Watch this Richard 9 #1 Posted August 28, 2017 New guy here. 244 h. Yeah I know... verticle drive shaft.... Local Deere dealer sold me a 244 h for a couple hundred bucks. The transmission was jumpy. They didn't want to mess with it. i noticed the release used for pushing the tractor around was pretty stiff. Removed rear right wheel and found culprit. The release valve was was half way open. Simple turn with wrench fixed the problem. tractor can now sprint up my West Virginia yard. 4 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jay bee 909 #3 Posted August 28, 2017 Nice job!!! Good luck with that 244-H. And to Jim Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KC9KAS 4,741 #4 Posted August 28, 2017 Way to go @Watch this Richard to Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 55,860 #5 Posted August 28, 2017 Love to see an introduction coupled with a victory lap. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EricF 589 #7 Posted August 28, 2017 Nice find! A 244-H may be a lawn tractor, but it's still built to last. Far better than the modern stuff you find at the big box stores. Searching the "competition" sometimes turns up good deals -- they often want to move things that aren't "their" brand. I found a good deal on a Subaru for my daughter, sitting on a Chevy lot because of that. The local Subaru dealer's price on the same model, same year, with similar mileage was around 3K to 5K more. The Chevy dealer had taken it in trade and just wanted the Japanese car gone off the lot. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DennisThornton 4,769 #10 Posted September 4, 2017 (edited) On 8/27/2017 at 9:00 PM, Watch this Richard said: New guy here. 244 h. Yeah I know... verticle drive shaft.... Local Deere dealer sold me a 244 h for a couple hundred bucks. The transmission was jumpy. They didn't want to mess with it. i noticed the release used for pushing the tractor around was pretty stiff. Removed rear right wheel and found culprit. The release valve was was half way open. Simple turn with wrench fixed the problem. tractor can now sprint up my West Virginia yard. The large 2xx series WH are either very much under-appreciated, perhaps just mostly unknown or simply associated with the less capable smaller series. I have several WHs and my 264H is my goto machine for mowing. You did REAL good! Silly dealer! Edited September 5, 2017 by DennisThornton 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shallowwatersailor 3,213 #11 Posted September 4, 2017 On 8/27/2017 at 9:00 PM, Watch this Richard said: New guy here. 244 h. Yeah I know... verticle drive shaft.... Local Deere dealer sold me a 244 h for a couple hundred bucks. The transmission was jumpy. They didn't want to mess with it. i noticed the release used for pushing the tractor around was pretty stiff. Removed rear right wheel and found culprit. The release valve was was half way open. Simple turn with wrench fixed the problem. tractor can now sprint up my West Virginia yard. Two of my 5xi have come from JD dealers for very good prices. It seems they don't like to have the red "ripe" tractors around the green "un-ripened" equipment. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
