Picked up a new toy tonight, it's a 1952 Farmall H, found it on Craigslist for a pretty fair deal. He tossed in a new decal set, set of rear wheel weights, and a PTO sheild. Unfortunatly it does not have hydraulics, or a hitch tongue, but I do have a spare one of those. One question, when you first start it, the clutch sticks, and it will grind going into gear, then take off until you jam the brakes, once you do that it breaks free, and you can shift gears and stop fine. My uncles Ford 640 does that if it sits for a long time, but then is fine after you do it once, but this one does it every time you have the clutch out for more than a few minutes. He said it's been sitting for a LONG time, but it does run good and seems to drive fine aside from this issue. Any ideas? Thanks!!
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Common problem with tractors. A couple of things you can do which should help are. #1 block the clutch down when ever it is parked. #2 block it down and let it sit and run for an hour or so with it in gear. That will help clean up the flywheel and pressure plate a little bit. #3 pull the starter off and spray the clutch area with brake cleaner. Slowly turn the engine over at the same time to get the brake cleaner all over the clutch
Michael Soldan
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Check the clutch fingers for adjusment,the important thing is that all are set the same, if I recall correctly ,its three sixteenth of play. All this can be done through the belly pan. This should help the problem.
Janicholson
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Do not grind it into gear. that just takes off teeth!!!
Start it in gear with the brakes on, and clutch down. This should be enough to keep it from moving. A greese job on the pilot bearing might be a good idea as well. Jim
Start it in gear with the brakes on, and clutch down. This should be enough to keep it from moving. A greese job on the pilot bearing might be a good idea as well. Jim
Bill in NJ
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It sounds like your enemy is rust. It could be in any or all of the following.
1. Flywheel and pressure plate. For these you could try starting the tractor with it in gear and the brakes locked. If it doesn't move, leave the brakes locked and slip the clutch. This should remove any rust on the flywheel and pressure plate.
2. Transmission input shaft to disk spline. You have to get some lube on the spline and get it moving back and forth.
3. Throwout bearing carrier and tube. Here again you need to get some lube on the tube and move the throwout bearing carrier back and forth. There should be a grease fitting on the carrier that you can shoot some grease into.
4. The only other thing I can think of is the free travel of the clutch needs to be reset. The throwout bearing might not be pushing the pressure plate fingers forward far enough to release the clutch. That could especially be the case if any of the components mentioned above are sticking.
1. Flywheel and pressure plate. For these you could try starting the tractor with it in gear and the brakes locked. If it doesn't move, leave the brakes locked and slip the clutch. This should remove any rust on the flywheel and pressure plate.
2. Transmission input shaft to disk spline. You have to get some lube on the spline and get it moving back and forth.
3. Throwout bearing carrier and tube. Here again you need to get some lube on the tube and move the throwout bearing carrier back and forth. There should be a grease fitting on the carrier that you can shoot some grease into.
4. The only other thing I can think of is the free travel of the clutch needs to be reset. The throwout bearing might not be pushing the pressure plate fingers forward far enough to release the clutch. That could especially be the case if any of the components mentioned above are sticking.
James Williams
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Hook it up to a heavy load and work the tractor hard
jimmy
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glennster
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yours may also have a grease zerk for the pilot bearing on the end of the crank shaft. the zerk is accessible from the bottom drain hole in the bell housing. see if you have 2 timing marks on the crankshaft pulley, and then one a little ways around from the other two. if so , line the single mark up at the timing pointer the look up in the hole at the flywheel for a zerk. if its there give it a pump or 2 from a grease gun.
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