Re: Murphy's Laws of tractor repair

Posted by Fawteen on August 03, 2004 at 03:47:43 from (66.100.255.133):

In Reply to: Murphy's Laws of tractor repair posted by Ryan on August 02, 2004 at 15:58:52:

I hadda split my little 750 JD to replace a leaking gasket between the transmission and rear end.

For reassembly there are two splined shafts that need to line up, the rear end driveshaft and the PTO shaft.

The first time I attempted to roll the rear end back in place and mate it up with the transmission, I wiggled it once and KERTHUNK! it rolled right into place. I stood there for a moment scratching my head thinking "That just ain't natural. SOMETHING must be screwed up." So, I rolled it back out to check. Looked like everything was lined up properly, so I rolled it back into place and KERTHUNK, it just popped right into place again, nary a problem.

No parts left over, and only $15 worth of parts to fix a John Deere on the first try. I think I'd be smart to never work on that tractor again, as I've obviously used up all the luck I'm ever going to have in that department.

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