PTO/Tire pump
Attached to the transmission is half of the tire pump PTO assembly. The drive gear and shift lever are there but no pump. The blanking plate is a factory looking light metal part, not the crude steel plate you would expect Bubba to make if he just ripped the pump assembly off. Also, since the six bolt attachment to the transmission is a standard size/shape, it would be so easy to find a cover. Also taking it all off would leave more clearance around the transmission. I don't know of anything else that used this style of PTO so I can't think of a reason only half of it would be installed at the factory to let the other half be installed later. Most PTOs transmit more power than I would expect them to put through the light metal castings used here. Everything else CMP is so heavy this seems out of character for a PTO intended to transmit much power.
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