....I am very happy to hear this happy ending too, I will also keep this fix in mind as well, since I have a 99 865 LX too. One more thing to check on your machine.....make sure that your hydraulic pressure switch, that comes off your charge pump, make sure that your sensor is not leaking, I just changed the one on our machine, it was not leaking much.....just enough to make a mess. Another thing to watch for, sometimes when changing attachments, the roll pins that hold your bucket lock pins in place.....well!!!!!they can slip out, I have been lucky so far, have not lost one yet......but if you are changing attachments quite frequently, it might be good to have a spare one on hand. Good luck with your machine, its great that it was a cheap fix. PS...one other thing we did with our machine as well, we added a inline fuel filter, after having a bit of difficulty with the factory new holland system......I don`t know why they could not have installed just a regular spin on fuel filter, instead of that goofy setup that is on there now........S