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Ice in my transmission?????
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Posted by Andy in MN on January 13, 2003 at 17:52:15 from (12.45.76.149):
Hello all, This weekend, like every weekend, I created an odd job around the farm that I just couldn't do with out my 350. Went to start tractor (pushed in the cluch and pulled out the choke) when it was about 10 degrees out and it turned over slow. I stopped and pulled the TA lever because I have heard discussions that there are less moving parts when the TA is engaged. Then I pressed the start button and it fired right up. Unfortunatly, it did not crank enough for me to judge if engaging the TA was a noticalbe improvement. Any who, I pushed the choke in, disengaged the TA, and checked to make sure that the tractor was still in neutral. I then went to let the clutch out and the tractor almost died so I pushed the cluch in and let the tractor warm up for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes I decided to let the cluch out again, but this time I gave it some gas to "get things moving" but ended up killing the engine. It was almost as if the entire transmission was frozen. Annoyed, concerned, but not defeated I walked up to the house and asked the wife to bring out the space heater. I decided that I may have ice in my transmission and I was going to melt it and drain the water out (although I'm almost certain my heater was not large enough). I went back to the barn and got back in the saddle again to wait for the wife to come and decided to try it one more time. This time I did not push in the cluch, and as soon as my finger touched the ignition the tractor started and was ready to go. I have two questions: 1) What could have caused this? 2) If it is ice in the transmission fluid, what is the best way to melt/remove it? Thanks AIM
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