So I have just completed rebuilding the hydraulic pump on my 550. cleaned up the hydraulic system and drained the trans fluid. The tractor is new to me and when I opened up the transmission noticed that the oil was pretty low. The tractor had been sitting for some time and I new it leaked a little, So I wasn't overly concerned. Once everything was back together I added new gear oil and begun a oil change and tune up. After a relatively short period of time I noticed an ever growing puddle of brand new gear oil developing on the floor. The drain hole in the clutch housing is apparently not plugged and functioning as it should. It appears that I will be splitting the tractor to replace the transmission seal. While I am in there I plan to replace the pto clutch as I believe it has been severely compromised by oil and water. While I have the tractor split should I just plan to replace the drive clutch as well? The clutch seems to have the proper amount of free play other than that I don't really have any more info about its functionality or condition. I have not used the tractor much other than to drive it into the garage to tear it apart. If I did replace the drive clutch I was thinking I would have a local reapair shop do the rebuild on it. Should I plan to do the same with the pto clutch or is that a reasonable operation for a novice? Is there anything else I should plan to do while I have the tractor apart? I have read some posts here regarding the z split and have gotten some useful info. The one question I have is how far do I need to role the back of the tractor? I have a somewhat limited work space for this and don't want to take things apart only to realize my work space is not long enough to actually separate the two halves. Thanks for all the help so far on the hydraulic system. Wouldn't have made it this far without all the help.
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