5088 Transmission

Pittsjock · Dec 30, 2009

Greetings. My dad has a IH 5088 that he bought about a year ago from a local IH dealer. The tractor had been "redone", although I don"t know exactly what that means.

Yesterday, we went to use it and it would barely more - kind of jerking forward. It didn"t matter what gear we tried. It was cold (for us in South Texas 40 degrees). We checked the hydraulic fluid levels and then added a bit, although it was pretty close to full anyway. After about 20 or 30 minutes, it started working normally.

The tractor is also making a little noise in the tranny area - sounds like a bad bearing to me.

I read the archives about the clutch pack problems and upgrade, but didn"t see how to tell if the tractor has been upgraded. Does this sound like a clutch problem? I am not familiar with the tractor and any help is most appreciated.

Regards, Tip

erik dekeyser · Dec 30, 2009

I dont know to much about the 5088 but you say there is a noise from the tranmission are you sure its not the hydrolics. What shape is the hydrolic fluid, has it been changed lately? If the filter is pluged it will make noise. When you said it hardly moved did the power steering and the hydrolics work ok? If not i would change the hytran and the filter and see if that makes a difference.Erik..

billyar · Dec 30, 2009

50series tractors need warmup before use in cold weather you can damage shifting forks btdt.

pete 23 · Dec 31, 2009

First off, you have about 40 gals of hy tran in that machine, the dip stick is difficult to get a good consistant reading on so I would start there. Check after it has been shut off for several minututes. Forty degrees should not be a problem if filters and fluid is full and clean. Your main clutch may be somewhat difficult to release, there fore grinding of gears due to all the lube oil that is thrown on the clutch during release. Lube valve had a change made on that to relieve that problem. You need to observe the sentry lamp and become acquainted how it works under normal conditions. If it is working normal and you have a no drive I would not attempt to drive it until it is warmed up enough to go. If sentry lamp is showing a problem you won't hurt it as it just won't drive. If power steering etc works it would be safe to just let it run for a while to warm the oil.

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