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Yeah and it works great. I haven't got around to making a real bracket yet, but even the temporary one I made works great. Solved the whole problem. I'll try to get pics tonight if I get home before dark

Ok, its been awhile but I finally finished a proof of concept. Separating the PTO from the valve works so much better than the stock way. I used a bigger push/pull cable, some metal brackets, a few drilled and tapped holes and it works. I'll have pictures at some point but the bugs were...

Yeah, thats my next step. Though it starts to become much more difficult to mount the cable

I was able to get the cable temporarily hooked up, and with out the other end mounted I was not able to engage the PTO. It was to hard to pull. I am going to try to make a plate so I can get some leverage against the cable, but it may not be the best solution.

I'll just make up a bracket to go to the two nearest fasteners. I may need to use the stock long linkage if I can't get onto the same plane, or close enough to the actuator shaft.

I'm actually leaning more towards the cable as I research. McMaster has a knob operated push/pull cable in 10 or 15' for 27 or 29 dollars. Then its just a matter of a a bracket and cable end. Ok, you sold me! I'm going to measure tonight and order up some parts. Will post pictures.

I suppose a cable would work, but routing and fixing a cable might be more work than running air lines. With the cable we would still need brackets on both sides, and much more restrictions on bend radius's .

Thanks for the info! As far as rebuilding/re-using what I have, this whole linkage is archaic. I bet it was designed so that it was one less step for soldiers. I don't see that big of an issue using air. I like the idea of spring so that way I don't have to have air holding it out the...

My M817 like many has seen mostly short run dump duty in its lifetime. The linkages for dumping/engaging the PTO are pretty well clapped out. Mostly on the PTO side probably by trying to jam it in with the transmission input shaft still spinning. So I could pull everything apart and build...