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Hand Crank

10-06-2006 09:41:15




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Did the WC have a hand clutch?This is just to settle an argument.Am I right in saying they did not. Thank`s Don.




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JMS/MN

10-06-2006 11:46:23




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 Re: Hand clutch question in reply to Hand Crank, 10-06-2006 09:41:15  
Yes and no- in two different ways. Dad added a flat-iron extension to the foot clutch pedal so my brother could drive it when he was five years old. Also handy to drive the tractor from the ground when picking up bales. There were some after-market suppliers who sold live power hand clutches that mounted in the area of the torque tube- where the cultivator power lift would mount. Around 1960., like Dethmer Co. in IA. Per a recent discussion here, some say, and a mechanic/collector friend of mine sort of verifies it, that AC did have a factory unit available. One of my books talks about an experimental tractor just before the war, with live power. Looks a lot like the ED40 or D17. Everything got delayed by the war, and the feature first appeared with the WD in 1948.

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oliver fan

10-06-2006 11:40:08




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 Re: Hand clutch question in reply to Hand Crank, 10-06-2006 09:41:15  
Hand Crank,

There was a hand clutch leaver installed on some WC's. It was a after market item, and was mounted on the left side of the frame near the foot clutch. The leaver came back about 3 or 4 feet toward the rear of the tractor. The leaver was pulled down to go and pushed up to stop. This did not affect the foot clutch other than move the petal foward as you would with your foot. In other words you could use either one, foot or hand.

I can remember my dad putting one on a his 1938 WC so I could drive it.

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Science teacher

10-06-2006 09:55:46




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 Re: Hand clutch question in reply to Hand Crank, 10-06-2006 09:41:15  
YOu win!!! They did not have a hand clutch. SOme had a lever that could take the drive out of gear while letting the Pto still spin but you still had to use foot clutch to shift it.



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old

10-06-2006 09:48:36




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 Re: Hand clutch question in reply to Hand Crank, 10-06-2006 09:41:15  
Noen of the ones I have seen have them. I know my 1947 WC speed patrol doesn't have a hand clutch so I figure none of the WCs did either



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Joshin Around

10-07-2006 11:25:39




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 Re: Hand clutch question in reply to old, 10-06-2006 09:48:36  
The lever in the back right in front of the axel is to disengage the drive shaft to the rear end. It has a slip collar that slides on splines so that the power take off and a after market hydraulics system.



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Aaron SEIA

10-08-2006 05:15:25




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 Re: Hand clutch question in reply to Joshin Around, 10-07-2006 11:25:39  
Also for the cultivator lift. Guess it was a lot of fun if someone tripped the lift and the cultivator dropped and it was parked nose first in a corner somewhere.
Aaron SEIA



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JMS/MN

10-09-2006 08:18:27




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 Re: Hand clutch question in reply to Aaron SEIA, 10-08-2006 05:15:25  
Before that throwout lever was used, some cultivator lifts had cogs on the outer diameter, and a lever could engage the cogs so you could manually rotate the lift housing- raising the cultivator when in a tight spot like you describe. Or when getting stuck.



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