I have had to split the tractor to get to the rear seal on the crankshaft, and now I have done that and have some questions that I need help with.I need to take the oil pan off to get a 2x4 up in the crankshaft to hold it from turning to get the flywheel off. Well I got all the bolts off except for one: the one behind the power steering ram. 1. Is there an easier way to remove the ram to get to the bolt or do I have to tear the radiator, grille and shell, front steering gearbox, and rear of the fron axle off to get the ram out? 2. Right now I have the entire engine, frame and gearbox held up by a fork lift, but do I need to take a few head bolts out and have a chain on them bolts to hold the block, so I could remove the gearbox? 3. Will removing two bolts, then when I torque them back up again, will this ruin the seat of the head gasket, then I would have to get another one? 4. Also do I need to remove the cast piece that is behind the engine, and then bolts to the clutch housing? Or could I leave it on, and still remove the bearing seal retainer? 5. Whats the correct sequense of putting back the oil pan bolts so it will seal good and not warp the pan? 6. When I am putting the tractor back together, how do I align the clutch disk to shaft? Is that little cover under the belly all to get a tool in to align the disk to the shaft? (I remember when I restored the Farmall H they had a plate to get your hand in and move the plate when the 3 cap screws were holding the clutch open, then when the disk got onto the shaft, and bolted the frame back together, you take the cap screws out and put them back through the clutch and into the flywheel.) Did the D-17's have anything like this, or how does one go about doing it? Thanks in advance!
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