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Dan
02-24-2006 08:30:10
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Re: Tree frogs and N splittin' in reply to 2N Paul -SK, 02-24-2006 07:01:57
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Boy do I know how you feel! It is the luck of the draw I think. The first and only time I have split a tractor (my NAA Rustbucket), the tranny and engine slid back together easily and as expected. If course, I couldn't leave well enough alone, and because I did not mount my foot board brackets (allowing the clutch pedal to travel further up than normal) and "thought" my clutch would not adjust, I split it again to adjust the clutch pressure plate fingers. Again, the engine slid back together fairly smoothly. I finally listened to Hobo and installed my foot board mount and guess what? Yep, the clutch was WAAAY out of adjustment - so it was splittin' time for the third time. Got everything back to right and went to re-attach the engine/tranny and it would not go! I wiggled, adjusted, rocked, grunted, turned the PTO shaft by hand, then it quickly degenerated to cussing, kicking, throwing things, etc - IT WOULD NOT GO. After 2 full hours I still could not get them to mate. My wife told me to just walk away and try later as I was really starting to get upset. OH NO! I had to spend another hour sweating in my Texas garage in Summer time to no avail. I finally gave up in total disgust and knocked off for the night. The next day, I went back out to try again after work and within 2 minutes it slid in (grrrr!). I don't know what made me more mad - the fact I spent 3 hours the night before or the fact it only took 2 minutes the next day. Needless to say my wife had one of those "I told you so" smiles when she found out (I hate when that happens). Sure feels good when it finally slides in though, doesn't it? Dan
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