Long story short, I'm returning to a seasonal job, and our mower has been acting up - not enough that my boss wants to take it to the shop to get it fixed, but enough that he wants me (the resident mechanic) to take a look at it. I gave it a cursory look and am coming up with nothing. If it was my machine, I'd start taking the thing apart until I got a good sense of how things work and what might be wrong (kinda my method). However, given that this is NOT my machine, I think my boss would frown upon that.
So the mow deck raises about 50% of the time, and when it does, its VERY slow. In my quick look this afternoon, I didn't even find a dip stick or something to check if the hydraulic fluid is even full. Since the steering (which I believe is part of the same hydraulic system) works fine, as does the hydrostatic (though I wasn't sure that was the same system) my initial thought was that there is an air bubble in the line.
So... any info you guys can provide would be great. Thanks.
So the mow deck raises about 50% of the time, and when it does, its VERY slow. In my quick look this afternoon, I didn't even find a dip stick or something to check if the hydraulic fluid is even full. Since the steering (which I believe is part of the same hydraulic system) works fine, as does the hydrostatic (though I wasn't sure that was the same system) my initial thought was that there is an air bubble in the line.
So... any info you guys can provide would be great. Thanks.
