7045 oil leakage

[pycoed]

Been using my 7045 with an old Twose back actor on it for the last month or two. When I connected it, the quick connect moved sideways quite a bit, showing that the pipe & banjo onto the top of the hydraulic cover is loose. (There is no plate locating the two Q/C s on this both just poke out at the rear) The return Q/C is quite rigid.
Yesterday I noticed quite a bit of oil leakage whilst using the digger in one spot & saw the oil dripping freely down the side of the transmission roughly below the banjos.

So.. how to access these to replace the copper washers & tighten up? Is there an access hole in the floor underneath/ alongside the seat? Can they be reached via another route?

 

[diyfarmer]

On a 7045, you will need to lift the seat and then to take out the lower window and back section of the floor under the seat. The hydraulic pipe is bolted on to the top of lift cover.

 

[pycoed]

Cheers,
I'm just off to take a stab at it now - seat is a bit rickety so needs looking at anyway

 

[pycoed]

OK - I reckon the leak is coming from the connector screwed into the hydraulic distributor. Oil seems to be oozing out below the banjo where this connector is threaded into the distributor. It is f tight!
I was afraid to put too much pressure on until I'd had a look at the parts manual to see what it was it has a copper washer at its base & o ring seal at the top so it has to come out.
Its a 24mm hex so how tight are these usually to remove? Judging by the double washers on the banjo, I reckon the previous owner had trouble here, so this connector may be loctited in.

Right - it's out! There was a load of sealer or some such above the O ring - looks like it had been bodged full of sealer to try to stop the leak. Also found the main problem was that a wrong banjo bolt had been fitted that needed multiple washers to seal at all on the pipe to the rear. Sorted that in the lathe & am now waiting for the correct seals & O ring to be delivered.
I still need really to remove the copper washer below the connector. Again it looks like a wrong washer has been fitted & whaled down on to try to seal. but the copper has expanded & is really stuck on it's seat. I'll have to plug the oil passage & go carefully with drill/Dremel/chisel to get that out.
Ho Hum - don't we all love working on 40 year old multiple owner kit?