It has taken a while to fix the busted hoses on the backhoe steering.The old fittings were actually a 'quick couple' type fitting - all you need is a length of hose and I can manually make a new hose. Nice to have on hand, though NAPA didn't know what to do with it.
So, we have shiny new compression fittings on the replacement hose.
It turns out the steering hydrolics are on their own circuit, separate from the main hydrolics. That is good.It took us a while to 'bleed' out the air from the steerage, though, since there are no valves in the steering linkage.
So what we did is elevate the front wheels, and while adding fluid we worked the steering back and forth.
It took about 4 quarts of oil to replace that which was lost, and after about 10 minutes the steering responded quite well.Messy, though.
While we were working on the steering, we also tackled the dislocated stabilizer.The pin holding the stabilizer to the hoe was loose, and would damage the back tire often.
Our muscle-man, home before college, gave all the leverage we needed while I pounded the pin into place.Good to have a strong back helping!
Another son worked the steering so we didn't loose a bit of time.
A Christmas elf also located a new snap-ring to retain the stabilizer pin in place. 
With a few prybars and that strong back, we soon had the pin and retention ring in place.Back in business, just in time for the holidays!
