Straight Stick plus Gleaner power

Creston,

Yes this little Ford Jubilee had this feature added sometime in its life. I do not have the mfg name of the clutch unit. I have talked to several others that have or have seen these. It is a hydraulic clutch that when the handle is pulled back stops the froward motion of the tractor but allows the PTO cot continue running. Push the handle forward and the tractor goes forward. Makes a great unit for running the 951 Ford brush hog. Or any live PTO requirements like baling a large wind row of hay! The clutch being hydraulic feels nothing like a WD series tractor. It is a little sluggish and soft feeling, but it works well. I have been told this can be a $1500 or up, feature on these tractors.

There is a valve that is manually rotated near your left heal that turns this unit on or off. Which is what happened the other day when a operator bumped the valve and it acted like it had no clutch. It was stuck in a non function position. 

Regards,

 Chris

 Thanks for posting the Ford link. I am still learning. It was my understanding that this was not a Ford option. But I could be wrong too? One thing is that in the film, the handle is bent at a 90 to the vertical portion. Mine is not bent, pretty much vertical to the top. Now this feature could be a safety issue if you went to get off and caught your coat on the handle the tractor could move and run over you!

Back on the electrical s for the WD:

I buttoned it up tonight, just need new bulbs for the headlights. All looks good, even the "PO/rust" look fits in pretty good. Its charging at low rpm and seems like its going to be OK with out the exciter wire. Didnt check with meter yet. The Denso fits the WD like a glove!

The dash complete:

Running, lights on.

Regards,

 Chris

Hey the rain stopped!

 I need to get some things done to prepare for winter weather. 

But instead I will probably keep playing with the old WD. I want to do some weight reduction in the area of the snap coupler. Also to tighten up the entire hitch. Not sure what others have done? I do see a WC pulling tractor that has a bent flat bar that comes up into the same area. Doesnt looks stock, as I assume the WC had a pin hitch like a early WD? Anyway, it will probably be some type of custom drawbar when done. Will try to take some pictures along the way. After that alteration I hope to be getting close to making 3500 lb weight with my butt in the seat. Have been debating about removing the hand clutch but I am so sued to them, it would be like missing a arm! Going to keep  the 2 plate clutch it if possible. 

Is there any way short of pulling the enge to lube the pilot bearing? I dont think so but thougth I would get others opinions? I get a grinding dry noise when letting out the foot clutch, much louder under load. 

Also need to test on the new Denso alternator some more! And get the head lights working.

Will think about taking the carb off and checking it out too in the future. Or at least makinf sure the jets are functioning.

Current muffler is toast. Debating the tubular pilling style or just put on a std one.  I had a good one around here and may have tossed it! Dang Reminder to me, should not through good stuff away!

Hope things are good in Orange land!

Regards,

 Chris

Rhoadesy 65,

 I see a lot of those 100 HP plus tractors out there with the pipes! Thanks for the tip. Heck If I would have known that, I would have put one on some of my other tractors too! Someone mentioned they had to put a baffle in their straight pipe?

Thanks for checking on me.

I did look at the lights again this morning. Did some electrical testing as the 12 volt bulbs looked ok. Yep the grounds needed shined up. I made some cork gaskets for between the glass and the reflector. Had not tried this before but it worked better than the OEM type seal gaskets! Way easier, as the cork gasket does not move around like the rubber ones.

one of the rings holding the lens in place is just about rusted through. Perfect!

I am actually finding some enjoyment searching out or using the rusty bolts and components!  

Wiring cleaned/ freshened up a bit:

I believe the old WD (parts tractor) has a pin hitch, but no drawbar. Not sure its worth swapping them?  Except by swaping them I could keep this snap coupler together as a unit. Which makes sense to store it in the vast warehouse for decades. And I can take the large draft spring and it components out of the parts tractor and set them aside. Just need the weldment to attach a custom drawbar to, and to pull from. Now to figure out how to get it up in the air to remove it! Humm! Sounds like a plan.

Hope you folks are using this thread to get you to nod off quicker at night or for a mid day nap! 

Regards,

 Chris

 Well the saga continues: Thanks for checking on me. 

I have seen some pulling tractors that dont resemble the original tractor much when done. My goal is to not wash this WD and have it look fairly close to a stock tractor from the grandstands. 

I completed the draw bar front attachment out of scraps laying in the garage and the vast warehouse.

The loop around the pin is a coulter support off a Allis plow. I added a 1/4 inch strap over the end for strength. The 1 inch wide thin metal part behind the pin is just spacer to keep the front of the draw bar centered in the hitch.

Bolted the loop to the drawbar in two places.

Installed draw bar:

The drawbar is almost level, I thought it would be up a little more in the front.

Regards,

 Chris

Info on here, the internet and talked to my local expert on the Denso alternators and he said the exciter wire going from the ignition switch to the IG terminal on the Alternator may or may not help to excite the alt at low RPM. I will try it. If it doesn't work I will just live with increasing rpm to get it to charge. The "L" terminal for a light doesn't not need to be used in this application.

 Well I believe I put the diode in the right way and added the wire from the IG terminal to the ACC. When I fired the WD tractor up, it did not make a difference in the charge rate till I increased the rpm. So we will live with it. Also checked some of the other tractors and they are doing almost the same thing low charge rate at lower rpm too! Guess I thought they were charging more sooner??

Some photos from this nice fall day:

Cooper on the 45:

Cooper on the WD, we had to stop and pick up his hat that blew off during the tractor ride:

Off color tractor. This is Cheryl on her grandmothers Massey Hydro 8 hp, with our great grandson in the cart:

Line up of WD series tractors:

I am working on fabricating a front weight bracket for my small weights. They are 15 lbs each and slide on a square 1-1/2 inch tube. Thinking of hanging this off the front two bolts of the cover plate on the pedestal. Have to do some research on the rules as to how far out the weights can extend? I was only going out about a foot beyond the front end. Want it to be easy to remove also.

Regards,

 Chris