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ron,ar
07-14-2006 19:48:34
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I had a ford 3600 with a stuck clutch once, same situation, it had sat in barn for 12 years without starting. I got it started (a long story in itself) but found the clutch to be stuck. The guys on the Ford page told me how to get it unstuck. "butt that tractor up against a tree or other immovable object. Jack up one of the rear wheels, just one, and block it up real good, not jury rigged on cinder blocks or anything else like that, (I used stacked cross ties), has to be blocked really good. Put it in a higher gear, third should work, Tie clutch pedal down,start it up, (may have to jump around neutral switch) let it idle or just above idle. After a little while you will see the wheel has stopped turning as the clutch has disengaged because the lower speed/higher gear has given it enough vibration and stress to slip it loose. It worked for me. Mine was a diesel, I had a small rope tied to the kill lever and stood back as I did this. NOW UNDERSTAND THIS COULD GET YOU HURT!!!
I tried it as a last resort, No way to haul the tractor out from where it was. I did it with no one else around, in a large pasture where it would not hurt me or anyone else. BE VERY CAREFUL, this procedure violates a lot of standard safety rules (like starting in gear) TRY IT IF YOU MUST AT YOUR OWN RISK. It worked for me is all I know. I now tie my clutch pedal down if it is going to sit foa long time. Oh, old timers also will tell you to tie the pedal down and let a water hose run over the clutch/pressure plate over night. I guess you could try doing that by removing the starter and putting a hose in there. I watched my father do that with a tractor and a couple of trucks back in the 50s. I didn't try that with the ford 3600 because there was no water where that tractor was. HTH, BE CAREFUL. I hope I don't regret telling you about this:^(
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