john15nlt
Member
- Joined
- May 12, 2009
- Messages
- 43
- Location
- Bridgeport Texas
- Tractor
- Ford 2000 1969 gas / Ford 4000 1973 Disel
I made this a little long on purpose, rather than have a bunch of back and forth I thought maybe I could provide as much history as I had so everyone who knows more than me could determine what was important.
I inherited this tractor from my wife's grandmother, had it about 3 years and for the most part had zero problems. New tires, Hydraulic Cyl repair on the FEL, and one crazy fuel filter problem, but that was the first year I ran it.
I the past we used this tractor to mow, push down a fence line, and move a little dirt. We probably never have really pushed it more than a couple of hours at a time, and never under a big load. This week I started moving a bunch of dirt to block the flow of water in a ravine, mostly clay, using a 6 shank plow to break up the ground and the FEL to move the the loads about 30-50 feet, I moved about 20 yards yesterday
Here is the problem, the motor started to have a real jump idle, it was set at 1400 and would jump from 1000-1600 randomly without cause, not load based, not any reason I could reproduce. As I was moving the dirt into the ravine I hit soft spot the the tractor shifted to an angle that I didn't feel comfortable trying to work my way out of. So I went and got the truck and pulled it back to level ground. When I got it out it wouldn't start, checked the fuel tank (gauge has never worked) and it was not empty but did notice more tank grunge (rust flecks and garbage than normal) So I assumed. 1. The harder work had broken some stuff loose in the tank 2. the angle of the tractor has caused fuel cavitation. So I refilled the tank and bleed the fuel filter, which produced quite a bit of water (which I had not expected since I had just replaced the filter the week before) The tractor did start without much effort but now it appears to have a knock in the rear cylinder, It really sounds bad and there is a noticeable loss in power. There is very little if any blow by (unlike what I have read this tractor never really had the blow by others have described) The cooling system does not appear to have any oil in it nor does the oil have any water in it.
I first thought was I have some fuel related injector problem, but the sound makes me think I am dealing with an engine issue like a rod or a bearing.
I am a do it yourself guy plus I don't have the 3k + to have it worked on professionally if its engine.
How would you proceed.
I inherited this tractor from my wife's grandmother, had it about 3 years and for the most part had zero problems. New tires, Hydraulic Cyl repair on the FEL, and one crazy fuel filter problem, but that was the first year I ran it.
I the past we used this tractor to mow, push down a fence line, and move a little dirt. We probably never have really pushed it more than a couple of hours at a time, and never under a big load. This week I started moving a bunch of dirt to block the flow of water in a ravine, mostly clay, using a 6 shank plow to break up the ground and the FEL to move the the loads about 30-50 feet, I moved about 20 yards yesterday
Here is the problem, the motor started to have a real jump idle, it was set at 1400 and would jump from 1000-1600 randomly without cause, not load based, not any reason I could reproduce. As I was moving the dirt into the ravine I hit soft spot the the tractor shifted to an angle that I didn't feel comfortable trying to work my way out of. So I went and got the truck and pulled it back to level ground. When I got it out it wouldn't start, checked the fuel tank (gauge has never worked) and it was not empty but did notice more tank grunge (rust flecks and garbage than normal) So I assumed. 1. The harder work had broken some stuff loose in the tank 2. the angle of the tractor has caused fuel cavitation. So I refilled the tank and bleed the fuel filter, which produced quite a bit of water (which I had not expected since I had just replaced the filter the week before) The tractor did start without much effort but now it appears to have a knock in the rear cylinder, It really sounds bad and there is a noticeable loss in power. There is very little if any blow by (unlike what I have read this tractor never really had the blow by others have described) The cooling system does not appear to have any oil in it nor does the oil have any water in it.
I first thought was I have some fuel related injector problem, but the sound makes me think I am dealing with an engine issue like a rod or a bearing.
I am a do it yourself guy plus I don't have the 3k + to have it worked on professionally if its engine.
How would you proceed.