Towing a 7060

several years ago, I was in town with my 7010, delivered a load of grain to the elevator, when pulling on the scale after unloading the clutch cable snapped. there I sat! called the old lady....oooops...I mean the loving wife, she came in with the car. pulled it home with a Plymouth fury, but I was in it to steer and brake, the engine was running, and I had everything in neutral. (PD tranny) it didn't hurt anything....but then it was running pumping oil. i'd put it in nuertral and pull it, might stir up the oil and splash it around, that would be a good thing I would think! maybe Doc or Mack will chime in on this

I would not tow it that far, especially after setting that long. Hi and lo gears could gould to pinion shaft from lack of lub. MACK

Good to hear you're going to follow Mack's advice. Transmissions are so complex anymore to ever tow them. Let us know how the tractor turns out. Hope it does good.

so what about just filling the tranny to the very top probley would not hurt every thing to soak up if it has been sitting that long leave the filler cap off or loose so it can vent good . i understand oil aint cheap but probley dosnt take to much more to way over fill it. heck a mile and a half aint far walk a long side it a herd it if you had to

Another problem would be that you would have no brakes. They wourk off the hydraulic system.

1970 190XT, 1973 200, 1962 D-19 Diesel, 1979 7010, 1957 WD45, 1950 WD, 1961 D17, Speed Patrol, D14, All crop 66 big bin, 180 diesel, 1970 170 diesel, FP80 forklift. Gleaner A

Just another 'what if', but what if you overfilled it like Hud said and used another tractor and you pulled it about the same speed as the average person walks? That would take a while, but just thinking out loud.

"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian." Henry Ford

The 7000 series have brakes when it's not running. I don't Kno if it sat that long? I'd be afraid of there being water in the oil and it getting mixed in the tranny or hydraulics. Just my two cents worth. Shawn

pick the back end up with a good tow truck; bring it home' an back it in the shed. someone has to have a wrecker somewhere by you. would work just fine. thin your not moving the back wheels at all..

I like the tow truck idea as it comes with two side benifits, you would be on his insurance while he is hooked up and second when you get home he could back it into shop before unhooking.

I often help a local towing company that has a tandem rollback. I will be using that and probably have it in the shop early next week. I'll try to keep the speed down when I winch it unto the deck too. Smile

As for steering I found the steering wheel just spins without any resistance so I assume it has sat long enough for the system to have drained back.

the only right way to move that is with the wrecker' by picking it up by the back end. air up the front tires some' an your good to go..

wrecker man knows to put a chain an binder on the front axle to hook the steer arms together' them guys do it every day.

so whats the signs of water they parked it cause a cracked head?

Well the weather gave me a short break (the shop is unheated) so I had the opportunity to find the problem, or problems, one might say.

Number three and four cylinders need the sleeves replaced and one piston. The other cylinders still show hone marks from an overhaul done approximately 1000 hrs before the tractor was parked. I will touch up the valves and seats, although after cleaning them they look like one would expect them to look at such low hours. Quite surprising considering water had ruined the sleeves. I damaged one piston while removing it from the sleeve, hence the need to replace only one piston. Bearing shells show almost no sign of wear.

The only real shocker when it came to obtaining replacement parts was the price of new head bolts. New sleeves were $130.00 each and a used piston was $45.00, rings and gaskets another $350.00, which is reasonable, but the head bolts were $1100.00.

Nature has thrown us a real curve here this spring whereby April has been unseasonably cold. As such it may be a while before I can get to reassembly.

DrAllis wrote:

Seldom have I ever replaced head bolts. Only if they are badly pitted and never a whole set. To each his own.

I was scratching my head too.

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