1020 clutch and pedal problems

old

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So I just came in form pulling the engine and it took me more then 30 minutes to pull the clutch disks and pressure plate out of the flywheel. This thing was rusted up so bad that when I took the bolts out that should hold the pressure plate to the flywheel the pressure plate did not move any. I had to pry and tap and wiggle the pressure plate to get it to com out of the flywheel.

The whole inside of the bell housing looks like some one fill it with salt water and then let it sit and rust. The clutch pedal is very hard to push or pull up and down so I will have to pull that cross shaft and clean it up.

Also looks like I am going to have to have the flywheel turned because of how bad it is
 
Ya it does seem to have a lot of small problems that take a lot of time to fix. You would not believe how rusty it is in that bell housing. I have never seen any thing that rusty in a bell housing area and I have had a good many open. I bet you could sit a 25lbs weight on the clutch pedal and it would not move
 
One could wonder if battery acid was getting in there! I helped a friend with a David Brown 1200 with a slipping clutch. We discovered an overflow/vent tube from the power steering going into the bell housing, after trying to figure out why the clutch was oily! It was easy enough to work on, and he is frugal enough that we cleaned up the clutch plate and put it back in. Has worked fine ever since. (We relocated the vent tube).
 
I'm betting it's a flood tractor. We had one just like it in the shop years ago. I could have rebuilt half a dozen engines in the time it took just to get that one apart. Never again! (No you'rs isn't the same one unless it saw another flood! We put in new pistons and liners. lol) I would tell you it's gonna get better but Mama said it's not nice to lie. lol
 
I'm just about at the point that things will be going into the machine shop so I am pretty close to the stage that it should start getting easier. Now if I would just remember a little thing like when I tried to pull the crank shaft pulley off I forgot the washer and you know it will not come off with a puller if that washer is still in there. The crank pulley had so much dirt in that area I could not see the washer and forgot it would have one
 
Old, from previous posts and this post I get the feeling you're restoring a salvage tractor. Transmission rebuild, engine, drive train. Just an on looker but wouldn't it be more feasible to buy a good tractor. I know mechanical experience is worthwhile but there's such a thing as experience then there is a nightmare. Hope you're not into the latter. Good luck on pursuits...
 
Well this in not my tractor I am ding it for some one so I do the work he pays the bills etc. But yes he is very likely to have more tied up in it then it is worth
 

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