J17 crawler

[roadless J17]

Hi everyone here is a roadless crawler i have just bought


any information will be very helpful

thank you
tom

[henk]

Roadless,

Congratiolations. I hope you have the engine to

[Matt 1944 N]

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

Matt

[janus]

hello here some pictures/ info

[roadless J17]

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

[roadless J17]

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

[roadless J17]

here is the transmission of the breaker tractor in pieces

[roadless J17]

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

[henk]

You are doing a great job.

[frode]

I want one for myself

[roadless J17]

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

[roadless J17]

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

[john.n]

i mmust say i like the homemade spanner

[roadless J17]

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

[roadless J17]

here are the steering brake bands i sent off to be re lined

[Brian]

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.

[roadless J17]

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

[Brian]

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.

[roadless J17]

hi i have another caseing

and the crawler does not have a transmission brake

[roadless J17]

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

[roadless J17]

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

[Matt 1944 N]

Have you got an engine sorted for this now?

[roadless J17]

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

[roadless J17]

Here are some more photos

here are the new footplates 1/4 plate with 7/8 spacers welded on

[roadless J17]

Here are some more photos of some crawler progress





the tops of the wings being folded

and the sides with the fitted footplates