today I was given a County 654

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Re: today I was given a County 654

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Yesterday it was moved under its own power for the first time in ~25 years :)
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Re: today I was given a County 654

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That's cool, frode! I'm still waiting for a video, but pictures will do :lol:

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I will take som pictures this evening, JC !
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1977 County 7600-FOUR

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Re: today I was given a County 654

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Brian,

I found some serious wear in the support housing from the pistons rings. I replaced the housing, changed rings, put in new clutch discs and a new brakearm/pad assembly. Everything works as it should now :) Thank you.

Next up is the handbrake.

Brian wrote:Brake pad wear is common and so is "oil drag" between the plates which keeps the shaft turning as you say. You can remove the PTO clutch pack from the top on your tractor after taking out the top drive shaft from the rear. Not the PTO shaft but the drive shaft behind the square plate above it. On some of the later tractors this is not possible but I have done it many times on the "X" series.

Even with a new brake pad you may not find any improvement. It was not until the system was re-designed and a band brake fitted that the problem was cleared.
frode

1957 County MarkIV Crawler
1964 County Super-4
1967 County 654
1977 County 7600-FOUR

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Re: today I was given a County 654

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1957 County MarkIV Crawler
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1967 County 654
1977 County 7600-FOUR

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Re: today I was given a County 654

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Looking good, frode. Thanks for the picture.

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