Thread: Ben's Elec-Trak
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Old 04-29-2010, 10:37 PM   #88 (permalink)
bennelson
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Tonight, I got the transmission reinstalled on the ElecTrak.

It was quite a trick to hold up the back of the tractor, slide the transmission in place, rotate it up, get the stick shift through...etc, etc.
Then bolt all that in place.

After all that, I found out I have a leak! gear lube was leaking out around the one drive axle! I assume there is a seal in there that went bad! Well, for now, I will just park it on some cardboard...

With three batteries under the back seat, and the drive belt back on, I was able to test drive the tractor. Yea! It works!


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