So the Friday before last, just as I finished mowing, the clutch in the tractor started making an awful racket. I finished and parked it, knowing it would need some attention.

So monday night after work I ripped into it and discovered one of the clutch pressure plate brackets had broken.

This is a 52 year old tractor, you can’t get parts at Ace hardware.

So I scoured Ebay, and found what I wanted, a nice condition used pressure plate, and the owner shipped it posthaste, and after some cleaning and regreasing and lubrication I’m back in business. What a pain, though. I have bruises and scrapes and crap in places I would not have thought possible. Pictures to follow, I hope.