Originally Posted By: lawman1909
Hey fellow BITOG'ers, I have a Craftsman DGS6500 with a 26hp kohler engine, and 54 inch deck along with an auto transmission. Do these transmissions require servicing such as fluid/filter change and if so, at what intervals? I have 255 hours on mine now. Thanks for your help as my manual was destroyed in Hurricane Sandy
I'm assuming by "auto transmission", you're referring to hydrostatic and not belt/variator drive. Most likely it's hydrostatic and you should have one of the 3:
Hydro-Gear 310 series?
Tufftorq K46
Peerless LTH 2000.
None of them are readily serviceable, in terms of having an easy means of draining/filling and pretty much all of them require splitting the case to access an internal filter.
That being said, the oil can be changed by removing the unit from your rider, removing the top vent, flipping it over and draining it out. Doing this will easily double the life of the unit.
The peerless units are kind of cool, in that they hold gear oil in the differential housing and motor oil in the hydro drive. 2 separate units to drain/fill on those.