Green Case Loader

[DavidBarkey]

Harry,

As close as you are I would get the cover off and check the diff bolts, if none are broken/bent then retorqued and go with it.

Bob

Agreed , Make a new gasket and put sealer on the through bolts. I beleave that's how the water gets into the diffs. I done that on everyone of mine and never had water get in like I have seen in some .

[Harry]

Had a few minutes today so I took the carb off for cleaning and service. Just one more thing that needed to be checked out. Harry

[Harry]

TGFR, thank God for Rain. I’ve been so busy lately I have not worked on this GT until today. Carburetor was installed with throttle and choke cables and air cleaner. Then the elephant in the shop was starring me in the face. The transaxle was removed from the GT, cover removed, oil was previously drained. Gears checked for wear, end play and of course bolts inspected for torque. All in good order but there was some spooge in the bottom but telescopic magnet found no filings. Propped up transaxle on floor jack with drain plug out and pan under it. Poured some diesel fuel into transaxle and used cleaning brush inside to remove spooge. Drain hole didn’t remove all spooge so had to elevate transaxle with drain hole down to remove dirty fuel. It wasn’t going in the bucket so I turned it then all hell broke loose. I lost my grip on it and it fell on the cardboard I put under the cleaning operation. Diesel fuel all over the floor and many old t-shirts to clean up the mess. Then took it outside and blew it off and out with compressed air. That’s all for today guy’s, stay turned for more accomplishments soon.

[Harry]

As I slowly check this GT over I can see it was painted power red or flambeau originally. Some parts like the transaxle it was yellow over that then red over the yellow and then green over the red and now black. If every owner painted it that would make me the fifth owner. Harry

[Harry]

Rained here today which we needed badly. Things were getting very dry and some leaves are already falling. Was in the shop putting the tcv back into the GT. Everything was going well until the last hydraulic hard line. I just couldn’t get the threads to start, what a PITA. I had to remove some of the previously installed hard lines and loosen the mounting bolts for the tcv. Finally caught and the fitting started. The last bolts for the hard lines to the drive motor now were difficult screw in but I persevered after a few magic four letter words. I must of crawled under and back out from under the GT numerous times, each time slower and slower. I’m glad that’s done so I can move on to reassemble the gas tank, fuel line, rear fenders and tires. It’s slowly getting back together. Harry

[Eugen]

Great to see your progress @Harry . The tcv on my 444 was slightly damaged going past the indent for the attachment float, but I delayed replacing it because it was still functional. In retrospect I should have done it, but it was hard to find the time. Therefore I'm enjoying seeing you doing similar work.