Bought a sucker

David G · Aug 20, 2016

It appears that the newer car transmissions and garden hydrostatic tractors do not have drain plugs. I got one of those 1 quart tubes with a pull handle on it. JD says the transmission fluid on my LX never gets changed, but I do not believe it. The tractor has 500 hours on it, so I sucked the fluid out and replaced. The fluid did not new the best, so I am glad I replaced it.

DENNIS MIN · Aug 20, 2016

David,

I, too, bought one for that very reason.

Seems there's a group that don't believe in changing the fluids.

D.

Geo-TH,In · Aug 20, 2016

David G,
My old gt275 not only has a drain plug, it also has a transmission filter.

I know a man who's Husqvarna HST went out, only had 450 hrs on it.

Bob · Aug 20, 2016

My son gave me one of these for Christmas a few years ago and it's darned handy. So for I;ve only used it to suck coolant out of radiators, sure beats trying to get to the non-accessable plastic drain that will probably break rather than come loose!

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Tom OConnor · Aug 20, 2016

I have used those suction cans to change oil in boat motors before. They all seem to have drain plugs but there is no room below the pan to catch the old oil. Little suction tube goes down the dip stick hole and works great.

Cameano · Aug 21, 2016

I have two of them, the one with the pump on the side is at home, and the air powered one at work. Use them a lot.

Russ from MN · Aug 21, 2016

We have a Husqvarna 15-42 that has about 400 hours on it, with a Kawasaki engine that I expect to run a lot longer. How can I change the fluid in the transaxle? There must be a vent on top that I could suck it out of. Should I use a universal hydraulic fluid? Thanks!

David G · Aug 21, 2016

I am running low viscosity HyGaurd in all my PS and small Hydrostatics.

r.w.b. · Aug 21, 2016

sealed oil compartments = faster wear = more new sales because the older products maintained proper are still going

Texasmark1 · Aug 21, 2016

When I went to Tuff Torq for replacement parts for my JD 110L hydro that I got stuck and tore up a gear, I asked about the oil. The filler is on top and you have to turn the mower over or suck it out to drain. Refill is full syn, 5W-40 (Rot. T full syn fits that requirement). They said it used to be 10w-30 dino in that unit and syn 10w-30 in the larger ones but now it's thinner and thicker for more diverse usage demands.

4wdtom · Aug 22, 2016

I have "drained" auto. transmissions by disconnecting one of the lines to the oil cooler and letting it pump itself empty. Just shut off the engine when fluid stops coming out. If you want to replace a filter behind a pan this doesn't work of course. It won't get all the oil but the ones I have done I got as much as if I had taken the pan off.

BarnyardEngineering · Aug 22, 2016

Automatic transmissions usually don't have drain plugs unless someone installed an aftermarket pan. You drop the pan to drain the fluid, because you also change the filter and inspect the valve body at the same time.

What's new is not having a filler. My parents' next door neighbor had a Toyota truck that happened to have a drain plug on the transmission. He wasn't too swift, and drained the transmission when he intended to drain the engine oil. Couldn't figure out where to refill the transmission. Had it towed to a garage. They couldn't figure out where to refill the transmission. They sent it to the Toyota dealer, and even they couldn't figure it out. Apparently the transmissions are "sealed" from the factory, and they had to put a whole new transmission on the truck.

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