Got the old rubber hose out and started to put in the new hardline. As I suspected they removed a fitting to put in a 90 for their hose setup. The 90 threaded onto the hard line I have, so I suspect it's a standard sized fitting. Anyone know what size it is, and where i can source one, possibly locally? I may try a local parts store.
Part 11 on the diagram below. It's only $7 from cub cadet, but then when you add shipping it adds up.
Now that I'm stalled at the transmission, I moved on to the PTO. The PO said he couldn't get it to shut off. A quick glance told me the wear button was missing and the thrust button looked gone too. I took the hood off to look a a little closer, and it looks like the thrust button broke, I already had a new one, as I thought it was missing. However, there isn't a hole on the lever for the wear button
Looks like they welded it closed?? Maybe they threaded something in. My understanding is that the wear button (I got a brass one from Jeff) just sits in the hole. So I don't know what they may have threaded in there. If it's welded up, who knows why... I assume I'm going to need to drill that out. Anyone know what size the hole should be?
Now I need to figure out how to change the thrust button on the PTO. Apparently the 3 screws on the front don't just screw right out. Any tips are welcome. Gonna go over to the technical forum now and see what I can find.
Also, the front tire seemed to fix itself... I put some air in it the other day to move it and clean it, and it hasn't gone flat... Perhaps the bead popped on. Who knows.