'' on a ''Bolens'' mower, it's not a wonder most of us guys who do their own work can get confused on what product they do have. So now that I have that figured out, what he needs to fix his trans is, 1: the Forward Bevel Gear, 2: the ''Shift Collar'', only because it has a small amount of wear but can add to the trans issue: ''Popping Out of Gear'' issue. For those of you who are going to repair your own trans, the Lubricant I'm referring to below is called: ''Super-S / 00 Grease & Sells for $5.29 + Tax /It's under the heading, ''Cotton Picker Spindle Grease 00''. Where: ''Tractor Supply Company'', aka ''TSC'' & at tractorsupply.com As for the lube which needs to be replaced because it's very dirty ''brownish color'' & it's already breaking down into a liquid, plus there could be a small piece of metal, metal shavings but probably dirt, so it wouldn't be too wise of us to reuse this lubricant, besides we really do not need experience tearing down this mower that much to save a couple hours time so save $5.60. Besides, the 00-Grease is also what MTD is referring to if you were going to buy their product, which I was told cost, $19.95 for a 9 oz bottle & this transmission takes 19 ounces. So 18 ounces is $39.90 from MTD. I'm sure a repair shop sells something maybe under a different name for less than MTD's price, [maybe cheaper] but you get the idea.... I mean if we're gonna do the job, why start looking for the most expensive stuff out there.... With this lubricant, it's like a $40 job to fix the trans.... Thanks for getting back with me. You're up in Canada right?

@@montydaniels1054 Yes. Western Canada a 9 hour drive north of Helena Montana

I checked it out and everything was worn like it wasn't lubricating well. I think the grease got stiff over time.

That is a tough one. A person may be able to drill and tap a grease zert in inject some grease into the case without taking it apart. I have not done this yes but I would like to on my John Deere (similar case). Sorry that is the best I can do.

This is a 4 years old video. I finally got fed up. Every time i went forward it was 2 steps back. This machine was worn out.

You could well be right.

Sorry, I don't think I can help you.

Thanks for watching.

I am sorry. This is a five year old video and I parted out the mower afer all the work i did on it. Once again sorry

They are sealed'

Best of luck.

This one was sealed. You can drill and tap a fill and drain hole . I have not done it but you can google it for sure.

Yew. The cost + the overriding amount of troubles with a worn out machine did it in. I knew I would have comments like this but that is what ti s. thanks for the comment.

Well they are what is out there. A LOT of them now.

They do not have grease ports. I considered tapping a 1.4 in thread hole to service it with grease.

​​@@BrucesShop Thanks for the response. I thought about this too, but it looks like the axle bearings are sealed cartridge bearings and the actual differential housing is riveted closed...so a grease port would really only lubricate the gear teeth and not much else.

@@cup_and_cone OK

You are lucky.

Si

I am sorry this was 8 years ago and the unit is gone.

Every time I turned aroun something new happened. I was done. parted it out.

The problem is that a lot of them are sealed. I am going to drill and tap a fill hole for my John Deere one day.

I keep some smaller stuff. If you aren't in Canada we have a Web site like Craigs List called Kijiji. Same Idea. Some areas use Craigs list too.

Bruce Pender I am not in Canada. Oooooooooo that's a fun one to say. Thanks so much for the info. Keep up the great videos!! You rock

I finally learned that. When I was new at this I thought I could. They can all be saved it just takes money. Keep the key and slide a new tractor under the key.

I just saw this comment now. Just type into the goggle search engine and something will come up. that is what I do

More than 1500 hours is my guess. Motors start to go at 1000. The better ones well maintained lots more.

We don't have enough population around here to do that. But thanks. There are no specific small engine scrap yards. A few guys do have parts but not many.

I know I know sad :-( -------------BUT I am selling the parts. It helps to pay for the cost of TRYING to fix it. Think of it as a heart transplant for somebody else's tractor.

that'll work!

Right. I had so many issues with this tractor I finally parted it out. This video was made 4 years ago. Thanks for commenting and watching. I totally understand I should have kept going. I was just worn out like the tractor. LOL Thanks again.

Osborne Bay-----"previous owner did a bad job" What makes you think anyone has welded it? I highly doubt anybody welded it. Those aren't "shallow teeth", they are damaged teeth, and anyone who has worked on a transmission or differential can see that. You never talked about hardening the gear either. If anyone had 5-10 good gears in the first place, they sure wouldn't bugger around trying to weld and shape teeth!!

I just had it with every turn I had more issues.

You are right. This is a video from sixtyfiveford at 1:13 in HIS vieo have a look. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bdF3abiI0ZulpGw.html

They are a sealed unit. Can you believe it?

I am not a fan.

IT is worn out

That is true

Could be. 6 years ago now

So true. You know I was just done. I would repair something major 2 days later another major thing would happen. Thanks for watching though.

@@BrucesShop I finally got mine all apart, I can definitely feel your pain. The headache of rebuilding this and if it doesn't go well will be quite a blow. Can you confirm for me that the axle/differential is a bit 'wobbly'? Kind of looks it in your video but hard to tell. Should it feel like a solid rod, or should it feel like it has a knuckle in the middle? I tried to take the diff apart but couldn't figure out. Some of the spacers have wear only on one side which makes me wonder, but maybe the spacers are stationary so it makes sense for the bottom side to be worn through since it's getting all the weight and friction. I didn't look at my gears up close but think I'll only need some new spacers, we'll see. Just the thought of trying to get this back together gives me a headache.

I parted this one out. sorry 4 years ago now. Now that I know more i may have taken another try.

Thanks. I appreciate the info for future viewers.

It wore me out. I had many issues with it this was the last one.

oh lol some thing wrong i get it... took me a minute

Mr Frog That seems to be all MTD brands from Cub Cadet on down.

I'd guess not. Probably made in a union shop in a declining town in mid-America by drones educated in government schools, lol.

Me too. My John Deere 180 has a sealed unit too.

@@BrucesShop It’s a shame.

I agree. 4 years ago when this video was made i finally just got tired of fixing and fixing. I had way to many hours on it which as you say is a good thing. Thanks for the informed comment

Brian, You make some very good points, however a lot things have changed over the last year. The cost of everything is high, I'm rebuilding a 2005 Murry 40 inch cut. The cost isn't too bad for the mower parts, the engine parts are another matter. The parts to rebuild the 12.5 horsepower Briggs and Stratton are so high, it's cheaper to buy a new engine. So that's what I'm doing. I'm thinking even with the new engine, I should have less than $300

I was sad. I put in a lot of hours into this machine. Sold it and it came back and I reimbursed the buyer for every dollar.

I wished I was creactive. Thanks though.

I beat me.

Thanks

Well you have never made a video. It all works out.

Again

Thanks Jordan. You are right.

on your comment. Loose static electricity can ignite fuel. I am just saying. You comment was gone. I am older and have seen things.

+Bruce Pender - You sure I am " gone "? You are replying to the wrong thread! 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Right ARGH!!!!!

+Bruce Pender - OK, I give up!!! Maybe it's true to the " old " saying! *" You can't teach old dogs new tricks! "* 😂😂😂😂😂😂

It is the cost. Also I was very tired of working on that machine. It was too worn out to start trying.

I am not sure This video has sound for me. Thanks I will check it again.

Yes next vid!! I hang it in the garage like a moose

Thanks Deek. I learned a lot here.

Love my mtd

I am very sorry this is to difficult for me.