This little Massey Ferguson / Iseki 1240 compact utility tractor needs a clutch. Let's replace it! Send us a postcard: Watch Wes Work P.O. Box 106 Fulton, IL 61252 Send us an email: mail@watchweswork.com
Some humor somebody asked you to do the tractor job say that you got to split. Honey need you to do something sorry babe I'm splitting right now. Tractor giving you attitude just tell it to mind it's matters or you'll bring on the split. Whatever you do don't split your sides laughing at this. Also don't split your opinion on this between thumbs-up and thumbs-down just a thumbs-up. Okay I'm done for now
Hi folks, I can attest you can make a great living as a vocational instructor and/or technician. It does depend on where you live. If you live outside of major cities you need a side hustle for sure. 9 weeks of vacation a year is great too.
I had one of these tractors with a small Bush Hog loader and R4 tires. It was fun to restore and the little Iseki engine was always very reliable. That little Massey accomplished a ton of work before I traded it in for a bigger machine. Thanks for taking us along!
That's about as high praise as I've ever heard from you on a tractor. During the video I was also impressed at the ease of work and thoughtfulness of service in the design. Especially that little hole and plug in the firewall for that bell housing bolt access. Also a happy surprise that the owner asked for a full filter and fluid service while it was in there as well as the rear main seal. I realize some work is sometimes cost prohibitive and things have to be done just enough to get the unit working at the minimums but It's a good day when it doesn't have to be like that. Now let's have a video of teaching Mrs. Wes Work how to drive a stick. First on a tractor and then in an automobile :)
@@WatchWesWork We have a little ~1980 Ford 1700 4x4 tractor with loader. It was made in Japan by Shibaura. Other than engine parts being difficult to come by these days for the little 2-cyl diesel it's incredibly easy to work on. Even doing a full engine rebuild was very straight forward once my brother found parts. (we got the tractor for free not running)
6:22 Man, I'm glad I was actually paying attention and not just listening and writing all this down. You meant a bottle jack, NOT a bottle of Jack. Close one. Trying this on my own could have become real expensive real quick in a lot of ways.
One of the guys I used to work with, learned to drive at a cement plant. His boss used to wave the new drivers over on thier first day in the truck. He'd open the driver's door from the ground and rap the top of thier left foot hard with a hammer handle if thier foot was on clutch pedal. If you have a huge bruise across the top of your foot, you can not bear to spend 2 seconds extra abusing the clutch. I put 72,000 miles on a brand new 2001 Isuzu/GMC w5500 when they first arrived in Canada, a beautiful 4.75 liter diesel with a 6 speed manual. Driving 4-6 days a week delivering product between 2 mountain communities. 3 years later my brother in law took that truck and put it on his route where he only have 2 real hills on his route. He managed to blow up the clutch in 2 weeks and tried to blame me. I had the manager of the GMC truck dealer have a conversation with him. That first year the city drivers were blowing up the clutches in 20,000 miles. The upgraded clutch was $900 and they decided they could find cheaper/better. 3 months later, the truck was finally back on the highway and I never did hear if it was ....
For people who rarely see such vehicles this was an interesting video and very well explained thank you.It's the variety of stuff you work on which is a huge plus point for your channel
For that age of tractor and in such great condition, coupled with the turf tires. That tractor has been on lawn duty since the day it was new. Great video, Wes!!!
So pleased to see you're getting your bulk oil in plastic bags inside of cardboard boxes. Much less plastic to dispose of and the oil remains pristine inside the plastic bag until you dispense it into the filler bottle.
OMG, teaching the wife is exactly like teaching mine, she tried to mow for me one day when I hurt my back, didn’t lower the deck and drove the whole back yard with the brake on… then shut it off at PTO speed with blades engaged when done…. I didn’t say a word, she tried, that was worth it’s weight in gold !
Yes, front axle wedges are the important first step. I'd recommend blocking the rear tires well to avoid pushing it off the bottle jack. I only did somewhat larger tractors and often used a chain hoist to support the front, but needed two people to roll the rear wheels with the transmission on the rolling jack. PTO engaged and an adjustable wrench on the shaft helped align the splines for that. Transmission in high and a bar on the ring gear though the starter hole aligns the other splines when they are the item holding up progress. Torque amplifier drive train adds an extra complication.
100% always do a real seal if leaking, good job. some of the large tractors are amazing easy to split. BTW I asked the MFG about the access hole to the top bellhousing bolt and they said it is there because they like to be able to assemble them :)
That was good video and included the family. Wes that was interesting and look to be a uneventful clutch replacement. Thanks for sharing and have a good week!
On the older VW front wheel drive motors (Rabbit, Scirocco) they use a funky clutch setup as well. The clutch arm is on the back of the trans and actuates a push-rod that runs through the main input shaft. On those you have to machine both surfaces of the flywheel with an included offset.
Alright, aWesvid I misses 6 months ago to watch on the way to fixing a stove for one of my Wife's elderly friends. Geepers Wes, your vids are super awesomely entertaining. Watching one of your vids is like watching the best of the best vocational school instructors
These tractors were the first of the compacts built and they last if u take care of them. Easy to work on. Very handy and well built. Everyone back in the 90’s were going for these things. Then the skid steer came along and then the mini ex’s. Love mine with the backhoe attachment. A very versatile machine instead buying 2/3 different machines at roughly $25k a piece. But, u can’t teach that to the young ones now. Thanks for the great video
A car i drove in the early 90s (Opel Kadett) had a removable lid on the underside of the clutch and removable plug which covered the end of the input shaft in the gear box so it was possible to replace the clutch and not really touching the gear box. This is after removing the bolts keeping clutch on the wheel Remove the plug on the gearbox remove the circlip on the inside insert a bolt in the end of the input shaft and pull the shaft out 5 cm or so while keeping clutch stable and then see the clutch drop
What a great video Wes, I forgot how well the Japanese engineer larger equipment these days, makes me want to get one of these tractors to replace our totally worn out Ford 8N, you certainly deserved a "decent" straight forward job after all of the other challenges (junks) you have dealt with recently. Keep up your great work, your wife is a trip by the way (in the good way) always looking forward to your content, never a dull moment.
Wes, Your skills and abilities are outstanding. Your videos are so much fun to watch. I was thinking about how you learned all that you know while watching this video. You have mentioned in the past that your dad knows a lot about these things but I suspect that you have had some formal training. I don’t think that one learns how to diagnose electronic aspects of vehicles today using an oscilloscope by just stumbling around. I used to work for IBM repairing computers about a hundred years ago and I am very impressed with your skills. Keep the videos coming. Including the two and four legged members of your family is an added treat.
First time I ever watched a tractor split was when I was a boy. My dad and a friend split open a Ford 8N we had, using the play scape and swing set he had built for us. He used a chainfall and the steel cross bar overhead and worked over the grass. It was very farmtastic operation. That nice smooth shop floor makes things a lot easier. I'm not actually sure it's an easier job the way they package everything on those vs. the 1940s machine.
I am forever grateful to you for the link you provided in the essential tool video you created. I have seen you use the indexable pry bar several times in other videos but never understood exactly how it worked. I have used pry bars throughout my working career and have a number of them but......... the indexable one with the adjustable handle is a gamechanger for me. I has made a few of my other more traditional pry bars obsolete. I absolutely enjoy your channel no matter the subject and the reason for this is the very wide range of skill sets you have, from electronics to machinists work to general mechanic skills and basic problem solving. So thank you, thank you, thank you.
Even though I'm probably never going to split a tractor it's nice to know that at least I've see someone do it and in a pinch I could probably figure it out.
That was a slick tractor--the thought-out engineering helps (other than 7mm parts :-) ). Have to wonder if between rice harvesting and monsoons, Japanese tractor designers worry more about water ingress just by reflex.
The Japanese tractors are fantastic for the most part, I've had two, an Iseki and now a Yanmar. The Yanmar has 24 foward gears and 12 reverse via a 2 speed range selector, a 3 speed range selector and a 4 forward and 2 reverse speed powershift transmission.
Wes, I like your humor and your honest candor in recording and presenting these videos. You don't edit out some of the "mishaps" that will inevitably occur in the repair business. For the sake of discussion and your comment about fancy splitting stands and stuff.................. Years ago I had to split a Ford 1710 to replace the clutch. It just so happened that the owner had a finish mower on the 3 point hitch when I showed up to do the work. Instead of moving the front section during the split, I made the front rigid with triangle wood wedges exactly as you did, and bolted a length of steel channel onto the threaded bosses on the engine flywheel housing to rest on the ground forming the 3rd point of contact to stabilize the front end. I then separated the rear section by rolling the drive wheels backward. The finish mower was more than enough counterweight to prevent the rear half from tipping forward. When it came time to join the halves back together, I adjusted the top link of the 3 point to get matching angles of the trans bell housing to the engine bell housing. As you have mentioned more than once, "I'm not saying that is the right way...............but it is a way."
I jumped when Wes dropped the fuel filter bowl! That's something I would do. Kudos to Wes for always showing his mistakes to let us know that he too is human.
I learned a lot about clutch and brake work whilst serving in the British Army and much if not ALL of what your Dad preaches about the subject are spot-on. Those clutch techniques are called techniques for a reason, they are designed to be kind to the actual materials and mechanisms of the clutch and prolong it's life. I know many people may say: "Ah! - But modern clutches.." No matter. Knowing these practises will help you understand the clutch even more. Having said all this I still admire the levels automatic gearboxes are achieving. Thanks for your work Wes, that was one tidy little tractor suitable for heavier domestic work.
This was a great video for me to enjoy. I own several compact tractors, 2 are new (hydro static) the others have low hours on them, so for me, this was very interesting. Thanks so much for posting.
Not only does Wes handle that clutch job like a champ, at 16:42 he breaks into “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” on the bearing press. Is there nothing he can’t do?
Wes, only thing I can think of for that clutch plate to go that fast is that who ever was using the tractor road the clutch the whole time it was moving
I think you could buy one and Mrs Wes would not be too mad. A toy tractor like this would be a whole lot more use to me than the one I have, which is twice the size.
Dear Mr. Wes. 👍👌👏 Very well done again and as always (video and work). Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing. Best regards luck and health to all of you.
Wow, Wes that looked like it was a fairly simple (minimal issue) job for a change. Seems to be a really cool little tractor, tons of features in a hobby size tractor. Sounds kinda sweet I must say. Thanks for dragging us along for the ride. Stay Safe & Cheers!
I gotta say I'm happy to hear you use the term "farm and fleet" in a sentence. Growing up thats what we had in Wisconsin. I'm in Michigan now and for whatever reason they call it "fleet farm". Makes no sense to me. Just that one sentence of yours brought back some memories for me.
Rekindled the memories of a class in agriculture tractor maintenance I did 47years ago and proud that I am not yet got dementia great vid and I will continue to subscribe to your channel,it's made the holiday weekend in the UK for me great thank you and to your lovely assistant.
well done. I used to Grind Flywheels and pressure plates for a living. Did it for a few years pretty easy job but BORING as hell. Operating a big old AMW Blanchet grinder, 9 hrs a day. It got to be exciting when it came time to change stones. Or once a month the cooling fluid. There were three of these types of shops in Salt lake at the time but as time went on, these shops closed down because of the cheap import clutches. the flywheel was always the make or brake of any clutch job. I was amazed at how 'dished' a ford 12 inch from a winsor could warp, (and in comparison a Toyota.) and dish so much and still look good. clutch rebuilding is so different now days. in comparison just trying to find someone with a proper grinder is almost Impossible. Where I live now. The place I used to work for was bought out by a large regional corporation along with the other two big builders. the son owned the one I worked for. I was hired by his Father, I left just before he passed away good people. Don't you just Love Rambling commenters. Job well done. I always learn some thing when I watch your content Thank you.
I just started watching you recently and are the most "down to earth" I have seen yet, I don't know anything about what you work on but must watch each video from start to finish because I find them awesome. Your father is very proud of you I am sure. I am old school and I like your way about you. Good luck and good health.
