Ford 1210 tear down and repair

[Utopia Texas]

It is amazing how much abuse many tractors take and still run for many generations....

 

[Asymair95]

Had a devil of a time pulling the steering wheel. Finally got it off though with a bearing puller.



The coolant drained out today. Wasn't much in there, and nothing came out of the block. Guess that means it's blocked, I hope.



Got the seat pulled off. The holes are elongated on the flip bracket. I will weld some washers on the end to tighten things up.

 

[Asymair95]

Had a devil of a time pulling the steering wheel. Finally got it off though with a bearing puller.

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The coolant drained out today. Wasn't much in there, and nothing came out of the block. Guess that means it's blocked, I hope.

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Got the seat pulled off. The holes are elongated on the flip bracket. I will weld some washers on the end to tighten things up.

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[Asymair95]

Adjusted the clutch free play at the pedal. I now have one inch of free play instead of the two I had before. Had to adjust the safety switch too. There is also a max travel stop screw, but I don't know how to adjust that. Didn't see anything in the service manual.



Here is how she sits tonight. Tomorrow I hope to get the fuel tank, and radiator pulled. I have a new radiator and fuel cap on the way. Need to pick up some new fuel line to replace all the dry rotted stuff.

 

[Asymair95]

Moving along on the 1210.

Go the radiator off today. It is more than half plugged with gunk. Might find a local shop to hot tank it.



The muffler came off after some persuasion with penetrating oil and punch and chisel. Looking for some input on good high temp paint. Anyone use anything that actually works? Want to paint the manifold and muffler.



I was able to get the bolts out of the lower inspection plate. It is completely rotted and will need replacement. I found the last one in existence at a dealership in TX. Hope this isn't foreshadowing of what I will find inside the transmission.

 

[Asymair95]

Had a question about draining the diff and transmission. I found three drain plugs, one in the middle, and one on either rear axle. Is there a fourth?

Here is the one in the middle.



Here is the one on the axle.



Just wanted clarification before I start draining fluids.

 

[Asymair95]

Houston we have a problem!

Finally got around to draining all the fluids today. Engine oil was black as coal, hope that is normal for a diesel. The hydro oil was dark brown and had some milky color to it at points. I drained the three plugs I talked about in my last post. Is there anymore I'm missing?

Now to my tragic turn of events with this 1210. I pulled off this cover to see why it was so corroded.



What I found was not pretty...the biggest rodent nest I have ever seen on a piece of machinery!

 

[Asymair95]

ok, I'm having problems posting pics today. Keeps asking me to log in.

 

[Asymair95]

Here is the nesting material.



There is some pretty severe rusting inside the cavity. I was having issues with the hydro foot pedal returning to neutral, guess I figured out the problem.



Also removed the hydro lock cover to check for the little devils under there, nobody home though.



You can see in this pic how they got in. There is a rod that passes into the cavity and they crawled into that hole.



So not sure where to go at this point. Will try and pull as much of the hardware out of there as possible and wire brush it off, just not sure if that will be possible considering the damage.

Will report back with findings.

 

[Asymair95]

Some good news finally...my tires arrived today!



I have everything pulled for the waterpump change. It is pretty loose and appears to have been leaking.





The back side of the pump pulley has some corrosion in there from the leaking.



I finished cleaning out the mouse nest in the hydro linkage bay and lubed all the pivot points. Everything works as it should now, no more sticking and not returning to neutral.

There is a small spring inside that cavity that is attached to the bellcrank, but it is just dangling there and the other end isn't attached to anything. Will have to check out the service manual for some pics to see where it goes. It is number 50 in the parts breakdown diagram.