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picked up a 743. have some newbie questions
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<blockquote data-quote="wbecker" data-source="post: 99493" data-attributes="member: 9856"><p>There is a very important item to check on the 743/743B. There is a universal joint from the engine to the hydro pump, it is difficult to grease and therefore gets missed. when it breaks, it can tear up a lot of stuff in that area. If you have no idea of it"s age or condition, you might want to pull the engine and change it. The engine is not too hard to remove. Or you could try to look at the U joint with a mirror and a light to try to get an idea what the condition appears to be. Or try a cell phone and just hold it in the and take a bunch of pictures until you get a good one of it. To get to it, raise the cab, and standing on the left side, reach way to the back between the engine and the hydro static drive, feel around for the U joint. I pulled my engine due to one of the lines that runs across the bottom in front of the engine rusted out so I had to pull the engine to replace the steel nine, that's when I found the U joint in very very bad shape. Bill B</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wbecker, post: 99493, member: 9856"] There is a very important item to check on the 743/743B. There is a universal joint from the engine to the hydro pump, it is difficult to grease and therefore gets missed. when it breaks, it can tear up a lot of stuff in that area. If you have no idea of it"s age or condition, you might want to pull the engine and change it. The engine is not too hard to remove. Or you could try to look at the U joint with a mirror and a light to try to get an idea what the condition appears to be. Or try a cell phone and just hold it in the and take a bunch of pictures until you get a good one of it. To get to it, raise the cab, and standing on the left side, reach way to the back between the engine and the hydro static drive, feel around for the U joint. I pulled my engine due to one of the lines that runs across the bottom in front of the engine rusted out so I had to pull the engine to replace the steel nine, that's when I found the U joint in very very bad shape. Bill B [/QUOTE]
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