J-Mech: I did try rolling it, that did not work.
JKainz: Im not quite sure I understand the rotation you are talking about. I did split the transmission housing and replaced that gasket. The pins lined up with the hydraulic motor plates when they were put back together. Those plates weren't even removed. Forgive me, this is all new to me!
sawdustdad: I split the transmission housing when the whole assembly was removed and replaced the cork gasket as originally stated, and the gasket for the transmission housing center.
mmzullo: The hydraulic lift does not work at the moment. The link chain was broken when I got the tractor, and I am yet to fix it. But the lift assembly did work when I rigged it to manually check it last year. I did notice just now that the hydraulic lift cylinder is extended? Could this be part of the problem? And by "relief cables" do you mean the push button relief valves under the tunnel cover? Those are both up and functioning. I cleaned them a few days ago as well just to be sure.
Thank you guys, I feel like you are all leading me in the correct direction to figuring this out. This is all new to me, frustrating, but fun as hell. I really am beginning to gain an appreciation for the quality of this tractor. Im just hoping its not so messed up that I won't be able to use it ever again!
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