Hi Everyone,
I'm new to the old tractor scene. I bought my tractor last summer to actually use around the property. Been a great tractor, very solid. But I can manage to break anything :twisted: Over the winter I got it stuck in the snow and I was popping the clutch and shift-en 1st /reverse, back and forth and yelling and hollering. After that day finding reverse was very hard, 1 in 100 tries it would go maybe. So this weekend I pulled her apart. Not an easy thing to do on gravel without any type of hoist system available to me. She actually came apart very smoothly, I was very surprised. Ends up the reverse fork broke one of its arms. Kind of a relief as I do not have to tear down the whole transmission. Was able to remove the reverse fork by just removing the shift plates. Then I was able to push on the reverse rod.
So now she will sit till I can find a replacement. Not an easy task I have found. The part is cast so I don't believe it can be a welded repair. I would love to hear some feedback on how to proceed from here. I can't find one so far, internet searches, ebay, and a want ad here. Crossing my fingers.
O-yea The bearing on my power steering seized too. Very sad story about that. But one problem at a time. She still works without the power steering assist.....
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I'm new to the old tractor scene. I bought my tractor last summer to actually use around the property. Been a great tractor, very solid. But I can manage to break anything :twisted: Over the winter I got it stuck in the snow and I was popping the clutch and shift-en 1st /reverse, back and forth and yelling and hollering. After that day finding reverse was very hard, 1 in 100 tries it would go maybe. So this weekend I pulled her apart. Not an easy thing to do on gravel without any type of hoist system available to me. She actually came apart very smoothly, I was very surprised. Ends up the reverse fork broke one of its arms. Kind of a relief as I do not have to tear down the whole transmission. Was able to remove the reverse fork by just removing the shift plates. Then I was able to push on the reverse rod.
So now she will sit till I can find a replacement. Not an easy task I have found. The part is cast so I don't believe it can be a welded repair. I would love to hear some feedback on how to proceed from here. I can't find one so far, internet searches, ebay, and a want ad here. Crossing my fingers.
O-yea The bearing on my power steering seized too. Very sad story about that. But one problem at a time. She still works without the power steering assist.....