Okay I'll give you the story and you give me some ideas:
1941 9n Saturday I was using the tractor for some mild duty loader work. It was about 35 degrees (F) out and I puttered around for a couple hours. The tractor was running like a dream and I didn't put any real heavy strain on it, mostly just some slow tedius creeping (raising a timber frame with the loader). I shut it down that night and threw a tarp over her (didn't block the clutch, never have). Sunday I came out at about 9:30, started her up , pushed down the clutch and went to put it in gear - grinding. I figured it might need a little more travel so just to test this I pulled off the running board and pushed the pedal way the heck down - still grinding. I was starting to get worried at this point so I walked over and told dad about it. He came over to check it out, hopped on, started it up, pumped the clutch a couple times and shifted it into gear no problems. I shrugged my shoulders and he sorta laughed. He drove it over to the worksite and shut it off while we set up. About five minutes later I hopped on only to find it stuck again. Its been that way for the past two days now and no one can get it unstuck. I tried putting talcom powder in the starter hole (lots), and Getting it going then slamming on the brakes, I've been blocking the pedal now too. Didn't even slip. Tonight I tried jacking up one rear wheel and putting it in 3rd high (highest) in the middle of the driveway, revving her up real high and then dropping the jack quickly. Worked well for making a rooster tail of gravel and I could smell a bit of burnt clutch but it never broke loose after about 4 tries. What next? I read about prying the pads off of the flywheel with a prybar through the starter hole but I couldn't really see what I was supposed to pry. I have confirmed that the pedal still moves the linkage inside the clutch. Any other Ideas? I'm thinking of hooking up the plow tomorrow. I'm having a bit of contraversy with my dad about splitting the tractor. We're both trying to avoid that right now, but we realize if all else fails that's what'll have to happen. If it comes to that he wants to take it to a shop and get them to do it. I expect the shop would charge an arm and a leg and I'm pretty sure we could do it ourselves (3 of us). The only problems are that I don't have much free time except after school and it'll be cold in that unheated garage at night. Any Ideas on how much a shop repair would cost? How much do the parts cost (probably including the front seal for the tranny)? thanks,
Alan
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