Fordson 6 cylinder conversion

[openspaceman]

3 minutes ago, Stihlaround said:

Could it be possible that a major clutch could still be in it, the man I bought it from reckons its a single clutch but he's not sure

Does the PTO still drive with your foot on the clutch? The County is IPTO  and I hadn't considered that.

[Stihlaround]

There's no clutch at all, only grinding, its been parked awhile, don't think its live drive

5 minutes ago, openspaceman said:

Does the PTO still drive with your foot on the clutch? The County is IPTO  and I hadn't considered that.

 

[openspaceman]

5 minutes ago, Stihlaround said:

There's no clutch at all, only grinding, its been parked awhile, don't think its live drive

 

I see I had replied much earlier in this thread and forgotten about it.

 

Anyway my experience of tractors parked up to a long while is that the clutch sticks to the flywheel and won't release so if there's grinding I'd suspect the gearbox.

[Stihlaround]

15 hours ago, openspaceman said:

I see I had replied much earlier in this thread and forgotten about it.

 

Anyway my experience of tractors parked up to a long while is that the clutch sticks to the flywheel and won't release so if there's grinding I'd suspect the gearbox.

Story is that he had a drum mower on and he was mowing hay, it started making a knocking sound from the clutch area and then the clutch went, it wasn't started in 2 years but fired up instantly when a battery was connected the other day

[openspaceman]

5 hours ago, Stihlaround said:

Story is that he had a drum mower on and he was mowing hay, it started making a knocking sound from the clutch area and then the clutch went, it wasn't started in 2 years but fired up instantly when a battery was connected the other day

If you're lucky the centre will have ripped out of the driven plate.

[Ratman]

Sounds like release bearing shat itself.

[Stubby]

We used to have a 1976 Ford Cargo horse box with a six cylinder 6 liter engine. Would this be the same one ?

[Stihlaround]

46 minutes ago, Ratman said:

Sounds like release bearing shat itself.

2 hours ago, openspaceman said:

If you're lucky the centre will have ripped out of the driven plate.

Are those hard to repair?

 

42 minutes ago, Stubby said:

We used to have a 1976 Ford Cargo horse box with a six cylinder 6 liter engine. Would this be the same one ?

Not sure

 

Thanks for your input fellas, appreciate the help

[openspaceman]

17 minutes ago, Stihlaround said:

Are those hard to repair?

No just put a new driven plate in

 

you should be able to take the top cover off the gearbox and see if the first motion shaft is turning

[Stihlaround]

Thanks I'll keep you informed when I pull it into a shed