Thanks for the reply! My charge pump is notched to allow clearance/access to the line fitting. Plus there are clear as day marks as to how it's sits on the surface. At first I installed a Napa 1410 filter along with cheap Universal hydraulic. After I knew all the leaks were fixed and everything was running fine then I planned on swapping it out for the Cub Cadet 923-3014 Plus HyTran Ultraction fluid. Before I removed everything again from the tractor I did install the Cub Cadet filter just to see if it would change anything. Nothing changed. When it was in the tractor I did try cracking the lines and loosening the filter a bit while it was running in hopes of possibly purging the system of any air but still changed nothing.
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