[AJD] H Tranny and manual

[Frank]

any of them for sale?

Frank
gremaux at tein.net
Central Montana
http://www.angelfire.com/mt/deeregp/index.html
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <greg at theoldtractorcompany.com>
To: "Antique John Deere mailing list" 
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Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 8:50 AM
Subject: Re: [AJD] H Tranny and manual


> Bill
> There isn't a JD tech manual for the H so the I&T is the only game in 
> town.
> Closest thing are the service bulletins, page after page of H oriented 
> bulletins.
> Greg
>
>
> Greg Stephen
> The Old Tractor Company
> Stephen Equipment Company
> PO Box 709
> Franktown, CO 80116
> 303-663-5246
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> On Sat Feb  5 21:06 , 'Bill Brueck' <b2 at chooka.net> sent:
>
>>Did you get this worked out yet, Karl?
>>
>>I have the same model.  As you've discovered, after serial 10000 they 
>>added
>>a separate casting for the left bearing for this shaft.  I just looked at 
>>my
>>IT manual and it doesn't even acknowledge the earlier setup. I suppose the
>>official JD shop manual might help, I don't have one of those but have 
>>found
>>the parts manual to be very helpful to get the restoration process close 
>>to
>>right.
>>
>>I had mine apart in the process of restoration a couple of years ago, I
>>remember this cap screw being hard to get loose, but I'm pretty sure I 
>>must
>>have pulled the shaft out the left side of the casing when I got done.
>>
>>Let me know if I can stare and compare anything on my machine for you.
>>
>>B²
>>Bill Brueck (brick)
>>Chatfield, MN, USA
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "Karl Olmstead" olmstead at ridgenet.net>
>>To: "Antique John Deere mailing list"
>>antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 10:36 AM
>>Subject: [AJD] H Tranny
>>
>>
>>> It was raining yesterday, so I got a chance to work on that '39 JD-H
>>> instead of my house.  I spent a few minutes trying to move the shifter
>>> forks with no success.  They aren't seized up, but the upper fork (1st 
>>> and
>>> reverse) appears to be stuck to the left beyond first gear, and it has
>>> shoved the lower fork into some gear; the net result being that the
>>> transmission is in two gears at once.  Tractor won't roll.
>>>
>>> I finally came to the conclusion that I need to pull the shifter shaft 
>>> and
>>> the shifter forks, so that I can reach down below them and re-position 
>>> the
>>> sliding gears myself.
>>>
>>> As Frank G. warned me, the '39 H tranny is different from later models.
>>> For example, later models have a 'shifter shaft bearing' bolted to the
>>> left side of the transmission case.  The '39 simply has a hole in the 
>>> side
>>> of the case.
>>>
>>> At any rate, after loosening the set screw and unscrewing the 'lock
>>> screw', which seems to serve no purpose, I attempted to undo the 
>>> adjusting
>>> screw, which screws into the left side of the transmission case and
>>> tightens down on the end of the shifter shaft.  No go.
>>>
>>> I took the opportunity to make a special tool for the job on my vertical
>>> mill.  3/4" drill rod, with one end milled into the shape of a 1/8" wide
>>> screwdriver blade, the other end made hexagonal so that I could put a
>>> wrench on it.  Nothing beats quality time spent using macine tools! 
>>> Tried
>>> out the new tool, but the blade began to bend.  Guess I'll have to take
>>> the time to heat treat the tool before I try again.  And soak the screw
>>> with penetrating lube.
>>>
>>> Am I headed in the right direction?  I am assuming that the adjusting
>>> screw has to come out before I can remove the shifter shaft, since the
>>> screw presses on the end of the shaft (and plugs up the hole through 
>>> which
>>> the shaft must pass).
>>>
>>> -Karl
>>>
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