[AT] IH Fast Hitch

[Cecil Bearden]

Many years ago I waited while an old timer replaced the linings on my 
old 36 Plymouth.   He took a hammer and opened up the vise jaws and put 
a curve on the metal plates that the linings rivet to.  He said this 
would spread the disk apart some and cause the slack to be taken up in 
the gears and driveline before the clutch engaged.  It worked!!   I have 
done it on several old worn tractors trucks and Plymouth cars since, and 
they work great and don't jump.  Even on a Ford!!!!  The old fords were 
notorious for jumping several times before you got going....
Cecil


On 3/4/2019 12:00 AM, Indiana Robinson wrote:

> My MM-R has a hand clutch, on the right and operates like a Deere but 
> not as smoothly. It's a tad jumpy. I bought it at the auction of an 
> uncle by marriage and I believe he bought it new. He and his neighbor 
> farmed together for many years and the neighbor told me that it was 
> always jumpy. I was discussing it with a fellow that had one like it 
> at a tractor show and he said that yes, his was kind of jumpy and 
> always was... It takes a light touch to operate it smoothly. I split 
> the tractor before I painted it to replace the transmission front seal 
> which someone had damaged a little when installing it. It may have 
> been done at the factory, it didn't leak much. I went all over the 
> clutch while it was in half and the clutch was clean and dry and had 
> almost no wear on it. I readjusted the clutch by the book but it 
> didn't change anything. This tractor had very little use over the 
> years, my uncle only owned about 25 acres and the neighbor only farmed 
> about 140. The neighbor didn't like using the R and he had 3 tractors 
> of his own, a three plow Oliver (1600 something), an Oliver 77 and a 
> very nice old unstyled Allis WC. The R spent most of its life parked 
> in a tool shed. It had an oddball size rear tires (36") and when one 
> failed they just stopped using it. When we got it at the auction it 
> had sat maybe 10 years, a valve was stuck but it was an easy free-up. 
> I stuck a set of duals I had bought on it that fit the same hub and I 
> drove it the 15 miles home to "loosen it up".
>
> On Sun, Mar 3, 2019 at 11:23 PM HERBERT METZ <metz-h.b at comcast.net 
> <mailto:metz-h.b at comcast.net>> wrote:
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>     Ralph, Our CC Case had operators clutch hand lever on right side;
>     same as John Deeres.  When did Case change operators clutch hand
>     lever from right side to left side? In my opinion that is a huge
>     change. Herb(GA)
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>>     On March 3, 2019 at 8:26 PM Ralph Goff <alfg at sasktel.net
>>     <mailto:alfg at sasktel.net>> wrote:
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>>     On 3/3/2019 2:31 PM, HERBERT METZ wrote:
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>>>     Dean, I agree with you that John Deeres were very good tractors;
>>>     I worked many a ten hour day operating the neighbors John Deere
>>>     A or B plowing, discing, listing, or baling.  Never a problem or
>>>     concern.
>>>
>>>     The important thing that I always had to keep in mind was
>>>     'pushing the clutch lever backward' on a John Deere to stop
>>>     whereas as on our 1938 CC Case one 'pushed the clutch lever
>>>     forward' to stop. Herb(GA)
>>>
>>     My DC4 Case and JD AR both push forward to engage clutch. Pull
>>     back to stop. Only difference is the JD has the clutch lever on
>>     the right.
>>
>>     Ralph in Sask.
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