Time for updates! The big brown truck brought me some 3/8 hydraulic line, ferrules, and nuts, so I got my lines bent up and installed. They're not as pretty as MTD's, but they will do the job. I also sat the freshly painted engine in, on the old mounts, and the dipstick tube was extended with an adapter, since the 2082's was way too tall. I'm going to do some more tonight and tomorrow, but now I'm waiting on the new motor mounts and a large Kubota parts order, among other things.
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