Well, I recieved the hose within 3 days after I ordered it from Jerry. He knew all about the update. The hose I recieceived was the same as the one I took off, so this tractor has had the thing changed once already. The easiest way I've found to change the ornery thing is to unscrew the hose from the Hyd. pump and simply remove the lower valve body with the hose intact, then remove the hose and screw in the new one while the valve body is in a vise, then slide the hose back up through everything and then screw it into the pump. The nuts take a 1-5/16 wrench. It is darn near impossible to tighten or loosen that lower nut while everything is bolted together. It just seems a whole lot quicker to just unbolt the valve body than to try to fight with that lower nut on the tractor. One has to be very careful to keep that o-ring in place as you bolt the hose back into the pump. Oh well. On to the next repair job. <!-- s:roll: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_rolleyes.gif" alt=":roll:" title="Rolling Eyes" /><!-- s:roll: -->