Looks like you need to download the manuals, they are free and have much of the information you need. They aren't optional if you plan to keep the SEE. There are a couple of locations and may even be on this site
Here is one location
http://www.rockymountainmoggers.com/links.html#info you need to scroll down the page to get to the links. (Note this is one of these "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime" moments). IMHO a SEE is fairly complex beast and if you are unwilling to look things up in the manuals you might as well sell it now. Definitely not something a shade tree mechanic can pull off. The CRTL F function in Adobe Acrobat is your friend. I usually just enter a search word in the box instead of going through the indexes
That said I will throw you something.
With a 24 volt system a red fuse is generally for fairly high load circuits. I have found a listing of the fuse sizing somewhere in the manuals but it wasn't in an obvious spot that I can remember the location off hand. I looked at the wiring diagram and the fuse for the PTO looks to be the 3rd one over in fuse box 1. Its a white fuse (there are only a few red 16 amp fuses, one is used for the rear backhoe and accessories harness which includes the hydraulic fans. I think the windshield heater is another one. The PTO circuit is covered in the electrical diagnostic section of the manual. Its a pretty simple circuit, there is common power feed (wire 372) from the fuse panel to all five indicators, a separate PTO lamp bulb is wired to the common supply wire 372 and then the other side of the bulb goes to Wire 22 which runs from the PTO indicator back to the PTO switch (which I haven't looked for but expect its on or near the transmission). If the PTO is engaged, the switch goes to ground completing the circuit. If you are blowing the fuse it means you are drawing a lot more amperage than you should be as the lamp is pretty low resistance. Its odd unless the light socket has short in it so that wire 372 is directly connected to wire 22. By the way the best way to find the PTO switch is to look it up in the parts manual as they have good sketches of the component locations.
Be aware that many SEEs have hidden rodent electrical damage behind the dash that it not visible unless you remove lots of stuff. The SEE may still run with this damage but if you have a lot of odd electrical gremlins you may be in for an experience as the damage can be pretty extensive. Several of us have gone through the repairs.
Can't help you on the shifter lever but it sure sounds like you may have to tilt the cab and that is major project (which is also described in the manuals) and requires a special set of tilting brackets. I believe a Steel Soldiers member speedwoble makes and sells them. They are not optional, if you try it without them you will do a lot of damage
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