Folks -
Long hard road - My LT245DT.... Old gal, been in a bar fight - Y'all have helped me out before. Anyway, the summary - bought her for a grand, needed injectors, battery and what not.... Got about 1,400 into her so far. Today I finished dinking with the hydraulics and got the bucket working. Ho ho! Not so fast.
The clutch won't release. I had driven the tractor a few months prior - mowing.... didn't have an issue. Now... NOW.... the pedal feels normal, but the clutch won't release. I can put her in gear and start her, but that's really not the way to go. No funny noises - can't imagine the clutch plate is stuck, but what do you all think? I did get her started in one of the higher gears, pushed the clutch in, and stepped on the brakes, hoping to stall down some and break the clutch plate free of the flywheel... if that was the issue - but the clutch simply won't release.
Hoping there's some majik sauce solution here and that you can offer some salient advice. I have NO desire to do a clutch job on this thing. I *just* put the bucket back on and don't want to split the case.
Your thoughts? Thanks in advance...
John
Long hard road - My LT245DT.... Old gal, been in a bar fight - Y'all have helped me out before. Anyway, the summary - bought her for a grand, needed injectors, battery and what not.... Got about 1,400 into her so far. Today I finished dinking with the hydraulics and got the bucket working. Ho ho! Not so fast.
The clutch won't release. I had driven the tractor a few months prior - mowing.... didn't have an issue. Now... NOW.... the pedal feels normal, but the clutch won't release. I can put her in gear and start her, but that's really not the way to go. No funny noises - can't imagine the clutch plate is stuck, but what do you all think? I did get her started in one of the higher gears, pushed the clutch in, and stepped on the brakes, hoping to stall down some and break the clutch plate free of the flywheel... if that was the issue - but the clutch simply won't release.
Hoping there's some majik sauce solution here and that you can offer some salient advice. I have NO desire to do a clutch job on this thing. I *just* put the bucket back on and don't want to split the case.
Your thoughts? Thanks in advance...
John