Southtowns27
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I have a 1971 Massey 165. I was using it to bale the field a couple weeks ago. As the day wore on, I noticed the PTO becoming increasingly difficult to engage. It got to the point that I got it engaged and just left the pto run for the entirety of the day even while switching wagons, etc. The clutch is working properly. Push the pedal all the way to the board and the pto stops. With the pto disengaged, I push the clutch pedal all the way down and try to engage it. It feels like the gears (or whatever the lever is moving) just isn't quite lined up right since the lever doesn't move far and I can feel and hear it clunk into something. It's very similar to what we've all experienced with an unsynchronized manual tranny. It won't go into the gear you want, so you put it in another, move just a little bit, then it will go into the gear you want. I tried just slightly slipping the clutch while holding pressure on the pto lever and it just grinds. It just doesn't want to pop into gear. The shift lever is kinda sloppy on the shaft that goes into the rear end housing, but I don't see how that would effect anything. Does anyone know what exactly is inside this thing and how it's supposed to work? Any ideas? Thanks in advance