I know the splines for the steering arms are both good. I've had both steering arms off and had to use a puller to get them to move. These are tapered splines and they fit together really tight. I've come to the conclusion that I'm going to live with this problem until I can find a steering gear box for a replacement. I'm done fooling around with it.
While I've had good weather to work on it I've been fixing up other things on the tractor. I have been hearing a knocking sound coming for the engine since I bought the tractor. I tracked it down to the upper end and thought that there might be a stuck tappet . I removed the rocker cover and checked the clearances on all the rockers. They were all okay. That made me scratch my head. I put things back together and listened to the engine again using the garden hose as a stethoscope. I finally found the noise. There is a leak in the exhaust manifold in the center ports. What brought my attention to this, other than the sound, was the exhaust soot all over the engine block. DUH, how I missed that before is a puzzle. I'm also replacing the gas gauge. That has been an education too, but I'm sure it's the gauge and not the sending unit. Then I move on to the fast hitch. I'd really like to have the draft lever working. The control valve under the dash has a short lever on it to raise and lower the hitch. I'd like to be able to hook up the draft control linkage to this so I can use the draft lever beside the seat to raise and lower the hitch. Instead of having to bend over and reaching for that short lever. When I do that I can't see the hitch. This makes hooking up to anything nearly impossible.
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