Troybilt Horse Tiller topping off the gear oil
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- čas přidán 16. 07. 2022
- Video shows proper type and viscosity of gear oil which is 140 weight GL4. These transmissions have "yellow metal" a bronze alloy gear that requires a GL4 gear oil to keep from damaging the gears.
Great video! At 2:26, I pull the T handle out of the handle assembly and screw it back into the threads so it further prevents dirt/grit from falling into the gearcase.
Great advice! That is what I certainly should have done, and I'm not exactly sure why I didn't, but I think the reason is that I set the T-handle on my hose reel behind me and then moved to the opposite side of the machine for better filming and left the handle over there. When you have a tripod, stool, and all that sort of stuff to contend with it makes it a pain sometimes having to move while filming. A 5-minute job takes an hour or more when you are dealing with a camera, especially if you at least try to provide good footage for your viewers. Throw in chronic pain with a screwed-up skeleton where mobility is an issue, and that is very likely why I did something so dumb, haha! Thinking back on it, I'd say that is exactly why I did something so dumb, I know I'm dumbass, but usually not quite that dumb, haha!! Thank you for watching and for the compliment!
@@AccuracySpeaks I get it for sure! I would like to film some of the repairs I take on, but it is for a lot of the same reasons that you mention that I don't. I always appreciate folks who film content and show us how to do a lot of these things. You save people countless hours! Thanks again for making the effort!
@@ericpigg2689 You're welcome, I'm glad it helped you out a little bit! Thank you for your kind words once again! Good luck with your project!
Thanks for the vid, I'm doing a oil change right after I put my new motor on and remove my wheels to repaint them.
Thank you, glad you liked the video! Good luck with the restoration!
Good work.
Thank you!
So I’m a newbie and just bought a 79’ Troy Bilt horse with a new 8hp Briggs & Stratton engine. Is the oil you used what I use for it too? Just fill it almost full?
Newbie!! That term is quite interesting to me! I think as human beings we're all "newbies" for the most part! I understand many trolls on the internet utilize the term "newbie" with less-than-complimentary connotations, so I'll choose not to personally refer to you as such out of respect for your intellect. I'd say unless your daily job is working on 70's and 80's Troybilt tillers every day, we are all "newbies"!! And unless you have access to and have read the manuals on these tillers, there'd be no way to possibly know and understand all the specs and nuances of these machines. And I think you can shed the "newbie" badge by showing how sharp you are for consulting about the gear oil for your newly acquired Horse, so congratulations on that!! Now that we have all of the comedy of the way, my understanding of all these old Horses is that they utilized a bronze alloy for their transmissions. I'd expect they used that particular alloy for the ease of machining the gears and to lower manufacturing costs as opposed to using steel. With that said, these "yellow-metal" gears cannot handle traditional high-sulfur and phosphorus gear oil, hence using the GL-4 designation. Fill the transmission just until it starts to run out of the plug on the side of the case.
Hey, congrats on the tiller find, hopefully, it won't be worn out and be a good machine for you!!
@@AccuracySpeaks thanks! To be honest it was a bit of a learning curve because I wasn’t used to all the levers. 😅. It was comedy gold trying to figure how to start it. The first time the tiller shot forward like a bat out of hell and ran into my garden fence 🥴😂. Luckily no damage that thing is built like a tank. After some reading and trial and error I got her going and she performed well! She’s definitely a work horse and I love this old tiller. 👍🏼
Just wondering ... I know you said you haven't used it in 30 years, but do you remember where you got your gear oil pump from? I have the same gallon container but not sure which pump to get.
Hey, thanks for watching. I'm pretty sure I bought the gear oil pump from Advance Auto many years ago now. I looked at it a moment ago. It is a Stay Lube pump for gallon containers. I think SL4344 is your part number. Here is a link: www.trailerdepot.com/sta-lube-gear-oil-pump/
THANK YOU for taking the time to reply to my request! If this is the same one you used, I know it will work for me since I have the same model tiller (Horse) from Troy Bilt (bought mine back in 1999). Again, thank you for the help!
@crdennis123 you're certainly welcome! I try my best to reply to everyone I am able to. Half the time, I do not get notified of comments, though. According to the pump in the picture in the link I sent, it is the exact same pump. They make a "newer" pump for gallon jugs that I'm sure would work as well, but the "newer" pump appears to have a bigger, rounder, head on the pump. My pump has a notch formed in the back of the pump head that holds the hose upright, which keeps your hose from leaking gear oil all over the place when you're storing it, in fact, my pump is stored in a gallon jug as we speak. I did get an Amsoil pump that I really like too, but I use it for their specialty gearbox fluids for transaxles that take specualty fluid that isn't nearly as thick or nasty as traditional gear oil. I got it for my mom's Honda CRV to do her gearboxes in it, that fluid looks like clear looking tranny fluid to me, pretty thin stuff!
Is the final drive with the tines also lubed from the same gear box?
There's a square fill plug that has a little dipstick on it for the tine housing just ahead of the rounded sheet metal tine cover, you know, the rounded cover that looks like a big fender for the tines, the little plug in the center of the tine cover is the fill for the tines housing. Hope it helps!
they are seperate but use the same oil viscosity.
if you put your bolt back in then no dirt would go down the hole when you cleaned it
That's true. Read some of the comments. They'll tell you why I did what I did...
Don’t stick your rag in the hole.😁
Sorry, but I was cringing while watching your attempt at removing that stuff from around the oil hole. Much safer way to prevent grit and debris from entering filler hole is to simply screw just the T-handle back into the hole before commencing with the cleanup. And if you can blast the area around the hole with compressed air before again removing T-handle to fill with gear oil there's no danger of any possible stray contaminants entering. Watch the video at .25 speed and you'll actually see bits and pieces falling into your transmission.
Ahh, come on, no need to be sorry, those bits are excellent for lubrication for those bronze gears, almost as good as molybdenum disulfide! You're right, I'm not sure why I didn't thread it back in, maybe I placed it across the way and my knees, back, and ribs were hurting too bad to get up to go get it, i don't know, perhaps I did it on purpose to get youtube know it all feedback, I can't remember, though I say I had at least a half-ass reason, haha! Actually, I do remember now, after fiddle farting around, I did thread the t handle back in and scrubbed the hell out of it without worry of organic lube getting in the hole, notice the frame-break where it went from all dirty to all shiny-like, that was magic! And yeah, the t handle was way the hell away from me and, my body was all jacked up with pain, and I told myself I'd be careful, which I was for a while, at least long enough to get you to cringe, haha! Thanks for watching and sharing your expertise. You're pretty sharp!! Hey, you commented and I'm sure gave it few thumbs 👍 up, now, like everbody says, "don't forget to SMASH that subscribe button, and hit that bell so you can contine to get my stellar content, hell, tell all your buddies how awesome the channel is too, so they too can be amazed!! All joking aside, thanks for watching, and God bless!!