[AJD] Tranny troubles

Robert M. Massengale ltcmikem at ktc.com
Thu Jan 13 14:47:38 PST 2005


Karl -

I've been watching for an update... how's it coming?

Mike
Robert M. Massengale
Fredericksburg, Texas 78624

> Pulled the transmission cover on that '39 H I hauled home a couple of
> weeks ago.  I had to remove the drawbar before I could find the
> transaxle drain plug.  Unscrewed it, and out came a gallon or two of
> water.  And that was all; no oil whatsoever.  That's bad; when oil is
> present, the water stays more or less trapped underneath the oil
> layer.  Without oil, the water evaporates and condenses all over the
> inside of the tranny, washing off the protective oil and rusting
> everything.
> 
> For some reason, the reverse and low shift fork seems to be too far to
> the left.  It isn't stuck; it does move on the shaft,  but not very
> far.  It appears to be over beyond the first gear position, and
> nothing I tried would allow it to come back toward the middle or right
> portion of the shaft upon which it slides.  I tried pounding on a
> block of wood to shove it over, and I tried rocking the tractor back
> and forth to help the gears mesh.
> 
> I replaced the transmission cover.  If I put the shifter in the
> second/third shift fork, it does move, although not through the full
> normal range.  If I put the shift ball in the first/reverse fork, the
> shift is hard over against the first gear position and won't budge. 
> You can't shift between first/reverse and second/third; the forks
> don't line up well enough for the shift ball to move between them.
> 
> As it is, the transmission is more or less stuck in first and third. 
> I need to get the first/reverse fork back to the right in order to let
> the second/third fork reach neutral.
> 
> So at the moment, I'm kind of stuck.  The mechanism is so covered with
> rust and mung that I really can't see what is happening down there. 
> And I've got to get at least one fork to the neutral position so that
> I can fill the tranny with diesel fuel and tow the tractor around.  A
> good flush with diesel fuel will clean things up enough that I can at
> least see how bad the gears and bearings really are.
> 
> It's been raining like crazy here.  Very unusual for the Mojave
> Desert.  I blew a hydraulic hose on my forklift yesterday, so I put a
> catch pan under it.  The rain filled it up and pushed part of the oil
> over the side.  That's in addition to the big puddle generated when
> the line blew.  And one of my Farmall tractors is puking transmission
> lube; the transaxle is filling up with water and pushing out the lube.
>  At least it's warm, and I have a nice new roof on the house.  But
> there's a quarter of an inch of water over much of the shop floor.
> 
> At least I got in some tractor time!
> 
> -Karl 
> 
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