Tractor Trouble

[Clackamas]

I have a Ford 555A that won't move without foreplay.
I've learned to start it, let it idle for five or ten minutes, then cut the fuel off. I let it sit for five or ten, then start it back up. Usually then, by massaging the accelerator, I can get it to go. Does this kind of behavior (not mine, the tractors) make any sense?

 

[JoeM(GA)]

Torque converter, tranny pump, or the shuttle valve is sticking. Have you changed the trans filter and fluid recently?

 

[Clackamas]

Thanks Joe, no I haven't changed the tranny fluid or filter, except to add new fluid when it gets low. I have a fluid leak, but I can't tell where. It can really squirt out when the machine is worked for awhile.

 

[Mark Slater]

Sounds like the fluid & filter change is a good place to start.
Really should find out where that fluid is leaking from before it causes a bigger problem.

 

[Clackamas]

Well my wife did offer to spot for me when I was working, but I don't know where to tell her to look.