Well, it looks like Ziggy is going to have to spend his first night out in those cold, dark, scarey woods alone tonight. Seems I was out back trying to clear a path to what will be a new pasture. The previous owner harvested the big timber about 7 years ago, but didn't stump it. So there are some 3 ft. deep skidder tracks that I was trying to fill in. All of a sudden the FEL wouldn't lift. So I started backing out ...dragging the bucket. Shut him down and climbed off.
After pulling the two cowl covers, I notice a 20 yard trail of precious bodily fluids running up under the tractor. Apparently, a stump that I had pulled, swung up a crushed (and I mean crushed) the filter and took off a 1" line to the filter assembly. I have repaired the line and removed the filter. I will go to the dealer in the morning for a new filter and ten gallons of fluid.
Is there anything special that I need to do to bleed the air out of the lines once the fluid is running again? I read the manual (RTFM) and for break-in they just say to move the FEL stop to stop three times and it will bleed the air.
//bruce