transaxle stuck in third gear

dangeroustoys56 wrote:

Chassis looks just like my weedeater tractor - till MTD took over making newer craftsmans , most the old older LT's are nearly all the same chassis/transmissions - even have a poulan thats the same as the weedeater.

Id still crack it open anyway , that was my thinking back then - it didnt work, so even if i broke or screwed it up, what did it matter? I still have a couple spare transmissions around anyway.

yeah im going to open it up, got it ready to drop now.

Yeah that's going to be your best option i think.

Just remember to open it slowly and carefully and find and keep safe the little ball and its spring for the shifter.

about the same that happened to mine. someone told me that a bolt(?) is bent and preventing it to move

dropped transaxle out this morning, opened it up to find some nasty cankered grease,some water,rust,etc. but the only problem was and still is the shifting lever, have sprayed it with pb and its loosened up some. everything else is moving good inside. here is some pics of the mess. and by the way, sears called this as having a dana, but this one i took out is a foote which leads me to think someone changed it .

that looks nasty, no wonder it wasn't shifting properly. Give in a clean with some petrol, a paint brush and lots of old rags and it should be as good as new, providing nothing is broken.

i took the rearend out of this craftsman ll and put it in. had to change mounting brackets though, but its mobile now.

Thats what i saw in a MTD transaxle i took apart the other day - all nasty looking grease - my plan was to swap some internal parts with another ( for the brakes) - oddly they wernt the same- one had bigger pieces inside then the other .


The one i wanted to fix had better tires the the donor ( its a b*tch to pull MTD rims off) was hoping to swap the brake setup over - but they were nothing alike - i need to go thru and check my other spare MTD transaxles anyway - ive been thinking of redoing a couple good ones for spares ( and putting zerks in ) and taking the rest apart for spare pieces.

davidgt6000 wrote:

i took the rearend out of this craftsman ll and put it in. had to change mounting brackets though, but its mobile now.

Looks like the Craftsman I donated to my friend. We swapped a 18.5 Briggs Intek V into it though. Nice machine, we pulley swapped to a 5" rear I believe. had to redo the linkages for the shifter though so it only goes into 3rd so we gotta redo it, but she flies in 3rd. We were popping wheelies with it with the massive 18.5 in it too.

this one has 14 opposed twin in it, needs some card work.

davidgt6000 wrote:

this one has 14 opposed twin in it, needs some card work.

Guess they were a bit different then, mine had a 14hp Briggs Vanguard V in it before we swapped it.

Now that I look at the pic more I see the gas filler cap is on the outside. Mine was under the seat.

My fuel tank is mounted to the bonnet with the cap on the outside. I'm not that keen on it being there, Ill move it at some point.

It looks a bit dirty but it doesn't look too bad.

Looks like it needs a bath. Is it running?

CornishMorgan: "My fuel tank is mounted to the bonnet with the cap on the outside. "

Yeah my '82 dynamark has the same setup - can only open the hood with the tank around 1/2 full or itll leak all over - you can make a bracket to bolt it to the chassis instead.

i had bought the green craftsman for $50 , yesterday i sold the 14.5 ohv briggs that was on it for $100 and put my extra 11.5 briggs flat head on it today,done some riding on the farm and it done really well. now to get some better tires and do some pulley swapping.

dangeroustoys56 wrote:

CornishMorgan: "My fuel tank is mounted to the bonnet with the cap on the outside. "

Yeah my '82 dynamark has the same setup - can only open the hood with the tank around 1/2 full or itll leak all over - you can make a bracket to bolt it to the chassis instead.

hahaha yeah if its more than half full petrol comes out the cap, its a pain, Ill fix that someday. Not helpful over big bumps while smoking