No problem and good luck. Hopefully all you need is the valve plates but if the metal came from the hydrostatic and was magnetic and shiny i would think your valve pistons or possibly a bearing is bad. Look at Kiwi thread i posted to you ? He rebuilt successfully with mix and match parts and...
Yes someone with basic skills and hand tools have done wonders. I would suggest that the brass valve plates be replaced with new though. They are important and don't really cost that much
Thanks for the hours and miles. Seems that your machine would be at average 4mph and 6 hours a month and just a few minutes a day or it sits and gets used occasionally for longer periods of time. This is the perfect profile for transmission failure from oil not getting hot enough to boil out...
If you want your RTV to last for many years and hours and still run when you get tired of it? My advice is as follows.
change your hydrostatic transmission oil at least once per year and use kubota super UDT oil and OEM filters. Especially if you don't use it Hard!
Ok thanks. Fresh fluids i assume filters and kubota fluids? Dealer adjusted pressures to what? Silver metal on what plug?" Makes a huge difference ". Silver metal on the gear case magnet is normal as long as it isn't chunky. The suction filter should have been cut open to see what the hst...
Yes any wear no matter how insignificant will leak slightly and cause a decrease in performance. Fortunately the plates are relatively cheap. And considered a wear item.
Since your engine doesn't use def use an appropriate engine oil in the temperature range indicated in the book. Rotella is fine just make sure you use the additive package called for and not the package for emissions engines. The hast seems to prefer the oem oil for best performance and...