Originally Posted by
derekbackus
I took everything out of the gear box. I also took the gears out of the compartment with the pulleys, too -- less noise. I'm not worried about converting this back later. If I buy a larger machine later, I'm sure I'll continue to use this one, too.
There are a few screws, but the gearbox is easy to get to. Take off all the screws on the control panel and then take out the four painted cap screws that are underneath the panel... now clean up all the oil that drained out of the gearbox (or, now that you know, put a towel down to catch the oil BEFORE you take the cover off)