[dodge trucker]

On this 129 that I have been working on, I mowed about 1/2 my yard and then changed oil (because it just looked nasty, I swore I did so when I initially got it running after years of slumber but maybe I had it confused with another machine I am working on... ) and oil got all over the stiffener plate on the deck hanger and the front roller.... well good thing I pulled the plug in gravel.
anyways after I went back to mownig all of a sudden, just the vibration of it running would cause the hydro lever to fast forward... if I didn't hold the lever the whole time it is moving/ then I hit a bump and it (the lever) jumps to full tilt ahead.... yikes.
The "adjustment" at the bottom of the rotating hydro shaft is definitely "used up", the ears are bent towards each other.... I have heard of a bushing in the bottom carrier, I'm sure that's gone, or at least terribly worn out....
any hope of a hardware store-sourced bushing that would go in there, instead of waiting for the "real thing" from CC???
I remember seeing "something" about this same issue in my travels among this sire in the past but cant currently find it, I remember a before/after with this linkage mentioned... I don't have the serial of my machine in front of me, but I remember it was made in June of 1972..... if this helps determine before/after.