FordTractorMan
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Was bushhogging with the 5000 Tuesday and just before dark, a transmission oil cooler line ruptured. A hole had rubbed in the short flexible section joining the hard lines at the front left of the engine. Oil shot out in a hurry - so quick that the transmission started to jerk before I got it stopped. Got line repaired late today, put it on in the dark, and here's where my idiocy may have bitten me in the butt. Didn't remember to fill the transmission through the check hole, so after I dumped 5 gal in the rearend and started the tractor to see if it had enough oil to get it home, I let it run for a couple minutes and it tried to move - lugged the engine a bit, something smelled like brakes getting warm - but tractor never took off. Left it. Remembered after I got out of the shower - you fill trans through check hole. Idiot. Did I hurt anything letting it run a couple minutes empty?