We got things all put back together and wanted to lift the assembly up onto the transmission jack. My friend pulled his skid steer in, shut it off so we could mess with chains, and then fired it back up. It wouldn't move--dumb thing got stage fright for the second time. It did this when we went to unload the engine too! He had to get a service call, get it reprogrammed, have them out a second time to do it right, and it cost an arm and a leg. Since then, he's logged 5 hours on the darn thing! Remind me to stay away from any modern JD equipment...

Thankfully we had enough room to reach in around it with the mini excavator. Got the job done. I guess I should've just brought my cherry picker with me!

Before we installed the drivetrain, I looked at the brake booster hose one more time, and decided I didn't like it. It's a long piece of hose, hard as a rock, developing some cracks, and would be difficult to neatly replace with everything installed. I replaced it with some steel tubing, strategically bent, and flared with clamping bulges on each end. I think there were 6 bends? Anyway, it fits very nicely in place, and really gets itself out of the way. I'm attempting to have things a little more tidy than they were before, to make it easier to reach/see through openings and work on things.


Thankfully we had enough room to reach in around it with the mini excavator. Got the job done. I guess I should've just brought my cherry picker with me!

Before we installed the drivetrain, I looked at the brake booster hose one more time, and decided I didn't like it. It's a long piece of hose, hard as a rock, developing some cracks, and would be difficult to neatly replace with everything installed. I replaced it with some steel tubing, strategically bent, and flared with clamping bulges on each end. I think there were 6 bends? Anyway, it fits very nicely in place, and really gets itself out of the way. I'm attempting to have things a little more tidy than they were before, to make it easier to reach/see through openings and work on things.
