[turfman]

Hi all.

I'll be the first to say that my 782 has been run through the mill. It has been on the job since new and probably now has around 2500 hrs on the kt17s.

This machine has not done anything but run a tiller ( model 400 ) since 1994 and probably gets 200hrs annually. I had a mechanic that looked over this machine since it was new but he sadly passed away in 08 and virtually nothing was done since besides change oil.

I noticed this spring that the hydro lever was getting harder to use. Now I have to get it ready for jobs and it wont move hardly at all.
I took off the inspection plate and gave the mechanism a good tap and it moved into forward, but I dont want to hurt anything.

Could the linkage on the lever be wearing out or do I have another problem?

Thanks.
Mark