Thanks for the advice. While I have a garage, there was no way to get it in there. It broke out in my horse pasture and I was lucky to be able to drag it out and onto a slab of concrete where there was once a barn. To drag it I used something like 8 chains, 4 come-alongs, and several chain binders to hold the whole thing together. Then I dragged it out with my pickup truck, while someone steered the front wheels by putting a pipe between the tires (there was so much impact the post where the steering attaches bent, and the gas tank bolts all broke except one.
Anyhow, trees are all I had, and there is over 40 feet of chain and steel cable holding it all together. A mess it surely is. But the engine was a good runner as well as a good tranny and rearend. From the look of things, that housing and the throwout bearing bracket/holder are all that broke inside. I have to get the shaft checked to see if it's straight (it looks to be). Then I'll have to replace that steering post and get the steering linkage straightened. Plus removing the the broken gas tank bolts, and replacing some wiring that tore apart.
All in all, it appears there was less damage inside that clutch housing then I expected.
The tank frame I have over it, is a solid angle iron frame made to hold a fuel barrel overhead. I modified the ends so it fits over the tractor. I dont have a chain hoist, but comealongs should do the trick. I'd still like to get something under the engine half just for added protection. I'd be curious to see a photo of your stands if possible. I cant see how a single piece of steel bolted to the rails would do too much because it could tip forward or backward (of course I have the tires blocked, and have a vice grip on the steering shaft so the wheels can not turn). I keep a stack of wooden blocks under the engine pan just in case..... I know the pan is not the best place, but there really is nothing else under there.
The rear is well secured. I moved the front when I split it, since the rear is well blocked on wooden blocks and the tires are blocked too. The rear is not going anywhere. When I moved the front, I went an inch at a time by moving the tire blocks and pushing between the rear and the cracked clutch housing with a large pry bar. Then I would re-adjust my tire blocks and cables to the trees, and do another inch.
I'm still looking for an answer from anyone that can tell me how to get the housing off, and where all the bolts are. Something is still holding it in place. The internal throwout bearing shaft may be part of the problem. I'm not sure how to get that part out.
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