Tks for the info guys,
this was far easier than I had envisioned .. it was more difficult finding the o ring, our town has been taken over by the big box stores ... they didn't have it. Neither did Tractor Supply ... so I waited for Monday morning to roll around and went to the next town over (15 miles) to the good ol hometown hardware store and bingo ... success and I'm back running. Now if the weather would cooperate long enough to mow a little ....
tks again , B.