Yay! It fits in the garage!

With room to get around even!  Didn't even have to fight it - it went in smooth and behaved nicely.   Here are some pics:

Full house!

Even has some room in front!

With about 2-3 ft of room  to spare!

Drip pan repositioned.  Sigh.

It's a heavy machine, but the concrete didn't crack! (hmm, yet...)

Yuk - see the trail of hydraulic oil in front of the loader?
It's amazing I have any fluid left in the system.

Here I am - documenting my backhoe woes!

Well, actually - for a 1978 model - my backhoe is in pretty good shape.

This first post will be a bit overwhelming I fear, but this all needs to be documented.

Next up is a video showing the leak...

Now, diagnosis (?) and early plan as to how am I going to tackle this...

First steps:  Where am I going to work on this, since it doesn't look to be a quick fix?