Thanks to those of you who provided me with some detail about splitting my tractor. I used the two floor jack suggestion and I was able to split my tractor with relative ease. For Father's day I was given a factory service, parts and owner's manual--what a great gift from my 3-year old son who wants to ride Daddy's TO-20 "right now"! I suspect that in additon to the transmission leak, I may have a rear engine seal leak... 1). When I removed the clutch cover bolts, they were in rough shape, but I cannot find replacements. They are 5/16 X 3/4 coarse thread and have a shoulder area between the bolt head and where the threads start. If I take a micrometer to this shoulder area it is bigger than the threaded area of a replacement bolt that has threads that start at the head, by about .002. Does anyone know where I can find replacement bolts? Is the small reduction in the diamenter or lack of this shoulder critical? 2) In order to change the rear engine seal I have to remove my oil pan. Do I have to remove the filter before the pan will drop from the engine? For that matter I changed the oil not long ago--can I leave the oil in the pan and drop the pan, filter and oil without draining the oil first (assuming I can work cleanly and not get dirt the oil)? Thanks in advance for your helpful replies, David,MI
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