Stumpy - as per my post, one of the reasons I got this tractor so cheap (along with a pair of my hand crafted canoe paddles & awesome horse trading skills), the PO told me up front that the clutch should be changed as there was no pedal free play and the adj. was all used up. If I wasn't so curious as to what the problem is, I would just keep using the tractor as-is. Clutch never slips regardless of load, middle buster, rear blade, skidding firewood, but gears always grind when shifting from Neutral to any gear. When using tractor I can shift from any gear to Reverse or vice versa with clutch fully depressed & no grinding as long as I don't shift into Neutral, let the clutch out, depress the clutch & try to select a gear. Something is worn - disc, fingers on pressure plate, fork on throw out bearing? Won't know until I split the tractor.
