1450B
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I have an older Case 1450B machine that I rented out to a guy to use around his acreage. He checks the engine oil, coolant and transmission oil levels every morning before use. In the morning, all fluid levels were fine. He contacted me around noon yesterday and said he lost steering and the transmission oil was not on the dipstick. I went there after work last night and dropped the two skid pans under the charging pump and the transmission. There was a sign of minor leakage around the suction filter but nothing that would have lost 3 gallons of oil in a few hours. There are no noticeable signs of oil leakage on the outside of the machine anywhere. I just replaced the radiator and oil cooler last week and they do not seem to be leaking either. I filled the transmission back up and started the machine. I have no steering whatsoever, I cannot use the brakes, counter-rotation or the high/lo speeds to turn the unit. The transmission pressure gage goes into the green for different lever positions. Question: Where did the oil go? Why do the tracks not counter rotate? Is there a common component to all the clutches that could be failed that would cause this if I still have transmission pressure? Could this be a final drive problem?
I don't have a lot of experience on these machines so any insight would be much appreciated.
Thanks!!
I don't have a lot of experience on these machines so any insight would be much appreciated.
Thanks!!