[AJD] JD LA Clutch help

[JDNut at aol.com]

Happy New Year,

While I have generally been prejudiced towards the Waterloo horizontal engine 
tractors of the "B" to 530 lineage, a cute ca. 1944 John Deere LA in great 
shape became available, and my family couldn't resist.  I got to play with it 
some while at my parents place in Oregon over the holiday break.  

Luckily, I have an original of the JD Parts CD, so I have a parts manual, and 
I ordered the owners manual.  As far as I can tell, Deere doesn't have a 
service manual for this tractor??? The previous owner gave us the Jensales manual.

Key problem I would appreciate some help from the list.....the clutch didn't 
always want to disengage the drive shaft, even when pushing hard.  Once 
disengaged, it doesn't engage until close to the other end of the travel.  I tried 
to adjust it according the to specs indicated in the owners manual, but not 
much improvement.   It was cold in our area of Oregon, below freezing most of the 
time.  I wonder a bit if the grease was just really cold in the throw out 
bearing...or if this is a sign that the clutch discs need to be replaced.  Any 
ideas or help on this would be greatly appreciated.

Other than the the clutch problem, the only other things needing a bit of 
work is the left axle seal, and the governor hunts a bit a full throttle.  Sure 
is a gutsy little tractor.  

Thanks in advance, Take care,

John Maxwell, Santa Maria CA