The idea of that hook is, I think, to engage the clutch so the clutch disk is not touching the fly wheel or pressure plate, so they can't rust together.
Max Dillon Charleston SC May 18, 2020 5:17:07 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>: > I may have misunderstood, on first read I thought he was saying you > > could hook the clutch pedal down while the tractor was idling for a long > > time. > > > But to hook it down while the tractor *is idle* (i.e. not running) is > > probably what was meant, now that I read it again, and that makes more > > sense than my initial interpretation. > > > Allan > > > Max Dillon via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes: > > > > > > > Neutral is a transmission internal condition. Clutch in or out is > > at the fly wheel / clutch disc / pressure plate, which is between engine > > and transmission. > > > > > > Max Dillon > > > > Charleston SC > > > > May 18, 2020 11:28:22 AM Allan Streib via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Scott Ritchey via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Many tractors have a hook to hold the clutch pedal in > > > > the down > > > > > > > > > > > > position and disengage the clutch during long-idle periods. > > > > These, of > > > > > > > > > > > > course, have mechanical linkages. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Why not just put it in neutral and save the wear on the > > > throwout > > > > > > > > > bearing? > > > > > > > > > > > > Allan > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > > > > > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > > > > > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Allan Streib > > Indiana University > > Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering > > Digital Science Center | Intelligent Systems Engineering | FutureSystems > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
