D17 tractor clutch

I cant ger my transmission in any gear  The gears will grind  l can put the tractor in gear with the clutch depressed and with the engine shut down very easily   Then start the engine and with the clutch  still depressed the tractor will want to move forward slightly and stop   I can then leave the clutch out fully and the tractor will then drive forward

Mice stuffed bell housing full of nesting material on my D17, causing that problem. Got enough mouse piss in the throughout bearing to take it out, waiting on a split now.
If you are at all handy with the power director, you could still use the tractor to some extent, but I wouldn't call it a "forever type thing.:
Darrel

Did you ever try to adjust the clutch when that started 7 years ago?

By your description: " it almost completely caught at the top of the pedal travel"...7 years ago.  That in itself says there was zero or near zero pedal "free-play" (there should be minimum 2 inches) so the throw-out bearing has been spinning all this time. I'll bet now your pedal acts differently....not at the top, but catches down lower, right ???  Which would tell me something has changed and not for the better and probably if there is now pedal free-play, the throw out bearing and clutch fingers are wiped out. Get a flashlite and look up in the inspection hole from underneath.

Yup. Small hole. Need a good small flashlite. No cover?? maybe a mouse nest inside now. There's a reason for a cover. Worked once ?? Maybe for a while. Then, may act up again. Clockwise rotataion moves throw out brg away from the fingers which is more free play and less clutch release. You don''t say if the free-play changed from the past.

You should have 2" of free play in the pedal. You should adjust the linkage until you can move the foot pedal 2" before it meets stiff resistance