Troy Bilt Garden Roto Tiller Transmission gear

Check the transmission oil on your roto tiller or this is what you get. $140 part destroyed (plus a lot of labor to replace). MTD products include Troy Bilt, Craftsman, Yardworks, Cub Cadet, and MTD.

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Trans is 100% rebuildable too!

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Poor ol girl. A no lube scenario on these brass gears is a death sentence in a very short time. I am the proud owner of a 1973 Troy Bilt Horse 1 with the original Tecumseh HH60 6HP engine. I took the engine off and put her into retirement being that she still runs and is all complete. There's only one complete running HH60 from a Troy Bilt I was able to find for sale and its listed at $1000. I found her sitting in an old garden shed covered but well used and rusty/dusty it was this strange shade of greenish brown with a hint of red. I drug it half a mile in neutral till I got to a comfortable place in the woods towards my place. Engine wasn't seized. Had oil in trans and motor. Although both were low. Added a quart of 140wt oil to the trans. Cleaned up the points and sanded the corrosion off the flywheel magnets and magneto. Busted her off with ether. Drug more tools out there with my garden wagon. Oh forgot to mention it was on two flat tires! I surprised myself how far I pulled it before stopping. Tires had never been tuned. Original Goodyear studded tread tires. Anyway I got her going! I only run Delo400 diesel engine oil in it. The inside of the cylinder is almost a mirror without being glazed! Not a scratch! Been well used too! Solid cast iron block. Burns some oil but they're know for that. It's the valve stems that seem to leak oil to be burned and on mine it looks like the intake valve. Original Tecumseh carburetor has an ear cracked almost off and she still runs. Broke up my garden with it on flat tires! Got em tubed now! Fresh red paint. And just completed the engine swap to a modern Briggs and Stratton off a Craftsman front tine tiller. PLENTY of power at 5 horses. I set the governor spring to give her some beans at full throttle and it never has needed to run there. Its definitely outperforming the Tecumseh already. So I'm glad I retired it while it's running and beautiful. It costs an arm and a leg for parts but it really only needs a set of bearings seals rings a good hone job or a larger piston and bore job done . Valves lapped on GP. Valve gudes replaced and that's it! I'd call that a full rebuild and either a solid repair on the carb or new carb to call it done other than cosmetics. Maybe upgrade to solid state ignition. Any questions you or anyone has feel free to message me. Happy Tilling! ,the Troy-Bilt way!