I feel you pain BAC,been there done that. And don't want to do it again, but I have one that is needing this treatment.


But that is why hills were made. But then again BE CAREFUL one old guy parked all brands to coast start. Finally one bucked him off and ran over him.

"old-iron-habit" wrote:

Before we went into lockdown we got a long dead pony running, removed it from the main engine, and installed it completely having it running in about 3 hours in a RD4. OK, Ill confess, It was at a Chapter 3 workday. Them ugly bolts don't go so bad when there is about 4 experienced people working on them from various angles all at he same time.

hehehe! Only 4 people?

"Ray54" wrote:

I feel you pain BAC,been there done that. And don't want to do it again, but I have one that is needing this treatment.


But that is why hills were made. But then again BE CAREFUL one old guy parked all brands to coast start. Finally one bucked him off and ran over him.

Well, the best part is it wasn't completely necessary for me to replace the clutch and pinion since I put on the direct electric start. I was thinking it would just be nice to be able to use the pony to start the tractor again. I figured it would be a bit of work, but not an all day long thing.

Now, I have another fix I may consider doing. My flywheel clutch case has a hole in it. I don't know if it was like that when I got it or if it busted the hole in it when the bendix popped off of the pony starter. It looks like the case can be removed without having to do any major dismantling of the tractor, but it does appear to require the removal of the pony flywheel. I am not sure if the pony flywheel is easy to remove or would be another trip through the gauntlet. However, I am considering just covering the hole somehow. Maybe I'll use duct tape or aluminum foil. Or some kind of sheet metal. I don't know how much it would cost for a new flywheel clutch case, so it may not really be worth it to buy a replacement. Seems like patching the hole can be figured out somehow.