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I think someone made the news for starting a small paper fire to thaw the water under a diesel tank recently. It didn't work out too well for him. I use an electric space heater on the tractor, seems to work and not set it on fire.
Myself, I can't see how to get three positions with one air line and spring return (or why even have a neutral). Neutral in the TC is not in the sprag unit, it's in the TC gears. Why have a neutral that is redundant? I had my sprag out and don't recall a neutral, it either locks in one...
Now that the front is off, remove the back driveshaft and run it through the gears sitting still. My TC had shafts loose but this has a sound of the (3) shafts binding...aka too tight. Have you checked the lube in the TC (and tranny)?
The sprag unit comes apart without taking the TC case out, I seem to recall. But first, I would take the cylinder apart and make sure the plunger is moving free. That air sound is changing from forward to reverse. Some people say the sprag has a neutral position in the middle, but I don't...