[AT] DC Case

[Jim & Lyn Evans]

One of us should have told you about splitting pins.   I have a couple 
that I made from shaft about 15" log.  You stick them in the bell 
housing in place of two bolts and roll the tractor apart.  The engine is 
supported on the pins and is a lot safer than just sitting on blocks.

Adjusting the chains is no easy feat, which is why no one did it.  In 
order to get to the adjusting bolts, you must remove the rear cover.  In 
order to remove the rear cover, you must remove the PTO.  To disconnect 
the PTO in the front you have to remove the transmission top (steering 
box and shifter).   I would be concerned about tearing the axle gasket 
and causing a leak, so I have always removed the axles and used Loctite 
518 to seal the axles back up.

On 1/21/2012 3:00 PM, john hall wrote:
> Well Gene, we got it back together today. I bought a new gear since the one
> in there was chewed up really bad in 2 places. I also put in a new release
> bearing and changed the front transmission seal. It took a lot of elbow
> grease to get the clutch housing clean inside!
>
> When we split the tractor we rolled the back end. The front end was blocked
> under the oil pan. I had the engine hoist on it for safety. It still rocked
> too much for my liking so I quickly made a couple of angle iron braces that
> bolted to where the oil pan bolts to the clutch housing. That worked out
> real well  today when we went to roll it back together. I used nuts welded
> to the bottom of the angle so I could use a bolt to set the tension. Today
> we needed to twist the engine about 1/8" to get the lone dowel to line up.
> The use of 3 large shoulder bolts is rather impressive--Case wasn't cutting
> any corners.
>
> Next is to pull off the disc brakes and clean them and then maybe adjust the
> chains in the rear end, the tractor has an occasional clanking sound.
>
> John
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gene Dotson"<gdotsly at watchtv.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"<at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 7:23 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] DC Case
>
>
>>     Just be sure to drain the oil out of the clutch housing. Rest is pretty
>> straight forward.
>>
>> Gene
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "john hall"<jtchall at nc.rr.com>
>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 6:39 PM
>> Subject: [AT] DC Case
>>
>>
>>> We've misplaced our service manual for dad's DC Case. Does anyone here
>>> know if there is anything special we need to know about splitting it into
>>> to flip the starter gear around?
>>> This was going to be tomorrow's project, but I may wait until we get a
>>> manual.
>>>
>>> John Hall
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