D17 PTO Issue

Good Morning!

I purchased a D17 over the winter. It started making a grinding noise behind the clutch area a little over a month ago. It came time to hook up the brush hog and the PTO worked for about 15min then wouldn't do anything at all when I'd engage it. I'm wondering if this is related to the grinding noise? The grinding happens any time that the clutch pedal is released. When the clutch pedal is pressed in, grinding stops.

I'm new to tractors and am trying to figure out where to start with working on it. I had a friend stop by with a video scope and he took a look at the clutch (my initial guess before the PTO issue) and said it looked good.

Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated! I'd like to try any possible fixes / assessments without splitting it apart first. Thanks, have a quality weekend!

- Bud
 
good morning peculiar chalmers, welcome to yt., 1st question, do you have the manuals for the tractor? (available on this site) having and reading the manuals BEFORE you start tearing apart the tractor can sometimes save you a whole bunch of headaches and money :lol: on the left under forum index you will see a allis chalmers group forum and those guys are pro's on the Allis's, and they will be able to tell you if there's an easy way into the pto or if you have to split the tractor. keep us posted and some pics of your D-17 would be great! we love pics.
 

Copied from Dr Allis down in the Allis Chalmers forum:

Access thru the right side where the hand clutch lever is. That older tractor used a roll pin with a lock wire. You can fish out the old and install a bolt with a lock nut. Not easy to do but can be done. Don't remove the PTO lever or things will fly apart inside and you'll have a mess.
 

Thank you very much for the recommendations! I've got one manual, but it's not very helpful. I'll look at what's available here and pick one up. Thanks!
 

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