SUNSTRAND! That was it! Wow, my dazy brain right now. I can hardly see straight let alone think so thank you gentlemen for the kind replies and info! And thanks ol'George for that link. It has a lot of info I needed on that hydro! You are both right about the pump, I reread the thread I was referring to and they were discussing oil filters and someone mentioned 2 hydro units but then I saw he was saying in general not on the 147 specifically. That was my mix up. Knowing this will help a ton in getting her good as new.
I'm headed out today to get a filter and fluid and I hope to be running it around the yard later. The filter is yellow and matches the tractor and is a authentic IH CC filter so I guess it is possible though unlikely that it's the original. I know people have a tendency to neglect and not maintain mowers and tractors like that. The whole tractor does seem like it has low usage. The only real wear I see is the steering linkages are pretty sloppy.
Speaking of steering... WHY IN THE WORLD did IH think it was necessary to interference fit the steering wheel soooooo freakin tight on these? My goodness, even on my cars and trucks that "require a puller" I have been able to muscle them off. It's not like they ever just fall off on your hands. Did they really think with the bolt there that thing was going to accidentally pop off? I've never in 30 years of carss seen a wheel on that tight. Frankly since the wheel was a bit botched up anyway I wound up cutting it off and making up my own solution with a spare car sports wheel of the same diameter with a thankfully thicker rim. I always hated old wheels with thin rims. I don't ever feel like I have a good hold on them. At least problem solved!
One thing I forgot to mention before is that the tractor seems to want to move more if the throttle is down low. The more throttle you give it the less it will try to move.
We'll see later today! Again thanks for the help fellas!
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