farmall h pto lever will not pull up

When I go to engage my pto the lever will not pull up to engage, the clutch is pushed in it worked fine 2 days ago. Is it possible the dogs on the pto could be froze up? It was cold last night

Any chance your oil may have enough water in it to freeze? I've seen a lot of nasty looking gear oil in my day. Pull your drain plug and see what you got.

I will second Texas CC in that you easily could have frozen/water/gear oil in the bottom of your transmission.

(quoted from post at 10:00:08 11/16/14) When I go to engage my pto the lever will not pull up to engage, the clutch is pushed in it worked fine 2 days ago. Is it possible the dogs on the pto could be froze up? It was cold last night

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Sometimes you need to let the clutch pedal up, while pulling up on the pto lever. Kind of like when putting the transmission into gear. The gears do not always mesh immediately.

But yes, it is possible that it is froze up.

I believe something is froze because the tractor itself was hard to shift into gear to drive it. The front pto works. I am guessing the pto in the back sits much lower in the transmission were water will develop. What kind of oil is recommended for a H Farmall .

Could just use a 80-90, but a Hytran won't hurt it either.

H and Ms get condensation in trannies, rain can get in by the shift lever. Brother got a H at estate sale late fall and it ran good enough - then after snowfall it wouldn't get into gear to get out of machine shed after engine started one cold morning. Blanket and propane heater under rear end advised for the morning- pull drain plug and have a shallow pan ready to catch drippings. Couple gallons of water came out first , then a couple gallons of mud slush before the final drain of milky oil and slush. Pan over flowed couple times, made a mess. Fresh oil and PTO, Belt drive and tranny worked fine after that. IHC shop mech said drain water and top with good oil was standard for older models brought in especially if they'd been setting outside awhile. Auction prep done by older brother included crack open drain plugs JD, Case, IHC- just about all of the older tractors- to see if water dripped out. If tractor doesn't start when it is it's turn to be sold- bids are 1/2 scrap price. If engine starts- then can get $300-$500.00 start bid on a H, Drive it out of line to auction wagon and demonstrate PTO, brakes and start bid is $500.00 to $700.00-- these are 5 year+ old prices. Old motorcycles can have some water in engine, drives at times- BMW R50/2 rescue had cup of water in tranny and couple table spoons full in rear end, bit in engine-- setting in police impound yard after wreck is not the same as heated garage. Little critter was on the road 2 weeks after I got it to home garage and made the scrounge rounds among the clubs. RN

One of my M Farmalls does that and it is simply
the lever goes slightly too far straight down and
when I pull straight up on the lever it won't
move. Shut the tractor off and put a crescent
wrench on it and pull a little. This might be a
quick fix for you. It works for me. Ellis

It won't hurt but if you take it down the road much the trans really whines from the thin oil. chris