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BennettF
01-06-2006 16:47:13
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Thanks again for your responses last night. I have another somewhat random but persistent problem with the tractor associated with the clutch/transmission. This is a 1966 Ford 2000, gas engine, 4 speed transmission with a transmission PTO. Ordinarily I can start the tractor up and run around on it, mostly bush hogging, stopping from time to time, leaving it in neutral while I do something off of the tractor (PTO dis-engaged)and then get back on, depress the clutch pedal, re-engage the transmission and continue on. On several occasions the transmission simply would not let me re-engage after leaving it running in neutral. I have had to shut the engine down, put it in gear and restart the engine. When this occurs, it occurs repeatedly. Nothing I do corrects it, but then, inexplicably, sometimes the next day upon start-up, it will correct itself and not be a problem that day or subsequent days, until mysteriously it happens again. When it is happening it is not a problem as long as I keep the clutch engaged. When I depress the clutch pedal and keep it there I can shift to all gears, no problem at all. When I release the clutch pedal, let the tractor run in neutral and then try to re-engage the transmission, it won't let me, behaving exactly as if I am trying to put it in gear without depressing the clutch pedal (gears grinding, you know). The only thing I can do is shut the engine down and restart in gear. Then, sometime later, it fixes itself. Any ideas? Thanks.
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