Saturday: I just can’t seem to deliver this tractor!
It ran, shifted and clutched just fine when I drove it in the shop…and now??
Well, I pulled the compression release, fired up the glow plugs, depressed the clutch, released the compression handle and hit the starter…..bang, cough, chug, chug, chug - No Clutch - nada, zilch…nothing. And was it in neutral?? Nope! I hit my Yanmar 1610D, the SS12 project tractor, my wife’s new clothes dryer (witch I was moving into the house the next day) and it finally stopped but not before hitting everything when it made a sudden and very sharp left turn (I was holding the brakes and kill lever the whole time after it started).
Oh yeah, did I mention I just completely repainted this tractor last week LOL?
Sunday:
Now I know, or at least I thought I knew, how to un-stick a stuck clutch. I’ve even helped others do it. The first thing I did was get it out of the shop, aim it down the drive way, put it in high gear and started it. I drove for about a half hour and it wouldn’t pop loose. Then I did the following:
1- Strapped it to a tree from the draw bar pin and put it in high gear….it just spun the wheels alternately.
2- Did exactly the same but with the differential lock engaged…it just spun both wheels and dug two very deep ruts.
3- Strapped the front axle to the same tree, put it in R-2 (reverse) and it spun the wheels.
4- Attached the brush hog, put it in 6th gear and tore through the back acre hogging at high speed for ½ hour….nope, still stuck, and I’m getting a little PO’d.
5- Called Chuck, my brother in CA and who bleeds Kubota Orange and is also a diesel mechanic. I told him the whole story and he said just drive it. It WILL break free, Ya’ just have to keep driving it. So I did.
6-For two hours non-stop, then I had to bring it back home, add another 6 gallons of fuel, and drove it for another two hours while stomping on the clutch pedal periodically and using the foot throttle at the same time….I reattached the brush hog and drove it for another 2 hours.
Monday (today):
NOPE. It’s stuck and I think I found out why:
It ran, shifted and clutched just fine when I drove it in the shop…and now??
Well, I pulled the compression release, fired up the glow plugs, depressed the clutch, released the compression handle and hit the starter…..bang, cough, chug, chug, chug - No Clutch - nada, zilch…nothing. And was it in neutral?? Nope! I hit my Yanmar 1610D, the SS12 project tractor, my wife’s new clothes dryer (witch I was moving into the house the next day) and it finally stopped but not before hitting everything when it made a sudden and very sharp left turn (I was holding the brakes and kill lever the whole time after it started).
Oh yeah, did I mention I just completely repainted this tractor last week LOL?
Sunday:
Now I know, or at least I thought I knew, how to un-stick a stuck clutch. I’ve even helped others do it. The first thing I did was get it out of the shop, aim it down the drive way, put it in high gear and started it. I drove for about a half hour and it wouldn’t pop loose. Then I did the following:
1- Strapped it to a tree from the draw bar pin and put it in high gear….it just spun the wheels alternately.
2- Did exactly the same but with the differential lock engaged…it just spun both wheels and dug two very deep ruts.
3- Strapped the front axle to the same tree, put it in R-2 (reverse) and it spun the wheels.
4- Attached the brush hog, put it in 6th gear and tore through the back acre hogging at high speed for ½ hour….nope, still stuck, and I’m getting a little PO’d.
5- Called Chuck, my brother in CA and who bleeds Kubota Orange and is also a diesel mechanic. I told him the whole story and he said just drive it. It WILL break free, Ya’ just have to keep driving it. So I did.
6-For two hours non-stop, then I had to bring it back home, add another 6 gallons of fuel, and drove it for another two hours while stomping on the clutch pedal periodically and using the foot throttle at the same time….I reattached the brush hog and drove it for another 2 hours.
Monday (today):
NOPE. It’s stuck and I think I found out why:
