I recently had a pair of ag tires mounted and while I was at it, added some wheel weights that came with the tractor. It had gotten much colder when I went to reattach the wheels, and the wheels wouldn't turn (making the job much harder). By "not turn," I mean they felt like the tractor was in gear (moving back and forth an inch or so), not like the brakes were stuck on. I panicked about never having changed the transmission oil, and went to drain it. Nothing came out. I really panicked. As an experiment, I added about 1/2 quart of gear oil (all I had) and it did not drain out. Finally, this morning the wheels would turn (it's much warmer out, if that matters). Following earlier threads I found here, I added Kerosene to the transmission until it came out the "full" plug (1/4" NPT plug on the side). Started it up and drove back and forth a few times before I couldn't get it out of gear (may be an unrelated problem).
Went to drain the Kerosene out, and got only a few trickles or drops coming out the drain. It's coming out drop by drop as I write this. I attached a lousy quality photo below with my jack handle pointing to the transmission drain - just to make sure I'm draining from the right place.
Where is the Kerosene hiding? Is it somewhere with the oil that should have been in there? I'll get to the shifting problem later. I appreciate all the wisdom here. Thank you.
