200 transmission noise - fix or sell?

Hello Everyone,

I have a 56 Farmall 200 (The Red Mistress), who has suddenly developed a very expensive sounding banging noise in the transmission. It goes away when in neutral, but comes back right away when in any gear. The tractor does move, but the banging speeds up as the engine speeds up. It sounds like a broken tooth or a backed out bolt in the clutch that is hitting something as it goes around. I need to either fix it myself, have it done (someone estimated about $2,000 to $3,000 to fix), or sell it off.

I have only hand tools, no hoist, no solid overhead beams for holding a split tractor and no experience in diving into the guts of this baby. Is fixing it a job for an expert or can the shop manual and slow going make it a $300 job rather than a $3,000 job?

If selling it off, who would buy it? It lives near Culpeper, Va, and I don't have a truck to haul it off. It was repainted and had the engine professionally rebuilt about 10 years ago - new cylinder liners, etc. Runs fine, normally. I have been advised to sell it off, rather than let it become a large red elephant bio-degrading in the side yard, but it is so pretty, and much more classy than my other tractor, a Ford 601 with a front bucket. Even my teen age daughter says to keep it.

For me it would be a major project, and when done I would still be left wtih a battered old tractor, if I could get it back together correctly.

So, how to approach this?

Sounds like the oil slinger gear has a broken teeth. The tractor has to be split to replace.

I can see that work involving splitting is a major job. I am trying to determine if I should try to sell it or keep it for a project? Is there an easy way to support the tractor during/after splitting? Tricks of the trade?

You need to have one half on wheels so you can roll it apart. Not a fun job on a C IVE BTDT

You need to have one half on wheels so you can roll it apart. Not a fun job on a C IVE BTDT

You need to have one half on wheels so you can roll it apart. Not a fun job on a C IVE BTDT

I understand I need something called a splitting stand. Anyone know where they can be had?

With a little ingenuity just about any of this can be done fairly
cheaply. I built myself a wooden 'A' frame and use it to lift with. I
used it to install the engine in my Super C and it worked great. It
might've cost me $20 to build. One of your biggest obstacles at
this point - do you have a wide or narrow front end? Concrete (or
similar) floor to support it on? Usually splitting stands are home
fabricated, there are a number of variations made by members of
this board. Sam

This 200 has the narrow front wheels. I can put it in a garage with a concrete floor, but it is a bit rough and uneven.

I live about a hour and a half from you and I have a friend that has the parts or would buy it
304-582-9995.

jimmy

Fix it! a c is a small tractor,you can fix it with regular hand tools.Buy a $30 book.Enlist some buddys,put your minds together,drink some beer,have fun and GET IT FIXED!If you run into trouble,WE are here for you!

Enlist your daughter,have some quality father/daughter bonding time(my sister and my father did a similar project,says it was the best experience).Plus she will learn some valuable/priceless "lessons"Go for it!

I split tractors on a dirt floor....Big ones

you can make a crude but workable stand with a couple pieces of 2x2 angleironbolted to the front half(put on a couple angle braces to stabilize).use a floor jack under the rear half and roll it apart.

you can make a crude but workable stand with a couple pieces of 2x2 angleironbolted to the front half(put on a couple angle braces to stabilize).use a floor jack under the rear half and roll it apart.

The front half stays put,the back rolls away

this is a far shot but I just changed my clutch and went through the whole dance because my C devolped a clunk too.Well after the clutch was changed guess what it was still there and it got faster as I went faster too....yes,the front wheel was a little loose so it made a clunk that I thought was FOR SURE the tranny,so I tightened it and guess what all gone.

I wish that were it, but mine makes the banging when I am in gear with the clutch pushed in, I don't even need to be moving. I feel your pain though.

Could you post a photo of the contraption? The ones I have see online look pretty massive. On yours only the rear moved away? The front was just propped up on the irons? Was the rear on a jack with wheels?