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Brian and Chris, thanks very much! I think you both get full points this time... It looks firstly as though my I&T manual is in error, I'm sure it says that it should be "high up and low down" for a single clutch. Anyway as it's the way that you two expected it to be, then there obviously isn't a problem. As far as the transmission breather bolt goes, it looks as though at the moment I have a 'steering gear breather bolt' doesn't it?! I shall put it back in its correct location later this evening. Or then perhaps a steering gear breather is a good idea; it must have been getting pretty hot in there with all the rolling backwards down hills I've been doing. Frantic business, I can tell you! I'm starting to worry less about that scraping noise too. Brian is right, I have cleaned the hyd pump mesh filter, and there were no nasties there. Just sludge, and a few very tiny pieces of stone grit, and perhaps one or two microscopic metal flakes (I wish I'd known about the magnetic bolts though, before I put the oil in). Anyway I didn't find nearly as much metal as came out of my Shogun gearbox when I changed the oil in that, and I'm not worried about that at all. With ear muffs on I notice that the scraping only happens at really low speed; drive faster and it becomes a more normal gear-train whine. Chris - no, it can't be heard off the tractor, unless it's at crawling speed and the observer is walking just immediately behind. Driving down the road, it just sounds both from the seat and from the kerb, like an old tractor. Brian: Much as I'd like to, I think there's no way I can get to the UK this summer. Too much to do here, and too little money. T'd be great though... Chris: Yes, I have every intention of keeping this quiz up - it't the only way I'm going to be able to fix my tractor! Regards to everyone J-P
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