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Read articles →This is a hands-on owner update covering an L3600 bought for cabin use, mid-repair on multiple fronts: rusted seat patched and welded, tire swap-out with bead-buster tips and paint product comparisons, and the start of splitting the tractor to replace the clutch, throw-out bearing, and pressure plate. It walks through disassembly steps (steering console, linkages, power steering fittings, shifter removal) in real detail, ending mid-project with more updates promised.
Posted by an owner-operator documenting his own repair work on a tractor he uses at a remote cabin, not a dealer or professional mechanic.
Soak with soapy water for about an hour, then use a bead buster tool, clamping it in three spots per tire to pop the bead off.
Rustoleum Professional went on smooth with no runs and dried in about 4 hours; Krylon Farm and Implement took a very long time to dry even with additives.
A full kit including the throw-out bearing, clutch plate with alignment tool, and pressure plate, sourced from a tractor parts seller on eBay.
Disconnect all linkages running through it, including the forward-neutral shifter linkage and brake linkage, then lift the panel about 4 inches to pop out the shifter pin.
