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Originally Posted by DieselDoctor
Rebuild it. Not a bad job and cheapest priced kit is available from Messick's. Get the column/box spotlessly clean, mark the orientation of the segments of the box and carefully tear it down. No big secrets or special tooling. Just take note of the placement of all the small parts as you diss-assemble it. I've done two and it's about a one hour job once it's clean and on the bench.
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Hey, since it sounds like you've done this before, and I'm going to have to do it on my 2182 soon, is there any reason it would start leaking besides a bad o-ring? Mine started after using it this winter with a plow for the first time, and obviously using the lift cylinder more with the plow then with the mower. Is there anything else that could cause the leak I should look into? Or, just age and blown o-ring, replace all the o-rings and probably be good for another 20 years?