I need to remove the Lift-All pump out of our Farmall MD. After reading various posts our the years, it was always mentioned that you had to slide some coupling sleeves to disconnect it from the transmission. I have a Blue Ribbon Serviceman's Guide and it states in their also to remove the dust pan, remove the 2 cotter pins and slide the sleeves to the center of the coupling and remove coupling.

The Serviceman's Guide shows a dust pan that looks to be about at least 6" wide, ample room to get your hand in their. On ours the dust pan is only 2.25" wide, just so get some fingers in their. Also the coupling looks nothing like in the Serviceman's Guide. This one looks like a Love-Joy type but instead of a rubber driving dog this one is steel. The parts book I have also shows this type.

The questions I have are:
1) The Blue Ribbon Serviceman's Guide I have does not show this style coupling. Is their a different Blue Ribbon manual I should look at getting?

2) How in the world do I get this thing out with such a small (2.25") area to maneuver in?

3) Once I do get it out, is it OK to run the tractor without it in?

Thanks in advance for any help anyone can offer.

Jeff

The plate is in the rear of,behind, the lift all pump.Sounds you are
looking in the clutch inspection plate.

HTH

Vito

Sound to me like your looking at the "H" section. Once the bolts are out that hold the pump in place, its going to come out.

On an M, there is not much room in the coupling. The sleeves you are talking about are on the H, not the M. Take out the bolts or pins and rotate the crank...when you get it vertical, it will be able to drop down and out.

Just had the pump in my md out wasn't bad at all just get the
drive coupler lined up and pull the 4 bolts and it will come
out it is heavy and akward to handle. Get a IT shop and
service manual book #8 it shows a tool to make to make it
easier to remove and re-install the pump. You can make the
tool up in 30 min and it really helps. Have any problems
shoot me an email. Jim

Here's my email at bottom corner.

Right. the coupling is small. Don't worry about it.
The tricky pat is getting it back in. Take out the
pressure pipes, the filler cap, and the lever and
the pump will drop out the bottom.

Yes that tool works if you have a helper,but if you are alone a floor jack and a long screw drive in the fill hole will let one person take it out safely.

Bob