There's the trick about putting the hi/lo shift into low and pulling the stop so the revs drop low, it should stay in low till after the engine has stopped.
Try putting it in and out of gear when it's running, if it grates like hell then it could need the gearbox bearings preload adjusted or replaced.
when I got mine (bought without seeing it and with assurances from the biggest j.d dealer in Scotland... That it was a grand machine) I couldn't get it in gear without a lot of grinding and swearing, the engines thrust bearings had dropped out and the fly wheel was burying itself into the block. I've had the whole thing apart and taken a couple of bean cans worth of cast iron paste out of the back end, new seals and worn plates replaced, bearings, low pressure pump replaced, main pump overhauled, list goes on... But I never got the bearings in the gearbox set right due to my inexperience and it still grates a bit unless it's ticking over,
will be back into it later in the winter.
Check the front axel swivel pins aren't eating their way through the carrier casting.
Try the electrics, if there is a few things not working drive him down on the price, but it's quite an easy fix, the connectors in the dash printed circuit board are probably needing re soldered.
Smoke from the engine... Oil or water mixed together...
Tyre wear...
Cab rust...
Worn linkage and puh...
Brakes binding could be cast iron paste building up in the bottom of the brake cylinders not letting them back...
Is the seat still bouncy...
Steering with a mind of it's own...
Does the radio work...
General wear and tear..
I can get the 2650 in to the major sections... Engine, cab, front axle, wheels,front axel carrier, mid section of gearbox, trumpets and main gearbox all separated and on the workshop floor in one long summers day by myself (388 days to put back together....) they are quite good to work on and plenty spares available (and advice) from nick young.
How much is it going for?
Back in the day, that bar was supposed to line up with the exhaust pipe ..........
Good tractor in their day, but if you buy a rough one, it could be a headache in the shed and on the pocket.
Try adjusting the clutch as @Mursal says first.Ive got a 3350 that grates if trying to engage gear at anything other than tick over, do you think this will be the gearbox bearings as you describe? what is the cure for this, is it an easy fix? cheers
There's a threaded rod at the master cylinder, screw it out to take up the slack. Try bleeding the system too, the bleed nipple is beside the master cylinder.How do you adjust the clutch on these, had it for years and never been done so it might be something simple like that.
£4,000?Thanks everyone big help tractor has been sold before we got to it!still looking though so it's all helpful! It would have been a project ruff ish they were only wanting 4K
It may do for some, for me it doesnt
something to do with a lower back injury i sustained when i wrote an astra van off by putting it upside down in a ditch, ever since then ive always leant slightly to the right, from the base of my spine upwards. Not by much, but enough to mean when drilling to the center of the bonnet, i spent 2 years thinking the tractor was crabbing while on the drill...when it was how i was sitting in the seat
have since moved the seat 2" to the left, now it feels like im sitting where i should be
£4,000?
No need to ask what to look for - the whole tractor is the answer!
It's a buyer's market for 'projects'. Just go on to eBay, select 'Tractors', select 'Buy It Now' and choose 'Price - lowest first'.Aye u may have a point!we are looking for a project though we like them! Chance of it ever doing proper work is slim! Just ploughing and transport...a toy really[emoji23]