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Will be glad to help if I can once you get back to your 1700.

I was making a general statement on the methodology to diagnosis. Can take the dipstick out to get a whiff of the oil on it. Doing the same with transmission oil to compare and contrast.

Need to identify if it is engine oil or transmission oil. if engine oil , then it would be from rear main seal on the block. If that is the case then it might get on clutch and flywheel if you have manual transmission. This can cause slippage of clutch. If it is transmission oil, then...

Philip, I wish the pin was mounted on a plate and bolted on to the tractor. I would perhaps grind off enough of the broken piece to give a flat surface to weld on the new bracket and pin. If I could, I would re-enforce the plate with gussets just to add to structural integrity of the new pin...

Philip, Can you take a few pics further back and different side to have a better situational awareness of location and nature of breakage? Were you saying that the pin (Pivot-point) of the lower arm is broken? I can imagine a square bracket with hole that sized to accept the pin dia, then...

I bought the IT shop manual FO-44 from Tractor Supply 20 years ago under $20. I have it scanned for the ease of use. it is a large file and not suited for email attachment.What I posted was a page from Owner's manual that I got when I bought my 1700. I have that scanned as well. Would be happy...

Howdy, I have done one bulb change many years ago. I went to my archive and found a reference pic.There was a retaining plate for for screw that kept the light in place. I remember some spring loaded clips as well. It was a very quick and painless work. Look at the pic below. Take a pic of...

Oh Okay, did not know that. Like you said even better for heat transfer. My 1700 is all cast iron as the magnetic tray sticks to the back as far as I remember. I have to check it again as you sowed the seed of doubt in my statement.:)

Agreed with the TractorTech. Diffy housing is a big heat sink as the hyd fluid collects there and can heat exchange easily with the cast iron. where do you feel the temp? at the pump? how about the inlet and outlet to the pump. use a non contact IR temperature gun to measure to compare and...

You're welcome. You too. Let us know how your repair is progressing and if we can help more.

My seal also looked good but was not making pressure so ended up doing it after pump overhaul. Gear pump is a positive displacement pump unlike a centrifugal pump. You can not dead head a gear type pump and the seal is path of least resistance. If you have a pressure gauge use it and see what...

No. It is pretty easy but you need to be careful and not rough with removal. I have a few pics below FYSA. For just shaft seal replacement you do not need to do pump disassembly but you do need to remove the pump. You need to remove the nut on the shaft while holding on to the gear in a vice...

Most likely place for the leak would be hyd pump shaft seal. It is double lipped seal on the pump input shaft.

You need to bleed air out of injector as well. You can do that by partially loosening the retaining nut on the injector. Crank the engine to push some air and diesel from the injector line to the injector and then tighten. Liquid is not compressible but air is. That air pulsates and interrupts...

yup, that is exactly right. The head is symmetrical and that mistake can happen. when I did mine I made sure oil path way with the O-ring is in right orientation. If you rotate the rate of return all the way to turtle then effectively you block the oil return and cannot lower. if 3 point is all...

Scotty, The return path of hyd oil flow from lift cylinder is through rate of return back to spool valve. So only leaky spool or lift piston seal could be the cause of 3 point drop. The knob simply establishes how fast or slow 3 point goes down and nothing more.

I seriously doubt if the original screen was paper. That screen or i line should be structurally strong enough so the pieces would not go thru your hyd pump. It can't chew it u without self destructing and that is high $$$$ cost. I overhauled my hyd pump about 20 years ago and complete kit was...

Nothing last for ever! it is perfectly normal. Older seals were based on Nylon. imagine how much heat and pressure they are exposed to. They turn brittle after a long use. Diffy reservoir is atmospherically vented so you will bring moisture in, oil gets oxidized and then turn to very weak acid...

Dang, NH has it for $57 now. I just wished I bought an extra. The first one lasted 25 years.. not too bad. This is for Ford 1210 https://www.newhollandrochester.com/shop/sba050309016/

I have a diagram of your rig. It is a bit different with ford 1700. Some of the stuff I said with the rock shaft is a bit different. SBA050309016 is the seal you need. I did a quick search and was not able to find. NH might have it. below I have a parts look up and see if you can order one. I...

yup, I used a paint tray and put a cup of diesel and did not take much before it was OEM clean.

That hole is over pressure release so the hyd oil could bypass the piston so seal would not be damaged. Imagine having a 700 lbs brush hog and hit a big hole or something. The pressure developed , looking at the weight hanging and moment arm can cause a huge torque and developing a very high...

I addressed that in couple of posts earlier. Need to re-use. Now if I destroyed the the screen then I would have Jerry rigged some in line filter of some sort. Remember that the screen is on the suction side of the pump and does not see much pressure, so it does not need to be so robust. See the...

In the case of piston, if you remove what ever you have hanging on 3 point, then you can simply raise the 3 point arm, that in turn will rotate the counter shaft and the push the ram rod forward and the piston easily will come out. In my case , I was able to take sleeve and piston out together...

You will not find a new screen. You need to reuse it. I would get an old tooth pick, get a plastic dish, out diesel fuel in it. You need to soak the screen in the liquid and use the tooth brush to clean. Do that several times along with using compressed air. Mine was plugged just the same. that...

So, look at the pic below, if oil came out from the port on the left of lift cylinder assembly with an o-ring seal then you are good as that is indication of pump working along with lift spool valve (3-point). it is good to have the gauge but you do not need it now. Now as far as pressure. The...

You can check the pressure and flow to the lift cylinder head. Look at the pic below. If you have an oil filled gauge good to 3000 psi then you can use to see if you have nay pressure developed. Alternatively, you can just open the plug with a bucket under and have someone starts the tractor...

Seal is a double lipped nylon variety and should be installed in correct orientation. The lip should face the lift cylinder head where the oil pressure and flow comes. The lip expand some against the cylinder wall to hold the pressure, rater than leaking in to rear diffy housing. You can...

Ford 1700, OEM Alt, 1400 hrs and 40 years old. Still trying to break-in that ole geezer .. I mean diesel.

I am sure they do. Now I am dealing with an old 1700 that is 40 years old. I think one or two years replacement is an overkill. My brand new kubota never lost a drop of antifreeze and looks as clean as they one. I have not used it hard and long either and used it basically for loader work. I...

I would make sure dust screen for the radiator is off, brushed and blown with a leaf blower. I usually use a soft bristle brush (plastic) and brush all the fins that I can have access from both sides of the radiator. it will be more difficult next to the fan shroud. I would then blow the heck...

There should be a rate of drop of 3 point lift knob that is in front of the OP seat. it has a turtle or wabbit sign on it , rotating in the direction of turtle reducing the rate of hyd flow dump to lift spool valve hence slowing the 3 point drop. JC,

That looks good and workable. Certainly it is not a beauty contest. From this angle I can't tell but if the hose slightly rub against the pulley then you can make some sort of sling (same as copper band you used) and pull the sling slightly away with a tie wrap attached to something permanent...

Hopefully you can find. I suggest you take few pic in two planes and then take the hoses off. That picture might help you in the store also. JC,

I have taken my hoses off my 1700 and went to local auto store. I asked them if I can look to find a closely matching hoses. They told me come to the back of the shop and look at the radiator hose rack. Finding dia is pretty easy and just eyeballed the closest thing and had to trim it a bit. I...

Harry , you are right. I got up this am and had a pm in my in-box. I responded to it based on what he said there. I was also multi- tasking, did not read his comment here on this post and only copy and pasted my response from what i send him in his pm. You are right, my bad! " no reason to...

You have done everything that I would have suggested in you pm. My first thought was that rear wheel break is totally frozen not by temp but actually fused. With the rear jacked up and gear in neutral then how easy is it to rotate the tire? I would also remove the starter and transmission in...

1- I doubt if you have a main fusible link on the positive terminal. There is an slight potential there. 2- Did you do a continuity of negative battery lead to where it is connected to the frame? I am just thinking the copper may be busted internally and does not carry a high load. You can...

If the pump shaft seal that is a "double lip seal with spring" is leaking then no tightening will help out. I would worry about jumping out and start tightening things. Pump case tightening has very little to do with the seal. If it were my rig, I would then clean the area to the best of my...

Jay, Like everyone said, don't sweat it. It ain't a big deal, a bit of oil and water does not mean it gets sucked in to combustion chambers. Just take the bottom oil bowl out , dump the oil and water, wipe clean with a rag, fill with whatever oil you have (not cooking oil) and put it together...

I bought a manual steering for Kubota L175 from Kumar brother and replaced it with my ford OEM steering box that had a busted sector shaft. I had to make a bracket and fit it up. it works pretty good. Had it close to 3 years now. It is manual and not a power assist.

It is good to put di-electric grease in ground connection, a bit of grease on the connector also covers the metal surface and and slows down the Oxidation. It is odd how it happened. I knew the wiring harness is so well attached to the chassis and makes it so difficult to get snagged. I actually...

in my case I did not completely break the bead rather than loosened it and broke the film between rim and rubber, put the tire flat ad sprayed soap solution on one side. I duplicated the same on the opposite side, inflated the tire , put it on tractor and raised that axle overnight. That did the...

This is how you test the clutch neutral safety switch, 1- switch is normally open so with clutch pedal not pressed on the test light is off. By pressing the clutch down the light with illuminate proving a closed switch to complete starting circuit.

This is what TractorTech was talking about to short out the lugs with a screwdriver to turn the starter manually independent from any circuit or safeties that in this case is only neutral safety, lugs connected to bare wire and the red.

For the same reasons TractorTech brought up. At the very least you can prove operation of starter. if you cannot direct jump start the starter with a jumper cable then there is something wrong with the starter as well. I am not saying bad starter is the issue as you need to eliminate one by one...

You can alternately jump the starter directly to see if it turns bypassing all controls and wiring. Make sure the gear is in neutral if you decide to do so. You can do it with starter on the tractor. Just FYI

Yup, I think you are in the right track. i don't recommend taking anything apart. I zoomed in and it seems you have enough thread on the positive post. I just clean it up good with dremmel and wire brush and find a nut that fits it. I would wire brush the eyelet or crimp a new one as they are...

I corroborate that with my 1700. I was actually in the barn and hot conductor going to the dash is so well protected following the chassis routing but there is a slight possibility some brush got caught on the bottom and jerked a ground or hot wire. OP need to follow the routing and check them...

That is not correct statement for 1700. On many tractors such as my Kubota if PTO lever/switch is on then I cannot start the tractor. On 1700 PTO is transmission driven and is purely mechanical. I can start the tractor both in gear or Neutral or even PTO engaged just as I long I compress the...

It must be electrical , you had some ground interference with the bottom of tractor and chasis. Follow the main power line from the left side of the tractor as it enters the back of the dash. Do check the ground, alternately you can take a jumper cable and go from battery negative to some good...

Make sure Clutch Neutral switch is working. It is a normally open switch, when clutch is pressed it will close to complete the circuit. 1700 does not have any seat safety or other safety switches. Some cable most likely got snagged..need to check that. Does the needle on heat move when you put...

The rate of drop only regulate the return fluid back to lift spool and then to diffy housing. The supply flow actually enters the lift cylinder area from a different passage way. the hole in the middle is for return and the hole on the left is for supplying fluid to lift the 3 point. This pic is...

true enough, but I don't think it should read zero either to indicate a dead short. I put the ohmmeter on lowest setting perhaps 200 ohms to get a closer reading.

I would make sure the tractor is neutral if it is geard. I would jump the starter directly with another vehicle or charger/starter that is rated. I would directly jump the soleniod to see if it picks up and close contact to start the starter. Reading zero ohm means the winding on the solenoid...

No, you do not need to lift the entire lift cover.. thanks god! it is an excellent design that Shibaura's have. You only need to remove lift cover head that has 5 bolts where rabbit/turtle is in front of the operator seat. It is no different that Ford 1700. I have a ton of info about that in NH...

Please look at the attached files on how to do a valve adjustment. I don't know if I believe that "valve adjustment while engine is idling" that's what the manual says it, You can certainly screw the valves up while doing it hot. i think that is dangerous and crazy. As far as I know valve...

it is exactly the same type of work, whether 2 cylinder 1700 or 3 cylinder 1900.

Replacing gasket if that leaks is very easy, You take nut #26 off and it comes right off. Might need to use a rubber mallet as enforcement tool. Breather tube # 23 need to be taken out too. now if the gasket was the head gasket (between block and the head) that would be completely different and...

Head gasket vs valve cover 0ring/gasket are two entirely different things. Need to identify your needs in more details.

I had the same situation with my right front tire on my 1700. What I did was to raise the front right tire with a jack stand under. Then I took the scharader valve core out, took a 4lb hammer and beat side wall while turning the wheel hoping to brake the bead a bit. Then made a dish soap water...

I was there when the stork brought my kubota on a crate and I was there when they were delivering it in the shop and actually helped putting it together. My tractor still looks pretty good as it was always barned and I am not making a living using it. I took 100s of pics from all possible angles...

yup, don't take it to dealer at this point, should have been addressed during the warranty. Please do the following and see what happens. start, clutch, gear shift to speed 2 with the range on turtle and move 10 feet forward. do #1 step , only shuttle shift to reverse. do # 1 with only...

Tammy, I looked at my set up. I basically have a ground battery and do not have that split right at the battery. what I actually have is that split happens right at the starter. There is a split in your case and in my case to feed the dash panel and all the electronics and safeties. The...

Below is the reading I recorded and temps that I calculated for your reading pleasure. Do make sure that your radiator fin is clean use a leaf blowere and push air from two opposite side. There will be a lot of stuff coming out that is contibuting factor to running hot. 1/8" left of H...

Do the following and make yourself an overflow collection recovery vessel :cool: using a jar of an old Peanut butter. Make sure to consume PB first. Drill the cap just slightly smaller than OD of the rubber overflow hose to have a tight fitting. Put enough of antifreeze in the jar , about 1/2...

I reckon I have to agree, put sme garlic on the seat. it might ward off the evil. That does not make sense. OPC and Neutral safeties have two separate paths but interlinked. Some relays , I believe is latching but can't unlatch quickly. The OPC has a timer module also. I am wondering if that...

Obviously I cannot confirm with 100% certainty. I Went to amazon and it is the $20 for that 4 pin relay. It is a heck of lot cheaper than Kubota OEM. You do not want the OPC, Glow plug or flasher unit. For MX-4700 there is a bank of 3 relays. Now that relay can be bench tested, if you have just...

RIP to your dad, hope he is in a better place. ignition switch and relays are too different things. Ignition switch is like a 4 way stop with traffic lights. it just does the switching of the traffic lanes. Relays are passed the cross section to do other task and in this case is switching a...

Let's call the exorcist priest guy back to action. I still remember watching it as a teenager and it scared the daylight out of me, lol. I made a mention of sticky relay before. What you said about it not doing anything and then clicking corroborate that condition. I don't have access for WSM...

I did a bit of digging Tammy, Attached you can find the configuration of of sensors/switch and relays, such as a controller , flasher unit and glow plug. I don't have WSM for L4600 to see the wiring layout. L4600 is somewhat simpler than Mx-4700. All my sensors is dual but work tandem with OPC...

I checked your 2120 on NH website and under Tachometer below is what I came up with. https://www.mycnhistore.com/us/en/newhollandag/cn/cable/p/AS104134AP It appears you do not have an electronic Tachometer. What you have is a mechanical one. Most likely you snagged the drive cable while you...

Kubota does a very good job on their wiring harness, physical support and wrapping the conductor. Unless there is a visual sign of critter chewing I see low possibility of break, saying that wires can be pulled awkwardly against brush and whatnot as you working the field. Do check the connector...

very interesting, at least one less sensor to fail. On my Ford 1700 i have only one as I don't have shuttle shift on it. I never needed to do a deep dive on my Kubota as I had just about zero issues in the last 11 years. My tractor has always been parked in the barn as well. I was at the dealer...

Tammy, I went and checked the picture library that I have for my Mx-4700. The shuttle neutral switch is not just one switch. They are two switches one for forward and one for reverse. In the neutral position (handle in the notch the switch must be closed. I have couple of picture for your...

Could not rule it out. Some of the circuit also are switched with relays. Any of them could be culprit. The only diagnosis is done by process of elimination that's easier said than done.

I have several meters form high$$$ fluke to very affordable quality Sperry that is actually clamp on amp meter to sevarl freebie cheap HF ones. I have really never had any problem with HF as I mainly check 12 volt and continuity with them In every car we own, every tractor and 4 wheeler I have a...

Seat switch might be held down with rubber band or a piece of string but that is not full proof. You need to verify change of state from being tied or not tied. safety switched normally are in closed state, what that means the contacts on the switch are made with a help of some sort of spring...

okay, ask him how he does the following sequence. 1- making sure the shuttle shift lever is in neutral. When he cranks then does it start? if so shuttle shift safety switch is working at least partially. 2- move the shuttle shift to forward and try to crank. Engine should not crank. 3- move the...

Intermittent issues are sometimes so difficult to diagnose. Anytime it happens is the opportunity to eliminate causes one by one. This might just be a bit lose connection electrically somewhere. What did he do different each attempt to start in chronological order (steps)? that might give a...

Ok Good to hear that you got it to work. Attached please find a wiring diagram of my rig. There is a lot of similarities between my tractor and yours with mine having CatII 3 point rather than Cat 1 in yours. I looked at my diagram and it appears that Neutral safety switch on shuttle shift, seat...

Most of the multi-meters are fused but not all specially less expensive one. Make sure you have good battery in it as ohms reading need the battery as a voltage source to use. Change the fuse if it looks broken and fused. Alternately, any inexpensive meter will work for your type of diognostics.

Tammy, What you have there is not wiring diagram but it is wiring harness layout. It is good info to have but does not identify how circuits are made. Additionally if you have a list of item designator then it is difficult to identify what that block without index. Like on first screen capture...

see if you can get a screen capture of the wiring and post it here for guys to takke a look at it. On the multi meter, what do you mean by conductivity, all wire and metal conduct. if you mean "short " or "open" in a wire then reading zero ohm means the wire is not broken and circuit has "...

In order to say it with certainty I need to look at the wiring diagram. I have factory repair manual for my MX-4700. If I get a chance I will look at it on Monday. I actually bought a L4600 DT but realized later it was not built in Japan. I then changed my order to Mx-4700. They have a lot of...

Netural switch is only in the starter circuit along with starter and main key switch circuit. It does not feed gauges.

Good job, I had to do the same and ground off the studs. The good part was center-line of the holes all matched. I did have to fab up a support to duplicate original Ford.

is it actually diesel ? smell or taste test? I would not dork with injectors too much and as they say" no good deed ever goes unpunished", just keep your eyes on it to make sure you verify the slight leak.:)

I have never had to look for injector for F-1700. I know it would be pricey from Messick's or NH part store. You need to figure out where the seepage is first. You can start by cleaning the area real well and then start the tractor and see where it comes from. Look at the pic below. The brass...

Yes , there is, item #11 and #12 in the injector parts breakdown attached.

Good, glad it worked. If you find a consumable that is not OEM but works well then my suggestion is to buy couple of extras (specially filters and such) or do take a note of what you bought for future reference. They just never get cheaper. One lift piston seal that I bought under $5 many years...

I have tried to get my original re-built with some success for about a year. I keep getting the lower bearing damaged due to a break I had with my OEM. At that time the OEM was very expensive about Just under $900. I saw add on Ebay for L175 from Kumar Brothers, it just appeared it would fit. I...

1-There is certainly a Neutral clutch safety switch. Pic below is self explanatory while I was testing mine. 2- I replaced the steering from Ford 1700 to Kubota L175 on mine. It is very involved work. Ended up putting Kubota steering wheel on my Ford for steering column end configuration. I...

Guthentight will be good. Don't want to damage the gasket being too tight. Put a thin layer of RTV blue on both side of the gasket, let it skin for a few minutes and you will be good.

Well , Alternately you can buy the plug from Fleabay for $13.27. Check the link below https://www.ebay.com/itm/401706136181

Howdy, That freeze plug certainty works great. If you take the cover off then you can cover the bottom of the hole (on the inside ) with card board and tape. I would rub some oil to the tread area and fill the cavity with hot melted glue to get the impression of thread. You can then make a...

Take the cover off and then go to town, Hammer,, chisel drill whatever you can throw at it without getting any crud in the sump. Pics are self explanatory. plug does screw in. Can make a plug out of wood if needed or a fat champagne bottle cork.:D Alternately, a big channel locks also work...

I think you're good to go specially waiting 24 hrs for it to cure. It will be a brand new gasket material.

is the gasket Flat? or is it o-ring type? if it is flat by all means you can lightly clean gasket material it with a light de-greaser. I would let it flat between two card board with news paper with some light weigh for it to dry out but maintaining shape. After it dries our then I would smear a...

I don't use an app as I have a sound decibel meter that I use at work from time to time. There are certainly "sound level" or "sound meter" apps both for android and iphone. Just go to the app store and download a free one. It is not as accurate as dedicated unit but it is " good enough for...

I bought it from Kumar brothers at ebay. Just click the link. I actually think I bought two as they had a special pricing then. Take the outer ring that tightens it, clean it off and inspect. may be it is not cross threaded. They are good people to buy parts from if they stock them. This was my...

yes you can do that. Do you have any pics? I did change the bowl and filter with no issue from after marker stuff and not OEM and yet have any issues. Below is exactly what I bought. With fuel bowl is easier to bleed the air out than in in-line filter but very much a doable thing. My fuel bowl...

Combined extendible foam ear plug insert along with ear muff should provide around 40 NRR (Noise Reduction Rating). it should work effectively as I can stand next to a huge 12 cylinder industrial engine generator very comfortably while at full load and screaming. Did you get a db rating about 3...

it is Well, Happy Father's day to you and all the dads out there. I know I took my valve cover off for rocker arm inspection. I just cannot remember if it had a flat gasket or an oring in the groove on valve cover like most Japanese cars. I could not locate it in my picture library. I know for...

It is difficult or expensive to source valve cover gasket. RTV Blue will be fine. A good portion of tractor components are put together with RTV or some silicon gasket material. My suggestion is that you clean the groove if the gasket is round compressible o-ring type or if it is just flat...

it is most likely diesel fuel that is less volatile and more oil like as it dries out.

I have used, Traveler brand Universal Hyd oil from Tractor Supply. It specs out for Ford 134 oil also among many others for the last 15 years for my Ford 1700. I have not had any issues. It is basically used for transmission and 3 point lift and no loader.

Drill a weep hole in the lowest part of the metal seat for moisture drainage. Mine is oem and it is not rusted out yet, not the softest seat but it held up.

Best Practice is to always using ear plugs on (expandable foam inserts.) anytime on the tractor. My Kubota is really very quiet in comparison to Ford 1700 but still I use ear plugs. I have used ear plugs even using shop vac or impact driver for many years and my audio test shows the good result.

I was about to suggest that , along with changing gear shifter, clutching all the way and trying. For me I have to lower the rpm, move forward and back and then try to disengage the PTO. I almost always disengage pto with engine on at the lowest RPM and clutch fully compressed. I don't have live...

Do you know if you PTO is live (dual clutch) or independent and hydraulically activated? in the case of dual clutch is all mechanical engagement. so when you said tried, did you mean you disconnected the implement input shaft from tractor PTO splined shaft from tractor? how do you engage and...

Can you undo the splitter input shaft connected to PTO manually? See if you can turn the PTO shaft by hand while tractor is OFF?

Why don't ya put an elbow on the end facing away from you and the cab. That will reduce db at where the operator sits. That's easiest thing to try. Alternately, you can also make a home made muffler. Take same dia pipe same as exhaust pipe about 8" long, drill bunch of holes in it. Put a...

OH, man. That could potentially do it. I even had two pics that showed those two holes one on the block and one on the head assembly. so the turtle and rabbit knob ended up looking upside down? JC,

at this point I would not any high$$ NH oil, any Tractor supply oil that meet Ford-134 specs.I have used TSC traveler universal oil with no issue. In the back of the back of the bucket it confirms meeting Ford 134A. JC

Yup, Fully agree Scotty, using brute force is not he way to go. I had to got to NH website to realize this hying does not have a cylinder like the others. I did assume it did without checking in to it. I don't know how to look inside without further disassembly of the top lift housing. I had to...

it must be a mechanical interface/binding. Need to push the piston out but how? I wished yours had a cylinder sleeve like almost all of them I saw in 1000 series. That might force you to remove all the top assembly to have access to the ram rod, Pivot arm and a way to push piston out from the...

I share the same opinion that the rod and piston should not be permanently attached or one piece but that is how it shows in the diagram i downloaded from NH website. something chapped that cause the end of the rod to fall away from back of the piston and it is bound up. That's is guess but...

I am wondering... Since the lift arms came down when the head was off, is there a possibility that there is something clogged up in the return oil system? The oil has to go somewhere, and while it took some effort, the lift arms did go down when the head was off. In hindsight yes That is what...

I can see bushing 2 and 3 against rockshaft is seized up and that must be one heck of seizing, but David was able to lower the arm aster head was removed. I suggested to heat the area a bit externally and spray some penetrating oil might help. This is very abnormal.

David, This thing got me stomped. The attached drawing from my previous post shows Item#13 as Rod and item #16 as piston as if they are separate but the pic shows them as one piece. The only thing can keep the rock shaft from rotating is item#12 that they call Rod. Something must be seriously...

David , Look at the link below, I was able to print the diagram in PDF. At any rate your lift system does not have the sleeve and the rod and piston appears to be on piece. Never seen it like that before. with the head removed and the arm pushed down the piston should come out, but I am...

David this is mechanical bind of some sort. In y9ur picture I could not see the removable piston sleeve like the pics below. Were you able to take the piston out? I wonder if the ram rod is bound up against something internally or damaged. Need to see behind the piston. Below is the geometry of...

On #3 , I would not dare to test her resolve and marksmanship. Pretty much %95 of the deer I harvested were from back of my property and nope, I would not feed them. 1-If you remove the cylinder head off and the arm does not lower then there must be something that is mechanically bound up...

No David, I did not see it clearly enough first time of around, needed my .270 during if it were the season. I am sure it is not season yet in your neck of the woods. As far as disassembly, You first need to establish if your return path for oil is working. what you want to do is move the knob...

Good looking fire. we'll have one tonight with my boys. hopefully , collectively we get to the bottom of your problem.

A bit more explanation and pics for visual. Below is the picture of behind the lift cylinder and piston. That Ram rod needs to move freely forward and back if you raise and lower the lift arm by hand. It is pinned so it can pivot some. The hole in the left and in the middle is where oil is...

David, Relief valve should only divert if there is a shock load on 3 point (hitting a bump in the field with heavy weight on 3 point. some relief valves are adjustable by turning the adjusting screw in tighter making more pressure and some you add shims. It would not hurt to inspect the relief...

Quick attach, may not work with all your implements.My home made boom lift is wider than quick attach. Saying that and it perfectly matches my brush hog and carry all that is my two constantly used implements. Just need to just go under the implement pins and lift. Not very easy , but you can...

I like side grinder with a cut off wheel. Might want to take a 6 inch piece of 3//4" Dia steel pipe, cut it in 1/2 lengthwise as it is not very difficult. Then you can uses two sides and sandwich it over the threaded rod and weld it in several passes nice and thick. I would make sure to clean...

Yup, it is just not worth it. I think it is a better investment to weld it up level and use HF quick attach to pick most of the stuff up..

Sister a short piece of rebar and weld it again (same as splint), can even use two pieces of rebar. I would use a side grinder and flatten the mating area of the rebar and what ever is left out of the threaded rod. In mine the threads spun out and was lose. I ended up welding it level with the...

Dave, there is a spring and ball that acts as a check valve for the 3 point. Look the pics below. Take the plug out and inspect. while open , get a bucket under it ( a helper would be good), run the tractor, move the 3 point lever up and down. I am hoping it has a kidney stone , lol or...

I concur that closing 3-point rate of drop knob all the way will not allow trapped oil to go back to diffy fro, the spool valve. Close and open the knob all the way open and closed, while tractor is on and banging on lift piston head with rubber or wooden mallet might free any crud buildup. I...

Good Evening, Wow, that was a good find Paul, could not remember my posts, saying that I agree with what I said. I'm always looking at cause and effect and random chances. Go back and in your mind re-create what you have done step by step. I am just thinking out-loud here but it might be a piece...

open the attached PDF, that is probably what you have. Can you verify that? JC

Paul, I am a bit stumped. I will go ahead and see if I see anything close to what you have in NH website, followings are some comment and observation. 1- There are tractors that have a double pump, single shaft hyd pump. Basically , one main shaft and two separate gear pumps in series. This is...

Paul, I am heading out and will be back looking at it tonight.

well, If you have no flow then the pressure gauge cannot register any pressure. re-read your original post. It is difficult to see you have "all hydraulic" assuming you have a loader. Now how about following questions, 1- When did your 3 point stopped working? 2- Do you have a loader? a...

Yup, that was what I wanted to know. I assume no oil was gushing out all the time you were raising and lowering the lift arm? is that correct? if so , I think you are diverting the flow in to diffy housing from spool valve or right at the relied device that sending the oil back to diffy rather...

Mornin Paul, Very busy this am and will be on travel next week. I will have to read carefully to get a mental picture of what's going on. Did you do what i suggested in previous post with pics? What I am trying to ascertain is if you actually have flow in to the lift cylinder head. With that...

Paul, I am still around. Yup, this a bit different. Looked at the pics closely. There are two seems like 1/4'' ?? lines behind the 4 wheel drive selector. Can you identify where they go and what function they serve? why don't you do the following test and report back. I will have two picture...

You can look at the link for reference. 1710 does come with option of live PTO. it does not clearly says it is dual clutch but vaeity but most likely it will be that for vintage of your tractor. The best way to engage mechanical PTO without grinding is to do it on low RPM with transmission in...

I kind of specialize in redneck engineering. I used bailing wire for the two rubber pieces below step plate as it is very malleable and long lasting. Then I secured the step plate from to the round pipe attached to the transmission housing using heavy gauge non-barbed fencing wire. I have had...

Good thing is that the loader works which rules out bad hyd pump. 3 point lift does not have pressure down feature and can only lift and you can lift the arm by hand if nothing is attached to them. I am not particularly familiar with TC-40 but they all have the same conceptual design. You need...

Where you able to charge the battery externally by a charger? is battery okay? what voltage output do you get while the tractor is on?

I use a 5 footer on my 25ish HP ford 1700. Saying that it is the quality of soil, amount of rock and derbies that need to be looked at. I have relatively good soil in my garden plot. First time around, I used a middle buster to bust the ground and then tilled with no issue. With my good...

Something is shorting out to the ground. Visually inspect the wires going to key switch, glow plug and starter to start. It is a process to find the culprit or just might be lucky and see it if it is very obvious. Remove the power to glow plug and try and if the fuse does not burn then you have...

Looking good,great job.(y)

Sorry to hear. Was it lubrication (lack of oil) or overheat (water pump, loss of fluid) related?, did you check the dipstick and radiator before you bought? did it have low oil pressure light? analog temp gauge? it is not an easy thing to estimate without diagnosing the cause and it requires at...

This is nuts, it is "cruelty to machinery", one common denominator is that most of the vids are Eastern European.

Yup, that's what I was afraid of... bleeding the air out all the way to injector. That work is a pain and OP must be careful not to dork injector retaining nuts as they are tight. I wished a long extension would have worked well.

anytime i can, I add a piece of string to the cap and tie off to something with enough slack to avoid same issue you had. I do exactly the same thing with my dip sticks as I laid the dip stick on the tire to check something while checking the oil level and wouldn't you, just plumbed forgot where...

I have done the work of removing the starter several times but not particularly on your rig. On my 1700 the bolts are readily available. Before any work I would make sure the battery ground is off to remove any chance of sparking and frying any circuit. Is the final bolt behind the body of...

Gas is a lot more combustible liquid than diesel. Gas can flash with spark but diesel is not unless the liquid temp is close to their flash point.The flash point of gas is about -50 F and diesel is about 150 F. Spark starts the combustion in a gas engine but in diesel heat of compression ignites...

Success at last, way to go.(y)

Ice will float on water or diesel. Best is for mixture to go above freezing point and you just siphon off the fuel just shy of few inches above bottom of your container. let's not over think it too much. Just dump it in to a container for now and get your rig up and running. Again, you will be...

Problem is separation of ice particles and fuel. The simplest thing is to dump the entire tank in a suitable container and use is as fire starter when you need. Starting a diesel with water in the fuel and in cold is just too frustrating and there is chance you would damage retaining nuts on...

You can use the same suction contraption, lower the garden hose to the bottom of 5 gall bucket and let it suck up about a gallon that will have water in it and then you can reuse the rest of the diesel @ about $5 a gallon. By the way hold on to the dirty diesel as you can always use it later on...

If I got a dime for every dumb move I made, then I'd be a millionaire and would not be here talking to you gents, he he.😁

Noting to beat yourself over, we all have a thing or two out of being in rush or being occupied in our life issues. What I would not do is crank the engine. Most likely the water has not gotten in to you filter/water separator. I would take the rubber hose from the tank fuel pet cock off with...

In general, you have forward and reverse in manual shift transmission. Mainly on older vintages gears are not synchronized meaning you have to come to full stop clutch and change. There is no mechanical synchronizers to avoid grinding meshing gears. Some might say they can feel the engine rpm...

I have a ton of info on Ford forum if you would like to research it further. 3 to 4k is good price specially nowadays. JC

Ford 1700 is one heck of a tractor, perfect in tight spaces. It is my to go tractor except when I need loader work and picking up very heavy stuff. Easy to maintain. Mine was one owner and well kept. I have it for 20 years now and it is the best $3200 I ever spent. I made the boom out of some...

Certainly on cold block as there is more danger of damaging the fitting with hot block specially if fitting is too tight or stubborn. I have used W-D4 on fitting with success. Sometimes I take a heat gun and heat the joint some, not too hot and then use WD-4 and it appears to penetrate the stuck...

Ditto on Fram, although I did use it myself for some years when did not know better. Wix is a great choice and O-Riley carry them along with their re-badged Wix with store brand. They are very good.

I would just drain radiator by it's fitting in to a 5 Gall clean bucket to get the water level below the leaking fitting. I will then remove the fitting, use wire brush on a dremmel tool and clean the fitting and threads. I will then add a litle bit of teflon tap or paste and put the fitting...

My 1979 Ford 1700 still has OEM water pump. Pump belt should be tight enough to avoid slippage but not too tight of a belt puts stress on seals, shaft , bushing bearing and cause premature wear. I know the whole pump can be bought from Fleabay under $100 for my rig. Do a search and you will find...

You are right and not questioning it at all. I am just talking in the area of " good enough for government work". The fact is the bending has happened for whatever reason. One can buy or try to repair. Repair as I suggested is probably better than good enough or you buy a band new one $$$$.

Heating and allow it to slowly cool would bring the toughness back and make it less brittle after water or oil quench. Welding on a 3/8" steel plate as a splint cam also help to the final product.

You are not wrong. Heat and quench plus temper would bring most of it back along with the suggestion of welding up splints would be even better than original. It won't be real pretty but that would be the last concern in my book.

I hate to heat it as well, but it is going to be tough to straighten unless you have a very heavy duty press. I brought up heat treatment so one could get it as close to original metal condition along with welding up splint.

Sorry for what happened to your rig. Glad you are ok. If it were my rig, then I would try to repair to some working condition. I would heat it up red and straighten it up in a hydraulic press. Obviously, you would loose the temper and the metal becomes more malleable and soft doing so. I would...

Part #19 is the seal, SBA050309012. You can refer to the attached PDF for all Lift cover components.

Could not disagree. I think you might see a difference hopefully after oil and filter change.

I will go with oil viscosity as other gents mentioned. if you live in a very Cold area then an insertion type oil sump heater may not be a bad idea.

You will always have condensation that collect in the diffy that serves as the hyd oil reservoir. The diffy is atmospherically vented by the vent hole and a cap right behind the seat. I think you have some of the condensation and oil mixture turn to ice with this severe cold. I had to pull...

Before spending any money, identify all the sender wires and make sure the all the crimmped connection are free or rust or lose. My go to tool here is a dremmel tool and small brass wire brush. I would make sure all the contact surfaces are clean, nice and shiny before I put them together.

Pictures will tell a much better story and collectively we can rig up some hillbilly working solution. Have no doubt:cool:

Pto has a wet brake. It is the same as my MX4700. it is normal as mine turns 180 till it stops. In contrast , on my Ford 1700 that has no PTO brake I can turn it either CW or CCW and it keeps on turning.

Yes sir, he was a good man and helped anyone he could. Thank you for your word of sympathy. It is appreciated.

if you get a carpet square, then you can cup off enough 2x2 square or what you need to make a set of Neoprene(rubber) vibration idolator. Can drill a hole in the middle to be bolted or tied off.

one other thing, if the solenoid was upstream of the filter, during switched shut down it would block the flow but any fuel in the filter bowl would continue to flow some due to fuel pump suction (positive displacement gear type pump) so engine would not die right away and that is a safety issue...

Correct , with the exception that solenoid is not a regulating valve. It has two positions, on/off or flow and no flow. Now , let say you have no issue with the power but the plunger on the solenoid is sticking partially then it may act squirrely and either close partially or not to open fully...

yes. That is basically bypassing the switch and getting voltage directly from the battery. That will keep the solenoid open hence allowing the fuel to flow unrestricted.

yes that is correct. The body of the solenoid is negative or is grounded to the metal . The insulated terminal is positive. You can juice it up directly from battery. If you had a small 12 volt battery for a 4 wheeler you could have used it to engage the solenoid just for the test. if I were to...

Just have to keep at it, eventually you will crack the code. Fooling the solenoid to keep it open can be effective to eliminate intermittent electrical signal.

Now try to get wire directly from the battery to solenoid, remove the old connector to solenoid. This is basically bypassing the solenoid and manually keep it open. obviously you cannot kill the tractor by switch but can verify it is the circuit interruption rather than the solenoid.

I would myself buy a good quality jumper cable and fab up exactly what I would need. $265 is highway rubbery!

Look at the attached PDF. see which battery cable you would need. SBA 322357

Nice, OK. I get it now. 1700 is a bit newer and improved design I suppose. Thanks.

Below is How Jones6780 made a witness mark before removing the injector pump, I am taking the liberty and post his picture here. Jones please correct if I am wrong. I never needed to do any work on my injector pump but did put a witness mark with a dremel tool to mark pump location in regards...

We have been all over the place with this for all the right reasons. I still think it is fuel related .... but what triggers the fuel stoppage? I have a parasitic draw on my old van's harness somewhere. I checked inside the dash and everything possible but yet to find it. On top of that it is...

They are really well built machines and a bit of TLC and they keep on going.

Yes It does.

Just a typical one on my 1700. It combines all over flow from each injector and theb to the tank.

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