[cub149]

Well, I dove in head first this evening. I got both tractors clean the other day and broke them down this evening. I took the good pump off my runner and used the rearend from the parts tractor as the runner had a chip out of one of the bolt holes(PO owner had filled it with silicon caulking and it never has leaked). I managed to get the rearend back in the runner but will have to finish tomorrow. I am also putting the 3pt hitch on from the parts tractor.
This is all a first for me and it's not as bad as I had imagined. I did buy the cork gasket and the rear plate gasket but I made a copy of them to make my own when I put the parts tractor back to running. That rear gasket was 14 bucks at the dealer. I guess I will find out tomorrow if the leak is gone.