Cletrac EG

[Kirk-NJ]

My latest project, Or as my wife calls it my latest hunk of junk, A 1939-41 cletrac EG, 62" gauge, 4cyl hercules gas engine. I got this off my friend's father. He had a guy skidding timber out about 20+ years ago. The guy sold the timber and didn't pay the farmer for the timber. He kept the cletrac until he got paid. It's been sitting in the woods ever since. He said to me "I don't think he's going to come back" so I could have the machine. The only thing he wants me to try to get it running and drive it up out of the woods. He doesn't want any of his pastures tore up and any fences taken down. The engine appears to be in good shape although stuck. I am soaking it now to try to free it up. I try to upload some pictures but the file was to big.
Kirk

[Wingnut]

I have an HG 40 Cletrac there is a lot of great information a http://cletrac.org/

Sounds like you have everything well in hand.

Welcome to the forum

[DYT4000]

My latest project, Or as my wife calls it my latest hunk of junk, A 1939-41 cletrac EG, 62" gauge, 4cyl hercules gas engine. I got this off my friend's father. He had a guy skidding timber out about 20+ years ago. The guy sold the timber and didn't pay the farmer for the timber. He kept the cletrac until he got paid. It's been sitting in the woods ever since. He said to me "I don't think he's going to come back" so I could have the machine. The only thing he wants me to try to get it running and drive it up out of the woods. He doesn't want any of his pastures tore up and any fences taken down. The engine appears to be in good shape although stuck. I am soaking it now to try to free it up. I try to upload some pictures but the file was to big.
Kirk

What are you soaking it with? I've heard diesel is good for that...

[Kirk-NJ]

First I hit it a few days with BP blaster. Then I pour in a mix of diesel fuel/keo/ATF and a little splash of used motor oil. It takes some time but I have broke them before without opening them up. I was able to post a photo in the gallery but I don't know if it is up there yet.
Kirk

[Paul J]

My uncle had one of those. I don't know what model it was. As I remember, it started very easily, even though you had to crank it by hand. Had a vertical steering wheel that worked the cutting brakes. I think the tracks on his were narrower than the one in the photo, http://cletrac.org/Cletrac.org , not sure though. I only wish I had it now.

[Ingersoll444]

Wow... good luck getting her running in the woods!!! Is it a flat head engine, or a overhead valve? If a flat head, its easy enough to pop a head off, and work on the bores if soaking does not work.