Bern
Well-known Member
- Location
- Mount Vernon, WA
I've never worked on a 6000 before, so many things about this process are new to me. I really like the frame rail design to this chassis.
Pull radiator, slide engine out, then tranny. No bottle jacks or wedges needed to keep this thing from falling on the ground. In addition,
the frame rails serve as the perfect height workbench for tranny work. And, with the single front wheel, I'm not tripping over the front
axle. If I need to, I can still push the carcass around easily if I need to get it out of my way.
So the story on this thing when I bought it was that everything was working great, until it suddenly stopped moving. Evidently someone told
the former owner that the input shaft was stripped out, so that's why he parked it, 20 years ago. After pulling out the engine, the input
shaft looks fine, as does the TLC. Puzzled, I then start playing around with the traction disconnect lever. It does not couple in either
detent hole. Pushing the lever past the detent makes it couple with the rear axle, so something happened to the adjustment on the lever.
I intend to fully restore this thing, so at a minimum the tranny is going to be opened up and inspected.
Pull radiator, slide engine out, then tranny. No bottle jacks or wedges needed to keep this thing from falling on the ground. In addition,
the frame rails serve as the perfect height workbench for tranny work. And, with the single front wheel, I'm not tripping over the front
axle. If I need to, I can still push the carcass around easily if I need to get it out of my way.
So the story on this thing when I bought it was that everything was working great, until it suddenly stopped moving. Evidently someone told
the former owner that the input shaft was stripped out, so that's why he parked it, 20 years ago. After pulling out the engine, the input
shaft looks fine, as does the TLC. Puzzled, I then start playing around with the traction disconnect lever. It does not couple in either
detent hole. Pushing the lever past the detent makes it couple with the rear axle, so something happened to the adjustment on the lever.
I intend to fully restore this thing, so at a minimum the tranny is going to be opened up and inspected.