It did look like there was remnants of a gasket. I scraped it clean and ran the tractor for almost three hours today and so far no sign of oil leakage. I'm not familiar with "non-hardening gasket sealer". I did consider running a thin bead of silicon.
The fluid that was in there makes it appear that everything is rusty. If you wipe it off or look at the wear spots it's not too bad. When mixed the fluid had the look of chocolate milk. Then after it sits it turns more translucent. There was some of the white tell tail signs of water in the fluid but not too bad.
That said, the brown color (colour) had to come from somewhere. Perhaps from the hydraulics that operate the front blade? Speaking of which, The Operator's Manual says the transmission should take 23 pints of fluid. I added 3 gallons (24 pints) and it's still an inch or two below the level of the inspection plug. Thinking about it, the hydraulic lines and cylinder that operates the front blade would need additional fluid. It's run from the transmission sump, right :?:
Except... the level was low before even starting the tractor and all three gallons of oil added can only be in the sump :!:
So, should I keep adding, likely a gallon or more, until the level comes up to the bottom of the inspection plug :?:
Another question, inquiring minds want to know, what is the purpose of the three spring loaded plungers that are compressed when you tighten down the selector lever plate :?:
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