Oliver 88 Tranny

Thanks, Nathan

Like Clint said, you need to drain the trans and rear end. He said to drain it and put in new. He meant oil, not water. ;) I would be willing to bet it has a lot of water in it. As long as the water isn't very rusty, then there likely isn't a lot of rust damage.

As far as not being able to push the clutch in, it could be the pedal is rusted to its mounting stud on the trans case. The throwout bearing carrier could be rusted to transmission input shaft preventing the pedal from moving.

A can of PB Blaster, a small hammer, pliers and a large screw driver can go a long way to determing what you have to work with.

See if you can use a hand crank to turn the engine over by hand. Keep the switch off. Things might be freed up, even better.

There are a handful of things to do to prepare the engine before you try to fire it back up.

If you believe it was running when it was last parked then it sounds like the clutch is froze tight to your flywheel. Free it up like he mentioned, if you get it running. With the clutch free see if you can change gears. It's possible the clucth is rusted up and might need replacing. Not big expense but it is a big hassle since the engine needs pulled to do this unless it doesn't have a belt pulley unit behind the bell housing.

Possible water in the transmission, sure it could but it won't be a huge problem. First you have to find out by driaining it to see if water does come out. Drain it and put in new.

So, how much are you willing to pay for it the way it is and how much to spend on it?

See if you can get more info on the 88.

Could be the engine is stuck, this might be a small problem if it's just rust in the cylinders, a very large problem if a rod let go. The clutch is also likely stuck. You can unstick them far more easily if you can get the engine running... just go as fast as you can and wail on the clutch and brake at the same time. This can also be done with a non-running engine by towing it with another tractor but this is somewhat risky.

It also possible the owner parked it due to a transmission/final drive problem and that one or both of the above problems occurred over the years.

Unless you have lots of spare time and cash it might be best to find another 88.