Upgrading twin plate clutch in Fordson major tractor puller. Machining floater and drive plates.

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  • In this video I upgrade the old organic clutch plates to 6 paddle ceramic plates in this 6 cylinder Fordson Major tractor puller.
    First the tractor is split, engine from gearbox. The old clutch is removed and the intermediate plate is found to not be flat. The intermediate plate is mounted in the lathe and both sides are skimmed. The drive plates then have the centre hub machined down in size to allow both to be fitted onto the input shaft with room for the intermediate plate. The twin plate clutch in then refitted and the tractor reassembled. Final job is to fit the bellhousing shield that was made in the previous video. Quick drive around to ensure the clutch works properly and that's job done.
    Hope you enjoyed the video.
    Thanks for watching!
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  • @thepagan5432
    @thepagan5432 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I found that really interesting. I used to work with large industrial gearboxes among other types. I have to agree that the 6 paddles definitely seems to be insufficient, we could be wrong, but I bet that the clutch will need replacing sooner than what the customer thought. Good post 👍

  • @markb1487
    @markb1487 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Fordson majors,,we had 4 back when we were a dairy farm,,great machines,,so simple to work on,,,brings back some great memories.
    Fantastic video.👍💯👍💯

  • @AdelinoGambiarras
    @AdelinoGambiarras 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That was cool to see and it was interesting never seen a tractor split in half is good to know that you care about the work you do, but I am going to ask you please look after yourself don't be caring those caind of heavy stuff around because now you are young but in a few years you will regret it because I am now regret at 51 years old.
    Way you don't build an overhead crane to help you with the big loads.
    Kind regards from doun South, North London.

  • @davetaylor4741
    @davetaylor4741 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thoroughly enjoyed it. Haven't done a tractor clutch since about early 80's. Then I came out of farming and went into construction. When I still lived in UK (Kent). I used to go to all the farm type shows. I used to like the traction engine pulls. Where I live now in Australia. Nothing like that. We get heavy horse events. But haven't seen any machinery events in this area. They do have them but it would be a fly in fly out event. Bit pricey.

  • @philipspencer1834
    @philipspencer1834 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The guards look good in red!

  • @super6954
    @super6954 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for the video, Guys fit those discs to Belarus tractors here in Canada for loader work as an "upgrade", they don't like skimming flywheels or putting new covers on unless they are total junk, so they chatter on the rough distorted surface, and they operate like crap. Then the next thing is it's like putting a big fly cutter in as that disc absolutly machines any surface clearance thats left right off in 1000 hours or less then they won't dissengage as the rivets hit bolt heads on the flywheel or PTO drive hub. It's just a whole bunch of fun trying to explain this to customers , then end up doing the job twice after they tried saving some $ L.O.L . I'm just going to convert my 6 power major from live to dead drive gearbox and do a dual clutch so I can antique pull without the offensive "odour de burned major clutch" perfume smell L.O.L , I was thinking the parts would have to come from the U.K or build it locally but luckily I found a US company that makes a 13" spacer plate and has an updated cover and spacers to fit as well. Hope somebody post a video of this one running on here, it'd be good to see it this season. Take care.

  • @MattysWorkshop
    @MattysWorkshop ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Gday, great job, simple to split in half which makes life easy, awesome video mate, cheers

    • @snowballengineering
      @snowballengineering  ปีที่แล้ว

      The person who built it into a tractor puller has put some thought into it. Thanks!

  • @kenwood8665
    @kenwood8665 ปีที่แล้ว

    Absolutely brilliant video

  • @betobsbf
    @betobsbf ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome repair, man!

  • @kristoffscuba5466
    @kristoffscuba5466 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Cool Videos. I own a 1956 major. It needed a new new clutch last year and the bloke who did it for me had angle iron "train tracks" bolted to his workshop floor and two trolley jacks ran inside them. He put a ratchet strap around the split tractor and as he tigtened the strap, the jacks came together running inside the angle iron tracks, and the tractor went back together perfectly. Thought that was a pretty good set up.

  • @turnerscorner9516
    @turnerscorner9516 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Lovely looking Fordson

  • @ianbrooks6816
    @ianbrooks6816 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice simple way to split the box and lump. If only modern stuff was so simple.

  • @hornetboy3694
    @hornetboy3694 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Awesome video, thank you Oliver

  • @petecross9470
    @petecross9470 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So now I have to add a vintage tractor to the list of vehicles I'd like to own!

  • @prestonbaillargeon9276
    @prestonbaillargeon9276 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Another Nice fabrication job

  • @gbentley8176
    @gbentley8176 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    First class. Understand tractor pulling but not USA type burnouts!

  • @gaetanbolduc8417
    @gaetanbolduc8417 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice tractor…well done!

  • @marctunney3743
    @marctunney3743 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Brilliant as normal 👌👌👌👌

  • @jean-robertbourbonnais6279
    @jean-robertbourbonnais6279 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Good job young man !!! 😎👍👍

  • @jameshockey6916
    @jameshockey6916 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Fantastic work as always. That intermediate plate didn't look like it had been cooked too badly.. just rough to start with lol. No wonder they fitted so many over sized springs, would need them to bend the clutch plates to get them to bite 😂

  • @colinm.7962
    @colinm.7962 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video. Think I'm going to have the sound of that beast reving as my new morning alarm.

  • @kenreeve6549
    @kenreeve6549 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    what a great job ,well done

  • @JesusThineBeTheGlory
    @JesusThineBeTheGlory ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good job well done as usual

  • @rgthomson1
    @rgthomson1 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Good old dad comes to save the day lol, they are always hard to marry up, sometimes you think they had never been together before, very little holding the both sides of the tractor together really, good job in the end though

  • @garymucher4082
    @garymucher4082 ปีที่แล้ว

    A lot of hard and pretty interesting work there. Nice to see it all come together and work properly as well... Thumbs Up!

  • @jackdawg4579
    @jackdawg4579 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The clutch cover looks good in the red oxide, makes a nice bit of contrast to the sea of blue

    • @lawrencemanning
      @lawrencemanning 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I thought it goes with the radiator grill and the wheels!

  • @astravanmk2
    @astravanmk2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That sounds delicious! Has some poke too.

  • @ghilreese3413
    @ghilreese3413 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think the red looks good. Thanks for the videos.

  • @spiderdad00
    @spiderdad00 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video nice job

  • @theessexhunter1305
    @theessexhunter1305 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very Good, well thought out...

  • @csnelling4
    @csnelling4 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice job 👍

  • @walterverlaan1286
    @walterverlaan1286 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great job.

  • @trevormansfield6740
    @trevormansfield6740 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Your best video so far in my opinion. Really interesting

  • @sjv6598
    @sjv6598 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    A man of many talents 🙂

    • @snowballengineering
      @snowballengineering  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Master of none 🤣

    • @sjv6598
      @sjv6598 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@snowballengineering oh I don’t know about that buddy. You seem to have a handle on things to me 🙂

  • @strandum67
    @strandum67 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Nice work and a nice video :)

  • @ccmoos
    @ccmoos 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love this!, i have an old 6 pot major. also, due for some tlc though.... When i think of it, i think the clutch is the only thing that works 100 percent in mine

  • @michaelmiller7208
    @michaelmiller7208 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love your work bro. Wish I could afford to come and hangout for couple weeks.

  • @richarddey6793
    @richarddey6793 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another good vid

  • @MA70with2JZGTE
    @MA70with2JZGTE 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I... NEED... THAT... PUMP!!! for my 6500 Turbo, 160hp ain't enough 😅

  • @bombardier3qtrlbpsi
    @bombardier3qtrlbpsi ปีที่แล้ว

    Always good when you can get free help.😊
    Especially when it's your Dad. You can right out an I owe You.😂
    Nice job 👍

  • @montgomerymastersonvieira4930
    @montgomerymastersonvieira4930 ปีที่แล้ว

    Top das galaxias!

  • @vinnyhern
    @vinnyhern ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My local speed shop always told me its the material of the clutch, that is important, not so much the clutch shapes. the only tractor pulls I watch are the fail compilations 😂🤣 great job 👍👍

    • @snowballengineering
      @snowballengineering  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The fail compilations are always entertaining to watch 🤣

  • @garyrhodes7089
    @garyrhodes7089 ปีที่แล้ว

    good old dad

  • @johnwarwick4105
    @johnwarwick4105 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    One thing for sure the next time anybody splits that tractor, all the friction surfaces will chewed up to hell that those clutch plates. Amazing how the old majors had a bigger diameter clutch than a modern tractor three times the Hp.

  • @jimsvideos7201
    @jimsvideos7201 ปีที่แล้ว

    In the absence of this rail you could bolt trailer jacks to those pairs of holes in the angled bits of the frame.

  • @michaellynskey7124
    @michaellynskey7124 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    looks really great especially with the flywheel protection cover plates all fitted for safety🇮🇪

    • @mauricekeithjohnson2598
      @mauricekeithjohnson2598 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That protection could withstand a Patriot Missile hit !!

  • @robertryan4485
    @robertryan4485 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I want to think you would have had that blanched blanching is the best thing for flywheels I believe you don't get the surface that flat if you are looking for a flat surface you blanchet 🤔

  • @Rigoknow
    @Rigoknow 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    👍

  • @gerryboard6615
    @gerryboard6615 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice job. that Cargo engine doesn't quite have the clickety clack that an old Power Major would have done back in the 60's.

    • @snowballengineering
      @snowballengineering  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No not quite 😆. Very distinct sound to a major when the pump coupling gets a bit of wear.

    • @super6954
      @super6954 ปีที่แล้ว

      If that cargo engines going clickety clack owning it's just got expensive,because it's probably tossed it's cookies all over the pulling track L.O.L. Here in Canada it's a job to find any Major that makes the traditional pump coupling noise, 99% of the ones I see or own have been updated to the silent lovejoy type rubber coupling the last of the super Majors used. I actually like them like that, you can hear what a nice running engine they actually are with the silent coupling if they aren't totally worn out junk.

  • @jimsvideos7201
    @jimsvideos7201 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If it was my tractor I'd paint that shield to match the rims; it looks sharp with the shiny fasteners.

    • @user-bt6hh9yu1n
      @user-bt6hh9yu1n ปีที่แล้ว

      Agreed. I like how it breaks up the sea of blue.

    • @colinm.7962
      @colinm.7962 ปีที่แล้ว

      That would look really good .

  • @waynep343
    @waynep343 ปีที่แล้ว

    Clutch info. Measure from the head of the rivet to the friction surface. Times 4 since you have 4 friction faces. That should be the distance between the cover foot and the flywheel face without the bolts pulling the cover down.
    There are specs in the service manual for the finger height when the discs and cover are bolted down to adjust the fulcrum screws.
    I personally don't think there is enough clamping force in the current adjustment to prevent the clutch from slipping.

    • @snowballengineering
      @snowballengineering  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks for the info. I think the clamping force will be fine. There was a good amount of distance between the cover and the stands before I started tightening the bolts down. The clutch feels good underfoot and engages and disengages properly so I'm happy with the finger height.

  • @gomdolri
    @gomdolri ปีที่แล้ว

    좋은채널 구독합니다

  • @thomasnoteboom1531
    @thomasnoteboom1531 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I would have thought you would paint the sheld and put that on while you had it apart

  • @stuartmccall5474
    @stuartmccall5474 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    From this and your previous videos you have some big capacity machines, did you build ships on your farm previously?

    • @snowballengineering
      @snowballengineering  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No ships 🤣 Big capacity compared to hobbyists machines but only average sized stuff for this industry.

  • @brianguest561
    @brianguest561 ปีที่แล้ว

    nice job did you replace throwout bearing?

    • @snowballengineering
      @snowballengineering  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No, I checked it, looked like it hadn’t been in long and felt perfect so I left it alone.

  • @TheMingilator
    @TheMingilator ปีที่แล้ว

    with the material removed from the intermediate plate, will that reduce the overall spring preload from the pressure plate?

  • @davidkavanagh4682
    @davidkavanagh4682 ปีที่แล้ว

    Where did you get the clutch plates from. Nice job

  • @b.malnit8983
    @b.malnit8983 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    When can we hear this rig run?

  • @johncone9516
    @johncone9516 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi, at 25.40 did i spy a Whitlock Dinkum digger, what year is she please? i used to assemble these in the 60's at the Great Yeldham plant in Essex, my old chap worked there as well before HYmac took them over.

  • @b.malnit8983
    @b.malnit8983 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Spoke too soon. Sounds beefy for sure!

  • @glennmoreland6457
    @glennmoreland6457 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good
    ☹🇬🇧

  • @hamish2202
    @hamish2202 หลายเดือนก่อน

    so is this a dual clutch from like a power major i thought they couldnt handle much power why people used the single clutch gearbox

  • @johnnyholland8765
    @johnnyholland8765 ปีที่แล้ว

    Won't it weaken the clutch plate center hubs spline shaft engagement by removing that much material? I know it is two disc but that is a LOT of stress in a pull.

    • @snowballengineering
      @snowballengineering  ปีที่แล้ว

      It never seems to be an issue, the shafts always twist before anything happens to the splines. And it’s the only way to fit them in.

  • @lakehunter48p55
    @lakehunter48p55 ปีที่แล้ว

    new input shaft after a few seasons of pulling???

    • @snowballengineering
      @snowballengineering  ปีที่แล้ว

      A good upgrade is to convert them to 1” 3/4 input shaft instead of 1” 3/8 but there’s a bit of work involved to do it.

  • @marceloleao1990
    @marceloleao1990 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Como faço parar desencavalar a marcha do Ford major

  • @araofmadisoncasey4247
    @araofmadisoncasey4247 ปีที่แล้ว

    surface grinding will remove any hard spots, lathe will not

  • @minmog
    @minmog ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow. What engine is that?

  • @gregj7916
    @gregj7916 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I guess the red oxide is the wrath of MF!!

  • @christopherrobin462
    @christopherrobin462 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What year is the tractor

  • @greggroome2791
    @greggroome2791 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    🙏🙏👌👌🇮🇪🇮🇪👍👍

  • @markfiges999
    @markfiges999 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice job, but make yourself that splitting rail and trucks - you'll kick yourself for messing about so long. I was told the most important tool when splitting a tractor is the workshop broom!!! ................... Do you use the starter motor trick when they ''won't'' go together? ....come to think of it, the TH-cam safety police would ahve a fit with their leg up

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