Got the 7040 that I've been working on some in the field finally. Was in for PD seals, but did a torque limiter as well. Tried as I may, I could not get it to slip. I followed the procedure in the book, which does not explicitly say that it must slip, but either stall the tractor or slip it. I ran it on a large square baler afterwards, as that was the plan, and thought that may have gotten some slip out of it, but I can't guarantee it. What are your thoughts on this situation?
Other thing is that I converted it to bottom draw, and installed a Facet electric lift pump, that is rated for 9-11.5 PSI. From what I could find this is within limits. It ran for about 10 hrs driving it home before the fuel pump was installed, but now I have fuel in the oil after running for around 3 hrs. I assume that the shaft seal is leaking, and am also aware that it is very old, so it may well be hard and ready to leak. Should I just replace the seal? Is there a possibility that the return is plugged, causing this? The tractor ran great, had great power, though I wouldn't say throttle adjustments were as snappy as I'd expect, unless you snapped it from low to high idle, then it seemed very responsive.
Last thing, my dad operated a 7040 back when they were only a few years old. He seems to remember that the shift pattern was different, but they broke a couple forks trying to shift into 5th gear on the road (shift on the go), before they stopped trying to do that. Were there different shift patterns produced, and can this tractor, in your experience, be shifted while moving, if done correctly?
Kind of lengthy, thank you in advance.
Edited by joe - 3 hours 12 minutes ago at 2:40pm
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