Front Loader from a Ford Truck

MossRoad · Apr 24, 2018

Now I'm thinking my old IH2500b may have had a dump pedal. Now I'll have to go and dig the books out and check....

MossRoad · Apr 24, 2018

Yep, there was a dump pedal behind my left heel.

texasranger556 · Apr 24, 2018

My 4400 HST has no clutch, the starter spins both gear pumps and the hydro pump. It always starts although it rarely gets below 20 F here.

nimblemotors · Nov 9, 2018

I replaced the starter and tried to get the engine running. The solenoid was bad too, and replaced that. The fuel pump wasn't working, so I wired it directly,
and discovered the fuel line was spraying everywhere. Seems a dog had chewed on it, so fixed that, but still not running. Had spark, starting fluid got it to run a bit.
Was going to check if the injectors were working, but then I found what looks like my mistake with the cutoff tool I cut all the wires to the ECM. Oops.

So decided to just move on and get running after I reconfigure it. So stripped the cab down and removed it from the frame and cut it in half, and got it mounted
onto the frame to see how far the rearend can be moved inward. Here is a pic of that mockup. So the leaf spring mount works great to put the leaf spring plate on after
I cut it up sufficiently. That was all mocked up, now ready to weld it and get the rearend back on, shorten the driveshaft.

Next up I will go back to getting the engine to run and fix all the broken wires. I was hoping to just trim back all I don't need while it was running, but now I'm going to need
a wiring diagram and wire up just what I need to make it run. These older vehicles have simpler EFI systems, so shouldn't be so hard.

MossRoad · Nov 9, 2018

nimblemotors said:
I replaced the starter and tried to get the engine running. The solenoid was bad too, and replaced that. The fuel pump wasn't working, so I wired it directly,
and discovered the fuel line was spraying everywhere. Seems a dog had chewed on it, so fixed that, but still not running. Had spark, starting fluid got it to run a bit.
Was going to check if the injectors were working, but then I found what looks like my mistake with the cutoff tool I cut all the wires to the ECM. Oops.

So decided to just move on and get running after I reconfigure it. So stripped the cab down and removed it from the frame and cut it in half, and got it mounted
onto the frame to see how far the rearend can be moved inward. Here is a pic of that mockup. So the leaf spring mount works great to put the leaf spring plate on after
I cut it up sufficiently. That was all mocked up, now ready to weld it and get the rearend back on, shorten the driveshaft.

Next up I will go back to getting the engine to run and fix all the broken wires. I was hoping to just trim back all I don't need while it was running, but now I'm going to need
a wiring diagram and wire up just what I need to make it run. These older vehicles have simpler EFI systems, so shouldn't be so hard.

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Too bad it won't go fast in the direction the cab is facing. That has awesome profile for an off-road buggy! :thumbsup:

Xfaxman · Nov 9, 2018

:thumbsup: thanks for the update and good luck.

nimblemotors · Nov 10, 2018

Here it is with the frame cut and axle attached. Got the driveshaft shortened. Going to mount the fuel tank
in the back, and work on wiring to get engine running.

nimblemotors · Nov 14, 2018

Bought a couple used W8-15 beams, will use one for the loader boom. Specs say at 18ft long it handles 10,000lbs uniform load, so should do 4,000lbs no problem at shorter distance point load,
but i didn't do the math on it. Also getting some big 1/4 plate pieces cheap for reinforcements,etc, and make a bucket out of it too I think.
About to order the hydraulics from surpluscenter, want to get them ordered as it will take a while to arrive. What I'm wondering is how to make the bearing/pivots, where
to find the materials, bushing and rods, suggestions?

Also wanted to share the little trailer I made for a couple hundred bucks out of the truck bed. So the $50 for the truck well worth it just for the trailer bit.

nimblemotors · Nov 15, 2018

Got the sheet steel, was only 1/8 thick, but that is ok. He also gave me other metal, but what i'm wondering is if I can use the kingpins on this 60's F100 truck as pivots for the loader bucket.
They seem to have been redone sometime recently, and have grease fittings on them, 3/4 pins. Strong enough with two of them?