5000 Select-O-Speed

FordTractorMan · Nov 30, 2017

Was bushhogging with the 5000 Tuesday and just before dark, a transmission oil cooler line ruptured. A hole had rubbed in the short flexible section joining the hard lines at the front left of the engine. Oil shot out in a hurry - so quick that the transmission started to jerk before I got it stopped. Got line repaired late today, put it on in the dark, and here's where my idiocy may have bitten me in the butt. Didn't remember to fill the transmission through the check hole, so after I dumped 5 gal in the rearend and started the tractor to see if it had enough oil to get it home, I let it run for a couple minutes and it tried to move - lugged the engine a bit, something smelled like brakes getting warm - but tractor never took off. Left it. Remembered after I got out of the shower - you fill trans through check hole. Idiot. Did I hurt anything letting it run a couple minutes empty?

Bern · Nov 30, 2017

Hard to be sure from where we sit, however if the engine lugged and you smelled something funny, that's not a good sign. When the oil level and consequently the pressures are low, the lube circuit is the first thing that gets starved. Something to think about.

I think I'd drain what's left into a clean bucket and see what comes out. If you see nothing foreign, you don't have much to lose by filing it and trying it again.

Another thought popped into my head - the burning smell that you detected could simply be oil that spilled onto the exhaust from the hose rupture. If that's the case, you might be OK. Keep us posted.

FordTractorMan · Dec 1, 2017

Ok. Whew. As usual, God is much better to me than I deserve. I put 2.5 - 3 gal of oil through the sos check hole, started tractor, and it shifted through all 10 gears like it should. Did seem just a bit slower than usual going from 8 to 9, but I shifted it up and down through the range and it never missed a beat - pulled strong in all 10. Now, if I could just find the check plug for the hydraulic oil. I've way overfilled it and need to get it back to normal. Oh, drained a little oil out first - no metal filings or anything I could see. What little oil it had left looked clean. Thanks Bern.

Bern · Dec 1, 2017

Check plug for the back is in the rear just to the left of the PTO shaft. It is a 1/2" pipe plug as I recall, similar in size as the SOS check plug.

Sean in PA · Dec 2, 2017

Have something in front of that level check hole on the rear end when you loosen it. It is going to come gushing out if it is 5 gallons over full. Best bet would probably be a 5 gallon bucket held at an angle to catch most of it with a drain pan below that.

FordTractorMan · Dec 2, 2017

I went ahead and drained as much extra out the bottom as I put in. Going to check it by the check plug today. Thanks.

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