I know what the hose is...duh. As soon as the guy dropped the tractor off today, I looked. It's the power steering hose that comes off the pump. It's got a small pinhole...probably allowing air into the system so the steering isn't working too good. The belts are loose too.I need to repace all the power steering hoses and the belts. I also want to replace all the filters (engine and hydraulics). Do you have these available? If so, what's cost including shipping to area code 78016? Oddly, the brakes seem to be working fine now, I can lock up the rear wheels while rolling. Dunno what the deal was when I test drove it. Oh well, I'm not complaining. You said it has a two-stage clutch, and I can sort of feel a slight change as the pedal gets near the bottom (I assume this when the PTO is beginning to declutch). Will the PTO stop spinning on it's own with the clutch all the way in, or do I have to have an implement hooked up for the PTO to not spin with the clutch all the way down? With nothing hooked to it, and clutch all the way down, the PTO still spins. And lastly (I promise not to bug you too much), the hitch goes down very, very slowly with nothing hooked to it. I've turned the drop rate knob all the way to the fastest drop setting, but it still goes down reeeaaalllll slow...agonizingly slow. That 885G I was going to buy would drop the hitch lickety split, even with nothing on it. Is this a sign of gunked up hydraulics on my 880?
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