Originally Posted by
andym
One more thing to worry about: The transmission has three rubber plugs on the top cover and they like to dry out and leak transmission fluid. The tranny runs low on fluid, overheats and cooks some of the internal parts and you need another transmission. Keep an eye on the fluid level.
The motor is rock solid though, they produce a ton of low RPM torque and run forever.
You hit the nail on the head about the rubber plugs ! I checked my grandsons and it looked as if it had just leaking, I replaced them and topped the tranny off.