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I forgot to mention the motor fitted in the Ag is the 4 cylinder Hercules
If anyone knows of a spare parts supplier
Regards
Carl Hargreaves

Hello all,
I was glad to see a email yesterday saying the forum was back up and running.
I found my Cletrac AG has a braze repair on one of  the guvnor weights, which I'm not to thrilled about. It was running on it and probably has done for many years.
If possible I would prefer to replace the guvnor weights.
Over here in the UK Cletrac spare parts are thin on the ground.
Can anyone suggest where I might find the replacement guvnor weight part ?
Thanks in advance
Regards,
Carl Hargreaves

Hello
when I did my AG clutch,  it was a bit of  a  tight fit  to get the front half of the spider  coupling  out, but it is doable with abit of wriggling  and jiggling and some scraped knuckles.  Make sure you remove the nut which hold the prop brake  to the bottom  of  the  bell housing.
I struggled  my gutz out removing  the  clutch  this way leaning over the tracks and on my knees on the running board.  Later  ended  up  removing  the  engine  the get the flywheel cleaned up and shot blasted the clutch  face area. If you you haven't  got  a dozer blade on the front ... it ain't  such a bad job to take the engine  out. I would of done it this way  in the 1st place, thinking  about it now.
I renewed  my clutch  linings, spigot  and thrust  bearings as i don't  want to do this job again  anytime  soon.
Good luck with your project
Carl Hargreaves

Hi All

I have now had my clutch re-lined and cleaned all the bell housing out ready for reassembly, I have got a new spigot bearing sorted for the flywheel but I am having trouble finding a thrust bearing for the clutch. Can any of you guys let me know of any cross references or where I can get one ? My local bearing supplier had the old thrust bearing for a week but just came back to me and said ... "It's obsolete" 
I have shot blasted the flywheel face and the prop shaft brake disc so they are completely rust and oil free. I have also re-bushed the clutch pedal as it has a tendency to go sideways with the amount of wear it had. Hopefully when I get a thrust bearing and a crank pulley the old AG will be sorted.

Thanks In advance
Carl Hargreaves

Hi All,

Can anyone tell me where i can find a front crank pulley for my little AG the one on it was a rite mess, It looked like someone had previously removed it with a hammer and chisel !

Thanks
Carl Hargreaves

Hello All,

A few months back I got myself a nice looking Cletrac AG built in 1940,  The old guy I got it from told me that it had some clutch issues but seen as it ran so nice I decided to take a shot at it and got the thing bought. Anyway I have just got round to giving the old girl some attention. When I was looking up the clutch for this make and model I could only find descriptions of the procedure so as I have been sorting mine out I thought I would take a few photos so if anyone else in future tackles one they could see what they are up against ...
My flywheel was covered in sticky oil from the spigot bearing lubricating wick in the end of the crank, the oil should drain away through some holes in the flywheel but these were bunged with dust from the clutch linings and oil and grease from the spigot bearing !
While the clutch is out I am having it re-lined and new thrust and spigot bearings.
I removed the clutch through the hatch under the fuel tank, The reason I removed the engine was because I thought the rear main oil seal was leaking but it was not, the cause of the troulble was the bunged up holes in the flywheel unable to disperse any excess oil.

here is a link to my album with the pictures of the clutch etc towards the end.
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/111063970018410088464/albums/5790007699625128305

Hope this may help someone in the future

Carl Hargreaves

Hello all
My name is Carl Hargreaves I live In Lancashire, United Kingdom

I'm New here as I have just got myself a Cletrac Model AG built in 1940.
I also collect many other makes of tractors from the war time era. I have a Soft spot for Crawler tractors and any American built Iron, I also collect Stationary engines/ hit miss motors.
Here is a link to my photo album of my collection
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/111063970018410088464/albums/5790007699625128305