[AT] JD B Problems

[The Allen Family]

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