Help with 1863 Please

[wshytle]

A friend wants me to help change fluids/filters in both the rearend and the engine. I don't need any help with the engine but is there anything I need to know with the rearend? Is there a drain plug? Or do you drain it the old fashioned way by cracking the rear plate? I'm just not that familiar with this model so any help will be appreciated.

TIA!

 

[fcurrier]

1863 rear:

My guess is pull the cover.

 

[jdiederichs]

the drain plug is just forward of the housing Frank showed, it's called the adapter housing. Hex plug is on the bottom center and does a good job of getting all the fluid out.

 

[jchamberlin]

Jim: You certainly are "Johnny on the spot!" Thank you for participating on this forum.

 

[dtanner]

I did an 1862 rear end and yes I does have a hex plug but I would remove the cover because snot balls (water in the hytran) won`t be remove with just the plug . On those rear ends it is allways a good idea to check the bolts that pass through the frame and in the rear end .They have a habit of getting lose and breaking off.btdt

 

[fcurrier]

1863 drain plug:

#17 Plug, Drain, Use Teflon Sealing Tape
Live and learn!!! :0

 

[wshytle]

Thanks guys-

I have little experience with MTD cubs and went to the parts look up but missed it. That's been happening a lot lately. I know I could just stick my head underneath and look but I wanted to know for sure ahead of time.

Thanks again, Frank, Jim, and Don.

 

[dtanner]

I have a friend now who has a 1862 and he complained to me that his tractor would slow down going down hills and ask me to look at the tractor. I ask and was told that the cub dealer had replaced the hytran and filter. I ask to see his bill for over $600.00 . I did not see where they had charged him for the rear end pan gasket. so I removed the rear pan draining the hytran into a clean pan and found more than one ball of water. The biggest ball was located right next to the hydro pump pick tube.I knew that I had found his problem . That tractor had more than that issue.Even though this tractor had been in for service for that many dollars I also found loose bolts where the rear end is bolted through the frame and one bolt had been broken off on the right front.an 1862 and 1863 have both the same rear ends . I did have a post here on the 1862 and there is some good info there as to what I did to repair his tractor.The owner is a accountant and has done my taxes free now for my help with his tractor . He like his tractor and I have made a good friend since I repaired the 1862 for him.Some of the best people I have met have been tractor owners .

 

[nbextermueller]

Good advice on the bolts. I'll be checking mine while I'm up grading some things.

You are talking about the bolts that hold the rear in the frame right?