Thanks Hokie. Here's where I am at on it. I only had tapered threads to plug ports in outlet block and like you I don't like them for hydraulics so I disconnected hose flares at loader instead. To protect fittings and contamination I coupled hoses end to end with a flare x flare fitting I had on hand and flipped block handle facing rear. Not wanting to start tractor until I know what I did is ok,I used rear wheel to roll tractor free of loader for access to sub-frame which is being removed in preparation for tractor split. I need to drive tractor to a different building before splitting it. Am I good to go driving tractor and using 3 point with handle pointing rearward and hoses coupled as described above?
Once tractor is in the right building the saga will continue
in a different thread
I do appreciate yall's help. This is my first Orange tractor so only time will tell if I come over from the Blue and Green.