Look what I found in the '41 H tranny...

OK, I'm sure some of you old farmers have better stories to tell than me, but in the total "bolt-off" restoration of my '41 H, I found this 2" treasure swimming at the bottom of the transmission chassis. I don't know what it is. Perhaps you could help identify it. It has a bevel edge in the center. Washed the chassis out with a gallon of mineral spirits, and this, along with about 4 ounces of miscellaneous metal fragments showed up. Sort of explains why the previous owner stated that "there was problems getting it into gear" and "the rear end had a noise, but not to worry."

A thought just hit me, that being the possibility of a washer on the piston section of a hydraulic cylinder. Just how something like that would get in H tranny is another story. Sounds to me like someone was using the back of the H for a work bench while top was off transmission in the past.

I'll measure it and get the exact O.D. and I.D. on Wednesday (on the road today and tomorrow). And yep, it's steel. I'm guessing it's some type of washer, but from what?

From what I can tell, I was the first person to open the chassis plate since the crew in Rock Island put it on 62 years ago. The oil was probably original too. Surprisingly, the teeth on all the gears show little if any wear. Built to last.