If it isn't gushing out, you should be able to ignore it till you get tired of replacing fluid. Seems like mine would gush out sometimes and sometimes not, depending upon how I was holding my tongue.
I pulled out the hand pump on mine to fix (had to remove the dash, etc) and figured it out that it was unnecessary. Used air pressure to blow out the seal.
I'm not sure how the cap comes off the steering wheel since mine didn't have one but remove the nut holding the steering wheel. It is on a tapered shaft. It has holes for a screw in type puller or I used a 3 prong puller since someone broke off bolts in the steering wheel bolt holes. Then a little heat from a propane torch and it popped right off.
Remove the cap and felt top washer, which I put back in as a dirt cap since the new kit didn't have one. Use snap ring pliers to remove the snap ring holding the seal in. Momemtarily fire up the tractor to use hydraulic pressure to blow the seal out (hold a rag over it) or remove a line and blow air into it. Tape over the threads and replace the seal and snap ring and the cap and felt if they are in any condition to do so.
Probably doable in an hour or so if you have the tools and parts ready. Course everything always takes me twice as long.
Mine is a 2606 but I believe your 544 uses a similar hydraulic hand pump but I could be wrong.
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