farm equipment
Yes the pump works off of the engine
im a john deere lady myself and looked all over to find a answer to this question. still havent found one. :( you should call a tractor company. like John Deere and ask them this question. i bet they would know! :)
Answerif you lift up the back, you will see a small black plate/cover. This is attached by a couple nuts. Once you unscrew that you will see the throttle and there will be a nail preventing it from letting out alot of gass when the gas pedal is pushed down. Unscrew that as much as you want for more speed. you will however also need to unscrew the big bolt underneath the gas pedal.
lift the seat and pull the dipstick while warmed up and running.
You will have to consult a Deere dealer especiaaly because the lift for the 42" snowthrower is application- specific to the frame of the machine(there are four different ones.) See link below for a manual.
The number one thing I recommend is to buy an operatorsmanual from your John Deere dealer if you did not receive one hen you bought the Gator. The manual includes very detailed instructions and even pictures of where the drain plug is and etc. Or you could get a 10 mm combination wrench, lift the box, get on your back by the engine on the drivers side, find the drain tee and hose on the left side of the engine skid plate, put a drip pan under it and loosen the tee's plug with the 10 mm wrench. When the oil is done draining, snug that plug back up, fill it with about 1.2 L of engine oil and you are good.
This is the hydraulic system that most 2-cylinder john deere tractors came with that uses pressurized oil from the engine to raise or lower pocker arms that ar connected to an implement that can be raised or lowered, a plow out of the ground for example.
Lift up the seat. The black screw cap is the filler port, the rubber tube that extends down from it is the dipstick.
According to Parts Catalog 2574, the Product ID # is on the left-hand side of the Loader frame just above the lift cylinder pivot boss.
i had high lift blades on my mower & it would overheat. i put regular blades on it & problem went away. could be your problem
The deck must be slipped beneath the machine from the left, the lift lever locked down and the rear hangers and front hanger plate attached. The belt will take take a 90 degree twist with the front part to the left side.