Caseymikl
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I became the owner of an M35A2 Deuce a couple months ago. After using this forum for help i got the IP installed and got her running!! It came with a winch and someone removed the winch. It had the PTO already as well as the winch mounts. I came across a PTO winch for it on craigslist an hour north of me for $300 and i went and snatched it up. The cable was kinked in many places and actually broke. So i undid all the cable and took it off (will be Replaced with new fresh cable). Now to the issue I'm having, we will start with the winch. Used an engine hoist and got it installed on the bumper. its just sitting there right now because i don't have the drive shaft for it yet. so the winch is just sitting there. The lever is in the out position and the drum lock is pulled, except the drum does not free spool. it turns about 1/4 turn maybe more and stops. sounds like its hitting a solid steel block. also the clutch in and out lever will not go into in. i have tried spinning the drum back and forth while pushing it, nothing works. i pulled the drain plug and almost no fluid came out of it. i filled it with ATF to put fluid in it and to flush it out. i don't understand why the drum will not free spool. I'm thinking maybe it needs to be rebuilt. i am not to sure, would like some assistance with the issue, maybe someone else has had this issue before or i am just doing something wrong. Now onto my second issue, the PTO on the gearbox is always spinning, no matter what position i put the lever in for the PTO its always moving, all the way back it goes in reverse, forward it goes slow and all the way forward it goes fast forward, if i put the lever where the lock goes down and stops it from moving it still spins slowly. there is no shaft currently on it, need to figure this out before i buy the shaft. any help is much appreciated!!
