04-08-2020, 05:04 PM
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: now Kuna, Idaho
Posts: 3,779
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Re: Are the supplier's "v8 STYLE pressure plates" really for tractors?
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Originally Posted by Kurt in NJ
I have a original Ford disc (v8)in my A, it was in the car when I got it 50 years ago, I took the picture when I was trying to get it unstuck, drove over 40 miles jerking it, still wouldn't pop loose, had the car bucking jumping on- off gas, then I learned that I could shift without grinding, that the starter did fine starting from a stop in gear, I tapped the hole in the picture , put a bolt in it and yanked, and it popped off the flywheel---- the original Ford disc doesn't have spring capture flanges, and neither in the box nos ones don't have them, perhaps the springs are better, the metal thicker than modern production --- in the era it was common to replace just the facings on old disc
Yes, I drove nearly all the 40 miles with my foot on the clutch and no change in crankshaft end play
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The last sentence reminds me of reading some history of the home built Model A powered Pietenpol airplane of the '30's. Mr. Pietenpol (Bernard?) said that the stock thrust surface was just fine! Think about it: During take off and climb, and going into a headwind, you were at full throttle. All 40 HP were going to the propeller through that thin ring of Babbitt on the rear main!!
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