Ford 1520

[mcgyve]

Just bought a 1989 Ford 1520 with 7108 loader, looking forward to learning what I can from being a part of this community. (I've already picked up some good info prior to joining) Thanx

 

[Muhammad]

Welcome to TBN.

 

[Marveltone]

Welcome aboard! Those older Fords were (and still are) great little tractors.

Joe

 

[mcgyve]

Thumb grapple, gotta look into that, thanx for your encouraging words, hoping to have some fun with the old girl. Gonna do all the filters and fluids on it soon, oil and fuel right away

 

[Turbys_1700]

I have owned the bigger brother to your tractor, a 1720, for five years now...
Bought it used with 245 one owner hours...
I now have 550 hours on the tractor...
Mine has been stone cold reliable...
I service it every year and that's about it...
You will be very pleased with your purchase...

 

[brewdog]

I had a 1520 for 15 years and they are a fantastic machine! Congrats on the new machine, you will love it.

 

[sixdogs]

Congrats on a fine tractor. They are very durable, depenable and fuel efficient.
Read the owner's manual about adding oil to the injector pump when you change the oil.

 

[mcgyve]

OK, I didn't catch that, I did get original operators manual with it. I'll look into that. Thank you

 

[mcgyve]

Six Dogs
I didn't find any mention of adding oil to the injection pump when doing an oil and filter change. Perhaps you meant when doing the fuel filter? If not maybe you could explain or point me in a direction that references that. Thanks

 

[sixdogs]

Six Dogs
I didn't find any mention of adding oil to the injection pump when doing an oil and filter change. Perhaps you meant when doing the fuel filter? If not maybe you could explain or point me in a direction that references that. Thanks

In the changing the oil section of my 1310, 1910 and 2110 it stated to remove the screw in the top of the injector pump and add a few ounces of engine oil each time you change the oil.
Maybe it's different on the 20 series and if it isn't in the owner's manual I would not be concerned. Mine was in the book where it explained which oil to use and that kind of thing.

 

[Marveltone]

Thumb grapple, gotta look into that, thanx for your encouraging words, hoping to have some fun with the old girl. Gonna do all the filters and fluids on it soon, oil and fuel right away

The Thumb is incredibly useful, and I can't imagine working without it. It was available in different sizes to accommodate different buckets. The price was also reasonable. There are many other good brands of grapples out there also. Shop around and read the many threads on TBN regarding them.

Good luck!

Joe

 

[mcgyve]

Yes I looked into the grapple looks like it would be very useful. I've got brush, limbs and rocks and misc. to move, I'll have to figure out down the road how to plumb it in, I'm ordering a shop manual soon, I'm used to wrenching on my own junk, been a boat mechanic for forty years and don't trust a lot of people when it comes to working on my stuff. I'm a computer technician and still work on boats especially this time of year so I keep busy

 

[RobertBrown]

I have owned the bigger brother to your tractor, a 1720, for five years now...
Bought it used with 245 one owner hours...
I now have 550 hours on the tractor...
Mine has been stone cold reliable...
I service it every year and that's about it...
You will be very pleased with your purchase...

I own the bigger bigger brother, 1920 and it's been nothing but reliable. I really like this machine. I think you'll like yours to.

 

[fordson51]

hello happy new year. I was wondering if you can give m the overall width and hieght of the tractor with the loader and mower deck. I have the same setup as you and it was givin to me and i need to pick it up. I need to know if it will fit on my trailer. thanks for your time. steve

 

[Briana03]

Welcome to TBN

I moved your thread to the New Holland/Ford Owning & Operating forum.