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I'm in the same boat here with the Wagner loader on a '55 850, and now that you brought up the fan belt dilemma, I have to laugh, although it's not funny, there was no concievable way to change that sucker, as the front mounted pump hits against the 2 vertical steel straps which protect it, maybe I did not solve the puzzle correctly, but I carefully cut off one strap, so I could move the pump forward enough to create a space to pass the belt through to the pulley, I honestly could not see a better way, except taking the loader off, which is ridiculous to change a fan belt LOL ! I figure I'll modify those straps to be removable eventually, no way I'll weld it back in place, unless there is a trick to this, I was careful and am pretty good with a torch and my Miller NT 251 trailblazer,so I could easily restore it to original, but boy is that fan belt a fun one if you can't move that front pump forward. I cannot imagine that since 1955 the belt has not been changed, especially on this well worked tractor, they must have took the loader off to do so. I am surprised, mine has held up all these years, it had all kinds of stress cracks & breaks, poor repairs, someone really worked this one, it now has an external reservoir for hyd. oil, but after doing some repairs, some good solid welds with stiffeners added, it's held up great. These do not look all that bad to re-hab, so I think when I eventually to a ground up on this one, I'll hack off the bad areas and replace with new steel and good solid welds. I'd like to get rid of that reservoir too, and use the frame again, after a careful cleaning. I've been getting away without the power steering, although mine came with it from the factory, it's just been unhooked by the previous owner, pump is there as is most of the rest, it's next on my list !
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