Recent content by stpaulhill

I will try that, I know none of the parts I needed are available anymore.

OK, now my question is what to do with a ford 1210 that will cost more to fix than it is worth, even with salvage parts. I will put it up for sale as salvage but don't expect to get much. Oh well I didn't pay much for it.

I removed the shafts and the gears on the outbound shaft and counter shaft were tore up. The bigger problem is the rear case cracked below the shafts, I assume the broken pieces of gear got wedged in and busted it. So looking at salvage parts but I think this will be way bigger effort than...

Based on all the input I won't be moving it. I'll talk to the dealer in the morning to see if there is something simple I can check. The parts diagram looks fairly straight forward, and seems like it will simple to remove the outbound shaft.

thanks for the input, i will not be driving it.

yes, leaks when tractor is sitting and not running.

There is very little movement on the PTO output shaft.

something inside the rear end, I am suspicious that they didn't have a shear pin in the PTO shaft, but rather a regular bolt.

its in the woods behind my house, I would only be driving it about 100 yards, just need to get it to the trailer to take it to the shop if necessary.

I have a ford 1210 with hydrostatic drive and was doing some brush hogging with a 4' brush hog, I hit a stump and the PTO stopped and Oil started leaking from between the PTO area and the drawbar. I bought the tractor and brushog last fall and this is the first time I put much strain on it...