240 pto lever

The pto lever on my 240 bounces off the gear if I dont tie it up. Is there a spring or something i might be missing?

If you have access to a 240 TC-53B Parts Catalog look on page 290 for reference no's. 29 and 30 and you will see that a poppet and spring are
needed to keep it in either the engaged or disengaged position. The photo in the parts catalog appears that the mating part ref. no. 26
which the PTO lever attaches too has two detent positions included in the part which the poppet engages in to retain it either in the engaged
or disengaged position. Most likely your spring is either failed or become dislodged is the reason for the PTO trying to engage or won't
stay engaged unless help into position. The parts you need to make your PTO functional as designed are No. 29 - Poppet 373571R1 (48102D will
work also) and No. 30 - Spring 48103D. A quick check shows both are available at the Parts Depot in Wisconsin and Messick's in Pennsylvania
list them as actual available part no's from CaseIH. You will need to contact a CaseIH dealer to obtain these items as the Parts Depot will
only sell their inventory through a participating CaseIH dealership. Hope this helps and it appears you will have to remove the PTO housing
to obtain access to make the repair and additional o-rings or oil seals and gaskets will probably also need to be obtained, Hal.

A little more information to my response below after looking at the parts catalog some more I see a 1/4" slotted head pipe plug (P/N 103884)
is listed as a sub-component to the 9091DCX PTO housing which might be the retention piece to secure the spring and poppet in place. Look on
the right hand side (standing behind the tractor and looking toward the front) and you should either see the pipe plug or an open hole on the
right side of the PTO housing where the spring resides to place pressure on the retention poppet which is inside the housing. If the plug is
still there you most likely have a broken spring which should be a simple repair and if the hole is open you will need to clean out the
cavity and insert a new spring and the poppet if it has become dislodged also. Again, hopes this helps getting your tractor back to it
intended functionally, Hal.

(quoted from post at 00:04:12 03/11/19) A little more information to my response below after looking at the parts catalog some more I see a 1/4" slotted head pipe plug (P/N 103884)
is listed as a sub-component to the 9091DCX PTO housing which might be the retention piece to secure the spring and poppet in place. Look on
the right hand side (standing behind the tractor and looking toward the front) and you should either see the pipe plug or an open hole on the
right side of the PTO housing where the spring resides to place pressure on the retention poppet which is inside the housing. If the plug is
still there you most likely have a broken spring which should be a simple repair and if the hole is open you will need to clean out the
cavity and insert a new spring and the poppet if it has become dislodged also. Again, hopes this helps getting your tractor back to it
intended functionally, Hal.

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Very helpful Hal! Thanks. I'll bet that is missing/broken. I wasn't the first person in the PTO of this machine, and based on the cereal box gaskets and crookedly welding of the PTO gear to the shaft it won't surprise me to find parts missing too. She'll be doing real work again soon!