Tractor Wreck

[Michaels Dad]

I was shredding last Friday in a stand of Oak trees going very slow and trying to be extra careful. Well, that didn't work. It happened so fast,no time to react. Somehow clipped a low branch about 5" in diameter it came around, hit my arm as the tractor was spinning like the left brake was on. It then went down, bent the steering wheel and ended up landing on the clutch pedal.
Ended up with a chest tube for a collapsed lung, nothing happened to the ribs. Scraped a lot of skin off my arm, poked a hole in my left leg.
Discharged from the hospital Monday.
Things can happen so fast.
Now buying a new steering wheel this site, but can't find a clutch pedal for my 640. Thought about welding it, but it broke at the 90 right below the pedal. Like I said haven't found one yet. Anyone have a lead on one?

This post was edited by Michaels Dad on 09/27/2023 at 04:43 pm.

 

[Recoil]

Wow, the main thing is that you lived! Prayers for a speedy recovery. God bless!

 

[Eman85]

Tractors can be fixed but those are some nasty cuts. Here's to the power of healing!

 

[RobCons]

You must be living right. That was close to the end. Follow docs orders and heal up for another day. And yes its amazing how fast things like that happen. Similar experience for me but not nearly as sever a few years ago. Working around trees with the box blade and it caught a vine pulling limbs down on me. Just a couple of scratches and several days of muscle relaxers and I was good to go. Get well.

 

[Michaels Dad]

Funny you bring the box blade incident I had one of those also many years ago. The 7' blade caught a root and the ride was on. No injuries then.

Hope someone can find a source for the clutch pedal, still searching , no luck so far.

 

[Sean in PA]

Glad you're not any worse off than you are. I had something similar happen on my garden tractor a few years back. I was mowing near the edge of a steep drop off and didn't know that the edge of the hill had been undercut by some heavy rain and the edge of the drop off just gave way. The tractor, with me on it, went backwards down a 10 foot hill that was almost a 90 degree slope. I was able to jump off to the side just before it hit bottom. If I hadn't, I would have been under it when it flipped over backwards at the bottom of the hill. I had scrapes and cuts on my arms and face due to the bushes and vines at the bottom of the hill, but nothing serious.

 

[marcusmerritt]

Sorry to hear about your wreck but it was interesting to see what's under the skin of your arm. A while back I cut the very tip of a thumb off on my table saw and was startled to see that the muscle or whatever it is that was exposed looked a lot like a sponge. Very little blood and little pain. I still have trouble picking up an asprin off the floor with my left hand. Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

 

[showcrop]

I found 7 pedals on Ebay. You posted that you are looking for one for a 649. The tractor in the picture is a 4000. I have never heard of a 649. The 4000 will take a pedal from any 600, 800, 700 900, 601, 801, and four cylinder 2000 and 4000 among some other models. You will not find a new one but there are hundreds of used ones within 200 miles of you.

 

[Michaels Dad]

649 was a typo, it's actually a 640.
Now with the typo actually being a 640 can you steer me to what you mentioned.
It may be the meds clouding so I'll try again.
Can you pick one that will work, I have no idea which will fit the 640.

This post was edited by Michaels Dad on 09/27/2023 at 04:49 pm.

 

[Tom in Mo.]

Welp, It's definitely not a 4000 as the front and rear axles are wrong. It's not a 640 but could be a four cylinder 2000.

 

[Tim PloughNman Daley RIP]

Lesson Learned: Always use an ORC when mowing. I had a similar incident once mowing with my 8N. I had a cluster of pine trees I was dancing in between but came too
close to one, and tried to brush a large branch out of the way but it caught my sleeve and twisted my arm almost in half. Steering with one arm, I ran into the next
tree, smashed my grille and put the fan blade in the radiator. That ended my mowing for the day. Assessing the damage with a sore arm and bruised ego, I then went to
town to the local boneyard & tractor dealer to get a new radiator. That is where I learned about the ORC. Dealer is a good friend, two brothers actually, and told me
about using an over running clutch. I never mowded again without using one. Here is one offered from this site - click on LINK below:



Tim Daley (MI)
ORC

 

[Michaels Dad]

It's been positively been ID'd as a 640 years ago by members on this forum using numbers above the starter.
It's got an ORC, been using one since I first used it back in 2006.
Still not sure which clutch pedal is compatible on a 640.

 

[RobCons]

I forgot to mention after my incident I purchased a marine kill switch, one used on a boat, and spliced it into the hot wire going to the coil. It has a clip on it that gets attached to your body somewhere convenient. If you get knocked off the tractor the switch is pulled and the tractor shuts off.

 

[Sean in PA]

(quoted from post at 07:27:18 09/28/23) It's been positively been ID'd as a 640 years ago by members on this forum using numbers above the starter.
It's got an ORC, been using one since I first used it back in 2006.
Still not sure which clutch pedal is compatible on a 640.

Those numbers that identify it as a 640 are on the transmission casing. They apply to whatever tractor that transmission was in when it left the factory. The hood and grill on yours are definitely from the 1963-1964 thousand series. So it has parts on it from a 640 and a 2000. Many tractors over the years have had their transmissions or sheet metal, or other parts swapped out with parts from another model. Most everything is interchangeable between models from 1955-1964. You would need to find the date codes on all of the major assemblies to decide whether it was a 640 that had 2000 sheet metal swapped in later or a 2000 that had a 640 transmission swapped in later.

 

[Michaels Dad]

Agreed on the sheet metal, that was brought up when we were trying to ID the tractor. Everything else points to a 640.
Don't know about total compatibility, but all parts I've bought over the years have been bought using 640 as the model, and have never had any problems.
Still don't' know which pedal to buy since there's a lot of years and models listed.
As far as kill switch, that might be a next project, as far as anything else goes, this happened so fast and I was pushed down (bent over) I didn't even have time to take it out of gear. Don't know how long it took to gather enough to reach out and shut it down with the key.
Please, I'm not here to pick flysheet out of the pepper, but just to find out which clutch pedal will work.

I'm going with this one:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/224766866157?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20201210111314%26meid%3D5cdfe9d57a4f4e7eb9b4c7d02f612259%26pid%3D101195%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D325222629264%26itm%3D224766866157%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D4429486%26algv%3DSimplAMLv11WebTrimmedV3MskuWithLambda85KnnRecallV1V2V4ItemNrtInQueryAndCassiniVisualRankerAndBertRecallWithVMEV3CPCAuto&_trksid=p4429486.c101195.m1851&amdata=cksum%3A2247668661575cdfe9d57a4f4e7eb9b4c7d02f612259%7Cenc%3AAQAIAAABUObhgc4Nk8%252BdtAwOww4FKLaj%252FQ5qqgDlQCuqZA43WcPFUWDERCUugbbOk7XQv0JXlBfqCg2xKF3WcPghxGMFw2oSlXvfExEaMYr7I7LmrHcP6czY1wIMt0ORyKiCWt95xldincyyBx3g%252BNDW%252B%252FhWUgTaBhK6xAm%252BJIbCOMehu%252BdwE%252Fb%252FXKtzafvA0l72immqySf1LGm%252BtKT9OH%252FyO92hPBFwyFUFjJpCH7roxg2QdHMeudD7L5RKmWQ%252F2dNw4DaclLcT%252BYPFUmUkZSI1K7vSEjvGbOd7h4VeGR553QsFNZpAlWbYYWt3dIa6ed2oO7mgMV5h2xqW4k6g7%252F%252B3nErknDtOkOtPlPalRI72LpeOIplEj9dPmzwwv3mU1nt%252BfM%252FSpUhN5VLlhEdf1eAS7duCafKz3Nwzg%252BNJoKrf9%252BgID9azQb2nf1UTGqrb%252BrXvlzqzQA%253D%253D%7Campid%3APL_CLK%7Cclp%3A4429486

Thanks

This post was edited by Michaels Dad on 09/28/2023 at 05:52 am.

 

[showcrop]

(quoted from post at 05:01:45 09/28/23) Agreed on the sheet metal, that was brought up when we were trying to ID the tractor. Everything else points to a 640.
Don't know about total compatibility, but all parts I've bought over the years have been bought using 640 as the model, and have never had any problems.
Still don't' know which pedal to buy since there's a lot of years and models listed.
As far as kill switch, that might be a next project, as far as anything else goes, this happened so fast and I was pushed down (bent over) I didn't even have time to take it out of gear. Don't know how long it took to gather enough to reach out and shut it down with the key.
Please, I'm not here to pick flysheet out of the pepper, but just to find out which clutch pedal will work.

Thanks

This post was edited by Michaels Dad on 09/28/2023 at 05:13 am.

I guess I can't help if you are not going to believe me.

 

[ss55]

Ouch!!!!! Hope you have a fast recovery.

 

[Michaels Dad]

(quoted from post at 08:16:50 09/28/23)

(quoted from post at 05:01:45 09/28/23) Agreed on the sheet metal, that was brought up when we were trying to ID the tractor. Everything else points to a 640.
Don't know about total compatibility, but all parts I've bought over the years have been bought using 640 as the model, and have never had any problems.
Still don't' know which pedal to buy since there's a lot of years and models listed.
As far as kill switch, that might be a next project, as far as anything else goes, this happened so fast and I was pushed down (bent over) I didn't even have time to take it out of gear. Don't know how long it took to gather enough to reach out and shut it down with the key.
Please, I'm not here to pick flysheet out of the pepper, but just to find out which clutch pedal will work.

Thanks

I guess I can't help if you are not going to believe me.

Believe you about what?
At this point and in the past when I buy parts for a 640 and they always work.
Sheet metal to me is a mute point.
I'm willing to listen to anyone about what to do, and don't care what model it might be.
Trust me, I'm not looking for an argument. just want to get a part that works.
In the past I've reworked the whole front end, split it numerous times and more. A lot of this was with the help of people on this forum.


This post was edited by Michaels Dad on 09/28/2023 at 08:06 am.

 

[Steve in IL]

MD Yes Gotta be careful, and I hope you have a
speedy recovery. One question Im thinking that
640 likely does not have a two stage clutch, so as you
try to stop quickly, the momentum of the brush cutter
pushes you. If you have not already, buy an over riding
one way clutch for your PTO shaft. You will be able to
stop the tractor a lot faster in emergencies.

 

[Sean in PA]

The original part number for a clutch pedal for a 4 speed transmission, for all models from 1955-1964, regardless of the exact model of tractor is NAA7519B. That part is no longer available new, but tractor-part.com lists many salvage yard that claim to have them in stock:

[u:4b6172d2b0]Link to tractor-part.com search for NAA7519B[/u:4b6172d2b0]