Just bought a 46 H. The guy said it was a working tractor, not a fixer upper. Rusty as all get out but came with 3 pickup loads of parts. 2 rear tires, 1 on a rim, 2 front tires already mounted, a hood, grill, extra gas tank....etc...etc...
The engine runs great! Starts after 2-3 revolutions every time, even cold.
The hydralic lift on the front end loader attachment was very slow to start going up and would not go up all the way, so I checked the transmission fluid and saw none on the dipstick. Up to this point all was well. I went to Family Farm and Garden and the man said I should use the Universal fluid even though it said JOHN DEERE.
I added fluid, and the bucket went up and down great! Ten time faster than before and smoother too. I wanted to cut with the sickle bar, and drove the tractor 3 hundred yards to where I was gonna lower the bar and start cutting. I heard a CLANK-CLAKKING sound several times I did not recognize and wondered if there was a problem with that gear (3rd). Shut the tractor down to lower the sickle bar, (on a slight downhill grade.SLIGHT not steep) got back on and fired it up and now it is stuck in gear, the shift lever will not move other than to rattle a little, can't put it in nuetral and when I let the cluch out the engine takes a strain without moving the tractor at all, and will stop the engine if you let the cluch all the way out.Did I add the wrong fluid? Overfill? Clutch, pressure plate, throwout bearing? Tranny shot? Help!
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