[AT] more HP guaranteed!/now front end on the ground.

[charlie hill]

Greg you are exactly correct.  I just finished reading the manual.
You have to drain the power director and transmission oil for some reason
that I have yet to determine.  I expect because of bolts, etc. that get 
removed.
Then you pull the PTO shaft, unbolt the external hose (pipe) from the 
transport valve,
unbolt and remove the lift housing from the rear.  Just the rear housing 
behind the axle
where the PTO shaft comes out.  There is a retaining pin that holds one end 
of the
ram.  It is accessible through an access hole that I'm not sure the location 
of.  Then you
screw a bolt into the end of that pin and pull it free.  (do that before 
unbolting the housing)
Now lift the entire lift housing off and replace the hose and re-install. 
The tractor is still sitting
on it's wheels.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Greg Hass
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2017 5:08 PM
To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
Subject: Re: [AT] more HP guaranteed!/now front end on the ground.

As I remember my uncles story, and from my own memory as my cousin still
has his dads newer D-17, four bolts hold on the rear housing which has
the lift cylinder and the lift arms in it. My understanding is that you
can replace the hose without taking anything else apart. Which begs the
question of what were the mechanics smoking when they tore the whole
tractor apart.
      Greg Hass
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