The transmisson case bell housing end, inside re-painted with glyptol.
Looking into the case from the rear.
The clutch valve lever (broken, lower right). The 1/2" diameter shaft has an "O"
ring groove cut in it, leaving only 3/8" diameter. Since the groove is very close
to the outside edge of the sleeve it turns in, it doesn't take much of a bump to
bend the shaft at the "O" ring groove. The one on the spare snapped off when I
began removing the roll pin from the lever. The original survived the pin removal,
but the bend wouldn't go through the sleeve, and it snapped of also. Ford wants $100.00
for one of these. I don't think so. I cut the head off of a 1/2" shoulder screw
and brazed the lever from one of the broken linkages onto it, just like original.
I bought a seal, and made a steel plate from 1/4" flat stock.
The new shaft and seal with plate and gasket, installed. Using care to avoid
drilling through the case, I drilled and tapped the case for the four
#6-32 socket head cap screws. I will have to modify the external linkage lever
when I get the transmission installed in the machine.
Pressing the new front bearing onto the input shaft.
Details
The input shaft and oil pump installed, with test rig set up.
The big pulley (removed from old washing machine) is bolted to the hub from the
stripped out clutch disk and slipped onto the input shaft.
The motor (~5HP 36VDC from old Elek-Trac) is powered by the big transformer with
275Amp rectifiers (center).
The transformer is plugged into the 15Amp variac (on light grey 19" rack panel)
for speed control. The 6 year old bunny (Tribble) was in a nosey mood.
Update: The pullys in use when the picture was taken have been changed.
The motor has a 2" and the Input Shaft has a 10".