need advice on leaking (hydraulic) steering...

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It has been a few weeks since I ran the B1700D but I was noticing a little looseness in the (power) steering...

Was moving some gravel this morning and started seeing some hydraulic fluid on the ground under the center of the tractor...so I stopped the work and while looking under the tractor and turning the steering wheel the leak seems much more rapid...

Can anyone advise me on where to start to find the problem?

 

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FWIW...

I found the main source of the leak and the cause...The two bolts that hold the steering controller to the (whatever it is) were loose...likewise with the bolts that hold the arm that connects to the side of the controller (just under the end of the orange knob in the pic below)...this explains the "looseness"......however the forward hard line is also dripping...since I an unfamiliar with the fittings I am going to post a second request for advice in the hydraulics forum...