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Today I checked the valve clearances and ran the engine with some Seafoam in both fuel and oil. Got a bit of white smoke out, not much. The engine is back to good smooth running. Checked the clearances again and they were all stable, so it seems the problem was just specific to the number 4...

Very good. Thanks for the help. I will try these and report back. It is soon time to get out and about with the tractor again, so I am glad of an easy solution.

OK. thanks for that. I went through and checked the clearances. Some were a bit loose, but the one on number 4 intake was rather too tight, as in no clearance. That would perhaps also correlate with being sticky as well. So they are all adjusted and working as far as appearances go. I will do...

My 850 started running very poorly. I found no compression in cylinder 4. Taking off the valve cover, I noticed that the intake valve pushrod end was not properly seated on the rocker arm, and was hung up just pushing on the outer edge of the depression. The valve still went up and down as I...

The old Ford 850 is now running with the Gyramor. The mower had never had anything but abuse in its life, so it took some fiddling, but now it's smooth and quiet. The tractor has been running very well for the small jobs in cool air that I have been doing. I also mowed the field earlier this...

It stopped raining finally, so I was able to test things out a bit. I moved around some wood, and was happy not to be lifting them into the back of the truck, but just rolling them into the bucket. One problem I had was that there was intermittent venting going on from the cooling system...

These are SA for the loader arms, and DA for the bucket curl. No place for a strainer that I can see on this one. Now just left with converting to 12V, and I can test things out a bit. Thanks for all the help! As can be seen, I did not stick to tradition with the paint job, just wanted to use...

Not being familiar with oil seals, I am not coming across anything in my searches that has this particular shape. Maybe someone more experienced has some cross reference ideas. No numbers or any marks on the seal. Shaft is 1.75", Lip O.D. is 2.375", tapers to 2.25", height is just shy of .375"...

Here is a photo of the seals from the Superior lift cylinder ends, mentioned in the above posts. I have taken the snap ring out. There is one rubber type oil seal, and a stack of 4 fiber (?) washers below it. Does anyone have a good technique to remove that oil seal? No access from the other...

Here is a shot of my new project. It came with an old JD 127 mower deck, a 3ph road grader blade, and a 3ph log boom, all serviceable. I paid $2500 for the lot, which is about as good as I have found in this area. I didn't have to pay for trucking something else from farther away. I will be...

I am looking at a neighbor's Ford 850 to potentially purchase. I was driving it today, and it seems that the gear shift is not working like I would expect. I find that there are only gears selected at the extreme left and right positions in both the up and down rows. The middle positions do...