My wife pulled her L2900 into my clean woodshop that doubles as a repair bay and told me it had a leak. The front seal on the steering box leaks, the rear PTO leaks, but worst of all there is hydraulic fluid coming out of the clutch housing drain blot/pin. Like, a lot. A drip every few minutes. (which by the way made a mess in my shop).
My assumption that this is what we call a 'bad thing' and I'm now looking at splitting the tractor to replace/rebuild whatever is allowing the clutch house to fill with fluid. This is where my wife also mentioned that pushing in the clutch pedal didn't actually stop the tractor and you had to stand on the brakes and clutch at the same time to make it stop.
I'm comfortable rebuilding a car or truck, but have never thought about splitting the tractor before. I'm assuming I'll need some stands to support everything, and then start pulling things apart until I can get at the issue. Then along with replacing the clutch I'll need to rebuild/replace any seals etc. My real question after all this is, just how much work am I looking at? I'm going to be mostly working alone and thinking I may be getting into deep end here.
My assumption that this is what we call a 'bad thing' and I'm now looking at splitting the tractor to replace/rebuild whatever is allowing the clutch house to fill with fluid. This is where my wife also mentioned that pushing in the clutch pedal didn't actually stop the tractor and you had to stand on the brakes and clutch at the same time to make it stop.
I'm comfortable rebuilding a car or truck, but have never thought about splitting the tractor before. I'm assuming I'll need some stands to support everything, and then start pulling things apart until I can get at the issue. Then along with replacing the clutch I'll need to rebuild/replace any seals etc. My real question after all this is, just how much work am I looking at? I'm going to be mostly working alone and thinking I may be getting into deep end here.
