First off I'd like to thank all of you for your thoughts and comments. It's very much appreciated!
In trying to keep hope a fix is possible without dropping the pan, etc. I changed the oil and filter, put in 15-40 oil, and also added some Seafoam to the oil. Started it up to hear a very slight knock and then shut it down after running for maybe 5 minutes.
The next day I started it and the knock was gone from the engine area and now was from the rear end. The knock would stop when I put the clutch in. I disconnected the brush hog off the pto and now have noise again in the engine area. In checking the oil dip stick I can barely see any oil on the stick. What is there appears to be in the safe area but damn its hard to see. I don't see any signs of oil dripping or pooling below the tractor, which makes me wonder am I blind, is the new oil so clean its hard to register, or has it gone somewhere?
The engine knock started when one of the pins on a 3 point arm fell off while I was running the brush hog. This caused the mower to drop one side down enough for the blade to hit the ground, fall backwards slightly, and stop the engine. My first thought was to go back in reverse to hopefully straighten out the attachment. This didn't work, so I ended up bringing over another tractor with forks to lift and move it enough to allign the brush hog so I could reattach it.
Could the movement of the brush hog when it fell off the 3 point have damaged the shaft or its seals? Is it relevant or just a coincidence?
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