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Delbert from Lincoln
11-06-2005 13:22:36
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Re: f-12 in reply to Kevin Hood, 11-05-2005 22:38:01
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My dad farmed with horses and mules. In 37,when I was 7 years old, he bought a new F-12. Dad got rid of 1 team and kept the team of mules. Dad never adapted well to the tractor, and the mules hated me as bad as I hated them. I threatended their lives many times. Consequinly I grew up on the F-12. The pulley indeed does run whever the clutch is engaged. During field use, I took the pulley off. If left on, like you get off to make repairs, get back on the pulley is spinning, push in the clutch and wait and wait for the pulley to stop before you can put the gearshift into gear. Loosen the bolt threw the center of the pulley, drive a thin wedge or cold chisel into the crack to spread it, and slide it off and catch the woodruff key before it fell into the dirt. We always kept spare in the tool box. Then there was a cover that went on over the shaft with 3 bolts to keep it from atttacking your pants leg. When doing belt work, We ground ear corn with a burr mill once a week for the milk cows, and also had a small corn sheller. To shut the belt pulley off, you depress the clutch, I think it was the next to biggest wrench that came with the tractor, you propped it between the clutch pedal and the left foot rest. Was just the right length. Then you could work on the grinder or unplug it or whatever, The wrench blocking the clutch down also makes then a lot easier to crank in cold weather, as you aren"t turning transmission gears in very thick grease
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