Hey guys seems someone before me put gear oil in the transmission. I drained it out and it is milky real thin with a slight smell of gear oil.I have only driven it not even 2hours I'm in the process of rebuilding the machine it shifts and steers fine it was not running when I bought it because engine was bad and had been sitting awhile what should i do thanks.
Hey guys how long would it take for gear oil to ruin the bands in a T-20? I found gear oil in my max2. I think they mixed it with the trans fluid because it was very thin for straight gear oil. It has been sitting for many years with no engine got it running the other day steers and operates very well. How can you tell if the bands are bad and how many are there?
Last edited by Mike; 05-07-2009 at 12:43 PM. Reason: no need for two of the same threads
I personally think that it is not gear oil. Just change it and add the additive run it several hours and change it again.
My new machine looked and smelled as you described the first time I changed the oil!
Rut
It's up to you whether or not you want to take the chance. If it handles that well, you may just want to do what fullerav said and change the fluid out and keep an eye on it. Problem is, it only takes a short time to ruin the drums once the lining comes off the bands, and the drums are the expensive part. There's four bands and four drums.
Good luck
Don
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Thank's for the reply guy's after looking at it again I dont think it's gear oil it is way to thin think its watered down trans fluid.
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