[Munson1086]

Hi all,

I hope the summer is treating everyone well! I was doing some heavy grading on Sat. All of a sudden I noticed oil coming from under the tractor. (69 140 solid state) Apparently the gasket went bad on the oil pan. I am hoping I noticed the leak before any damage. I have removed the engine to replace the gasket.

Since I have the motor out of the tractor, is there anything else I should be looking for or check? I would hate to make a habit of removing the engine!

 

[littlejd]

Might check the U-Joints on the driveshaft

 

[Munson1086]

Well, I had the case of might as well's. I took off the drive clutch to check the flywheel nut. There was a bolt instead - that was loose. I re-torqued back to 60lbs. When reinstalling the clutch, 2 of the grade 5 bolts broke when torqueing down. So will need to get all new bolts.
The drive shaft looks ok as far as I can tell. The flex plates look ok. I have been reading in the manual about clutch adjustment. Have any of you done this before, and how do you tell if your clutch is out of adjustment? I never have felt the tractor slip before.
Anything else any of you can think I should be looking for? New gaskets will arrive at Deere on Thursday.
Matt

 

[mikeduwe]

Pull the engine shields and clean the outside of the engine for grass/grease/dirt/critter nests.

 

[lfnel]

I keep my LX277 in an unheated shed in a cold climate - down to 20 below a few times each winter. When blowing snow, especially dry powdery stuff, I had trouble with the carburetor icing up and installation of the AM135317 anti-icing kit helped. Now I'm getting another LX277 ready to go for a neighbor. Rather than putting the $67 anti-icing kit on the engine, it seems that simply covering over part of the engine's cooling air intake screen should work as well, at almost no cost. But, the question is, how much of the screen to cover over? It's pretty hard to tell if an air-cooled engine is running too hot! I suppose I could start with just covering a little, then progressively cover more and more until the icing problem gets better. However, without running the machine myself and recognizing that icing doesn't occur every time the machine is run, that process could take a long tome. Anybody that's been down this road have any experience to share?

 

[lfnel]

Speaking of the anti-icing kit, I have three LX277's that I'm responsible for keeping going. One of them has a small plastic, 180 degree, elbow behind the engine air filter that turns the crankcase vent air and points it directly into the carburetor. The other two don't have this elbow. The JD internet parts sight doesn't show this elbow. Hmmmm??? Any of the rest of you LX277 guys have this elbow in yours?