Got it all put back together, dropped a CH18 in it with the throttle stop screw removed, so it's a 2084?? And I drove it around with my #2 cart loaded with rocks to build a new fire pit out back. No leaks from the transaxle/pump area. I even made new plumbing out of lengths of 1641 pipes for the hydraulics because the PO had installed hoses and cut off the fan blades. I made them like my 1864 plumbing so they look the same with my harbor freight tubing bender, it did an excellent job. I put a fan on the driveshaft also. So that's the good. The bad... apparently I've stirred up a hornets nest with this thing. I took it for a ride, and it's a nice ride, I like it a lot... then I parked it and came back a little later to work on it some more and there were two puddles of hydro fluid under it in the front. I suspected a leak from the power steering area before running it just because it was pretty gunked up there. The power steering box is leaking like a sieve, and the cylinder is leaking around the shaft, so both will need rebuilt...
Oh well. I like projects. Not a big deal. Oh, and the right front rim is bent, which is why the tire is rubbing in one spot on the axle beam (the original pictures), that was obvious while driving it.
When I get it all together for good I will take more pictures... because
