Atilathehun99
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In the previous episode my 722 had become dead in the water due to no hydraulics. At that time is had been exceedingly cold and I pretty much walked away from it for a while. Now it's a bit warmer and I have drained and replaced the hydraulic fluid with generic 10W 30. After re-priming the pump the hydraulics came back to life. Given what I've learned through this protracted problem I'm confident that my problem is just severe loss of fluid through 2 (the fronts) wheel seals. I've known that these have leaked for a long time but the leakage is now huge, to the point where the machine can't be operated without repairing them. I now have the repair manual and parts manual for the machine. I don't have the shop or expertise myself to do them. I do however have a brother who most likely does. He's never worked on skid steers to my knowledge but he's been a tractor and farm implement mechanic and restorer throughout his life. I think I may be able to talk him into helping me with this. My question/plan is this. I plan on only replacing the fronts as they're the ones that are leaking. I see that to do the backs who have to pull the engine. What are your thoughts on this approach? As I may have stated before I just use this machine occasionally for around the homestead tasks.