I have done some serious reading on here since buying my 2000's 345 (my first ever riding mower). I wasn't happy with how it was mowing and ended up finding out it was was running on one cylinder. Once I got that fixed I noticed some oil residue causing smoke and was tightening up all of the...

Had a neighbor run into this problem this past week with his 6400. the bolt breaks off about 2 inches up inside the bottom valve body of the trans. It was noticed by trans oil leaking on the ground when running. If you have one of these tractors you may want to look under the transmission...