[AT] JD B Problems

[Dean VP]

Consider letting the transmission soak in Kerosene or Diesel Fuel for a few  
days if you can get the cavity filled up that high.

Having the drive disk move some and then stop is very strange.  I've fought  
some really stuck ones but once they broke loose at all they came off  
relatively eazy.  I would encourage you to try to determine what it  
preventing it to come off.  Have the splines or shaft been damaged?

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-----Original message-----
From: The Allen Family <steveallen855 at centurytel.net>
To: AT at lists.antique-tractor.com
Sent: Thu, Aug 1, 2013 18:07:46 GMT+00:00
Subject: [AT] JD B Problems

I first want to thank all those who have sent me advice on plowing.  I've  
had my boys cleaning up the plow, and, at first chance, i need to get back  
into the field with it. 

But I have since found/created more problems.  I am trying to get running a  
'47 B that I've had for years but has been sitting for the last 12 or so.  
For the last 7 years, it has been shedded, but I'm afraid the time prior to  
that in the weather has left me some problems. 

 Over the last few days, I have been starting to tinker with it. I have  
discovered that the transmission lever would not shift, and the clutch would  
not quite either engage or release. I have done two things, and one of them  
has caused a problem, while the other has failed to fix a problem. 

 First, the transmission. The lever was stuck in the bottom left hand of the  
quadrant. It should have been in Neutral but was not. I thought it had been  
left in neutral when I parked it, as I set the brakes (the shed is floorless  
and on a slight incline). I pulled the steering shaft support/quadrant/shift  
lever off and disovered that the lever was rusted stuck. I pulled that apart  
and freed it up. However, the shifting fork appears to be stuck, too. I have  
tried prying on it but don't want to put too much on the cast piece. I have  
tried lifting one wheel to release tension on the drive gears to no avail.  
Would lifting both wheels at the same time help?

 I don't know how closely related the problem is to the clutch. I started  
pulling apart the clutch--lots of surface rust in there sticking everything  
together. When I got to the drive disk, I put in a puller and started to  
pull it off. It came about 3/16 of an inch and stopped. One of the puller  
bolts pulled out of the hole in the disk--I guess the threads were so rusted  
that they just stripped. Then I made a BAD decision--I fetched a puller that  
has three fingers on it and put them under the lip of the disk and started  
pulling again. Result: a chunk of cast disk broke out. So now I am stuck  
with a ruined drive disk that I can't use either kind of puller on. 

 My Plans C and D: I have thought about two possible ways to proceed. Plan  
C: I could drill and tap two new holes for the puller. I suspect this would  
be a LONG, HARD job. Plan D: I could JB Weld one of the puller bolts into  
the stripped hole in the disk. I would lose the puller bolts (I'd have to  
cut the crossbar of the puller off), but the disk is shot anyway. I'd  
appreciate any thoughts about either Plan C or D. I would also appreciate  
any advice on what I can do to make the job easier. Can/Should I apply heat?  
Where? I don't want to bugger up the crankshaft--I already came close to  
damaging the threads. I have of course applied penetrating oil, but who  
knows how helpful that might be in a situation like this?

 Any thoughts/suggestions/commiserations about these two problems would be  
VERY MUCH appreciated! 

The "original" Steve Allen

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