Costly Weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Sarge]

Well I Dunnit now /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif While brushing I ran over a steel fence stake. It was laying flat on the ground and the front tire went over it and the pressure caused the stake to point up towards the back (underneath the tractor). It wedged against the transmission case (after breaking the steel line going to the tranny filter) raising my B1700 back end off the ground /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif. The stake bent until the weight of the tractor finally caused it to snap forcing one end of the shorter piece about 8" into the ground and the other end punched a hole in the tranny case /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif. HOT OIL shower anybody.. I made it to the Kubota dealer Saturday and got a rough estimate to fix it. The new tranny case was only $217.00 but they told me that with labor it would be around $1,500. They were up front with me and that's great and also recommended trying to use JB Weld 1st?? I've never used it but everybody seems to swear by it. If that doesn't work I may try tapping it out and making like a oil drain plug. Any suggestions?? Pictures to follow if I get it right.

Sarge

 

[Glenn9643]

Without seeing it, my first thought is to weld it.

 

[RedRocker]

If the hole is small enough, I'd weld a female npt nipple and put a plug in it. If you slather JB weld on it, any future welding will become twice as hard to get clean, especially if it's aluminum.

 

[Sarge]

Pic #1 of the culprit (Larger portion before it snapped)

 

[Sarge]

Pic#2, sorry for the blurred picture (trying to dodge hot oil)

 

[Sarge]

Pic#3. The shorter piece that had to be removed from the ground/tranny case.

 

[ByronBob]

Which dealer are you working with? I see your in my neck of the woods.....

 

[Sarge]

Niagara Implement, Good group of people there.

 

[Sarge]

I know nothing about welding but I didn't think you could weld aluminum /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[Bates]

http://www.muggyweld.com/