ptsg
Super Member
Yes, yours is an older model. I believe that model also has a strainer on the transmission, along with the filter, if I recall correctly.My filter/return design is different. My filter is located near the LR wheel and there is a short 90 hose to the axle housing, and a short straight to the return pipe. My 90 is more vulnerable to damage than your system if I ride over a small sapling and immediately back up.
The straight hose to the plastic tank on the right has the same vulnerabilities.
I had a brain fart and drove over a pile of relatively loose clay. I only noticed the bend on the pipe a month or two later when I loaded the tractor on the trailer and was just checking stuff underneath.
I've since built a protective cross member bolted to the two loader rails that go to the rear axle.