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by roadless J17 » Tue Mar 01, 2011 7:01 pm
Hi everyone here is a roadless crawler i have just bought
any information will be very helpful
thank you
tom
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by henk » Tue Mar 01, 2011 7:33 pm
Roadless,
Congratiolations. I hope you have the engine to
Kind regards, Henk
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by Matt 1944 N » Fri Mar 04, 2011 8:09 pm
Hi,
Could you post some more photos please as I dont think I have seen many if any of these before, they are much rarer than the County crawlers
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by janus » Sat Mar 05, 2011 8:52 pm
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by roadless J17 » Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:46 pm
Thanks for the pictures
here are some more pictures of my crawler when me and my brother have started taking it to pieces
it is converted from a 1956 tractor and i have found that the left hand rear wheel studs are left hand thread, i am sure this is not standard for the tractor
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by roadless J17 » Tue Mar 15, 2011 11:11 pm
hi hereare some more pictures of my progress
Here is the crawler with the transmission removed and the engine donor tractor
here is the steering clutch removed
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by roadless J17 » Fri Mar 25, 2011 11:02 pm
here is the transmission of the breaker tractor in pieces
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by roadless J17 » Fri Apr 29, 2011 9:54 pm
Hi here are some more photos of my progress
here are the rusty gears removed from the crawler gearbox
here is the crown wheel bolted back on to the carrier
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by henk » Sat Apr 30, 2011 8:14 pm
You are doing a great job.
Kind regards, Henk
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by frode » Sat Apr 30, 2011 10:47 pm
I want one for myself
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by roadless J17 » Mon May 02, 2011 9:08 pm
Hi cheers for the replies
I have some more pictures sorry i havent managed to keep them all in order
here is a home made spanner used to remove some large nuts whick hold the clutch drums
and here is the spanner in action with help from a sledge hammer
removing the bearings from the pinion reduction gears
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by roadless J17 » Wed May 11, 2011 10:11 pm
hi here are some more pictures of my progress
here is an original ford special tool back in use the major half shaft bearing puller
Here are the castings sand blasted and sprayed with the first coat of primer
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by john.n » Wed May 11, 2011 10:17 pm
i mmust say i like the homemade spanner
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by roadless J17 » Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:08 pm
hi cheers about the spanner it still took a bit of persuasion
here is the crown wheel and pinion back in and all shimed up
Heating the bearing up in the chip fryer
The bearing fitted on the half shaft
Setting up the preload on the half shaft bearings
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by roadless J17 » Wed Aug 24, 2011 8:01 pm
here are the steering brake bands i sent off to be re lined
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by Brian » Thu Aug 25, 2011 1:19 pm
I had Not seen a J17 for many years! That one is really early because they changed to multi-plate clutches in the mid 1950's before County.
Be very careful with the tracks, they are like a massive spring when you split them as you may have found out.
They are very hard to get back together without the compression tool, Do not stand directly behind or in front of them.
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by roadless J17 » Sun Oct 02, 2011 9:58 pm
Hi the tracks did go with a bit of a spring
here are the rear axle gears all back in place
the gearbox was all appart and inspected it all looked in good condition untill i noticed a crack in this caseing
I have never heard of this happening before
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by Brian » Mon Oct 03, 2011 7:44 am
Cracks were a very common occurance especially if a transmission hand brake was fitted. Using the brake to stop or driving around with it just on were the usual cause. New or s/h housing could be the order of the day.
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by roadless J17 » Mon Oct 03, 2011 9:41 pm
hi i have another caseing
and the crawler does not have a transmission brake
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by roadless J17 » Fri Dec 16, 2011 11:00 pm
Here are the brake and clutch pedal pivots
i drilled the weld off from the inside and pressed in some new bar and re welded it
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by roadless J17 » Sun Jan 15, 2012 10:43 pm
here are the pedal pivot brackets sand blasted and painted
the holes in the swinging drawbar were badly worn so i drilled them out and turned inserts and welded them in
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by Matt 1944 N » Tue Jan 17, 2012 8:26 pm
Have you got an engine sorted for this now?
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by roadless J17 » Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:55 pm
Hi here is what i have for an engine
i need a early sump with the removable aluminium strainer cover
Here is the seat i have made
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by roadless J17 » Mon Jun 04, 2012 10:18 pm
Here are some more photos
here are the new footplates 1/4 plate with 7/8 spacers welded on
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by roadless J17 » Thu Nov 01, 2012 11:00 pm
Here are some more photos of some crawler progress
the tops of the wings being folded
and the sides with the fitted footplates