Thanks for the response, so the cat dealer may or may not have it on his electronic manuals list. guess i will give him a visit.

good luck finding doc's on this truck
unless someone at the cat dealer stashed one away somewhere i can almost betcha they wont have one handy. The dealer i worked for threw all thier out when cat went to electronic manuals, we only kept a small few of some odd ones.

Hi I own a towmotor LT 35 it runs great but alas i have had trouble either with the clutch or transmission. I thought it was the clutch but after i tore it down a little i am second guessing myself. I removed he universal between the clutch and tranny and depressed the clutch, and it seem to work ok. I tried turning the tranny and it was a little grindy, but it turned with some hand force. is there any way to establish which is working which is broke and is there any manuals out there

Great, thanks guys.

After studying the thing for a bit today I see why there is no need to bleed it; unlike the brakes on a car, it's not a closed system so eventually any air will just make its way back to the reservoir - and bubble out. Ah, but it's nice to be a simpleton.

Now, if only I can find something that resembles a hydraulic filter on this old thing...

I opened the tranny today, and except for some serious wear on the reverse gear, everything seems intact. There is water in the oil, draining and refilling should solve that problem. There is quite a bit of thick, greasy residue inside the housing. Should I just not worry about that - or go to the effort really clean the whole works before refilling and closing her up?

The clutch is of the normal variety, and seems to be working, so I was pretty excited about that. Progress is always uplifting.

be sure to change the hydraulic filter too...

I would try to drain it by finding and removing the drain plug at the bottom of the tank. Then maybe flush it with a couple quarts of new oil. Make sure the mast is down all the way so there is no extra oil in there. You don't need to add gallons to flush it. There is no need to bleed anything, just put the new oil in and run the mast up and down and tilt back and forth.

Thanks mrfixit. I appreciate the pointers. I have zero experience with hydraulics, so can someone give me a generic overview of the proper way to "flush" the system? There is water in it, so I assume I'll probably need to drain it and fill it at least twice - I think. And when it comes to bleeding the system, assuming that is needed, I'm at a loss. This old machine has a lot of character, and it seems to be in pretty good shape, so I really don't want to break it.

1- Caterpillar forklift dealer
2- Look for a drain plug on the bottom of the tank. If you can't get that out, remove a hose from one of the tilt cylinders and direct it in to a pail. Start it up and pull the lever. AW32 or AW64 fluid.
3- 90wt gear oil
4- Don't know, if it is ATF fliud
5- That is a very basic machine, just grease it once in a while.
5- Cat dealer could tell you