KRAIG, RYAN - It's some "SPECIAL" flat lithium battery about 1/8" thk by 1" square for my HP digital camera. You know how bad HP sticks it to Us that have HP printers? The same marketing people price their camera batteries. I replaced it just about a year ago now.
ANYHOW, I'll make the trip to BB tomorrow, get a battery and send the pic's to Kraig so he can post Monday hopefully.
The modifications weren't hard, used a very old Rockwell (now Porter-Cable) CHEAP saber saw with a cheap metal cutting blade, AC arc welder that's older than My DAD. Little 1/8" thk steel, mostly scraps. Most of the deck modifications required little if any extra steel, the pieces cut off were reformed or moved and welded back but in a different configuration to make the mods. The added steel was used for the front edge lip and baffles only. Ohhhh, I had to make four little brackets to weld to the front face of the deck from 1/4" thk steel, drilled & tapped 1/4"-20 threads.
Think I also put the spherical frt gauge wheels on at that time too. Since no kit ever existed I built my own and welded them on.
Nice thing about those IH 38" & 42" decks, they're stamped from heavy enough steel you can arc weld them with 3/32" rod and not blow holes through them. Welding with 1/8" rod might be a problem however. I can't ever remember ANYONE mentioning having to weld up cracks in a 38" or 42" deck like is common on the 44 & 50 decks.
The deck isn't real pretty anymore, it's been over a L-O-T of ground but still mows really nice. The replacement center spindle with the ST-745 bearing even runs good. I think Dad bought the deck I borrowed it from in about 1978-1980 to replace the CI end deck that came with the 70 in '65.
ERIC T. - re: ported Hydro from 782 onto a 127. Since they're both IH spec Sundstrand 15U hydro's I'd say YES, but unless you add hyd. lift you'd have to plug the outlets on the 782's hydro. Someone who's played with swapping hydro's more than Me will have to suggest how to accomplish that. Most hydro swaps are to gain the ports for add-on hyd. lifts. I haven't checked the parts look-up by the fittings may still be available. All your control linkage, trunnion, pivot, etc. up to the arm coming out of the hydro unit would have to be installed on the 782's unit from your 127. Also be a good time to replace the hydro gasket that Gerry wrote up with the new IMPROVED gasket.