So moved on to draining and replacing the gear case oil. Note to all: Johnson repeatedly mentions that you need the correct size flat head screwdrivers to open up the plugs to drain, Also they note that not doing that wacks out the edge to make a good removal with ease. So that being said all the screws/flatheads I had to work on so far were fine. The one I needed to drain the oil out was definitely tampered.
I went out and bought a screwdriver the filled the slot, no luck, then bought a impact drill, no luck. Went back the old fashioned way and used a flat chisel on an angle to the slot and it tapped out the screw so I could remove it. Yea... return the impact drill $100.00
The oil was black as night. No water and that was good to see. Thelower drain plug and this is important....has a magnetted shank. It picks up grinded metal if your gears are grinding out. Pretty cool thing they did and to know. No burn smell just very old and used looking. I did see a very small pc. of metal you would need a toothepick to get so I'm not sure if its something I did or if it's a prob. The head fell into the oil pan below that I was working over drilling, chiseling and turning out.
So we'll see. I know De-nial ain't just a river.
Ordered new gear oil.
Texas Gold;
Upper level indicator screw and lower drain off.
Lower head screw with magnet to detect shavings and upper slotted screw head to vent. magnet on left.
Messed up screw head..from po. Will reslot and reuse screw. On another note Johnson says never to remove X styled screws whereas they internally are tied onto other related components.
