Ford 5000 power steering issue, veers to the right.

[sandman2234]

Glad to hear that you got it done, at least well enough for you to operate it!
I have a couple of JD2555's and just blew a hose on one of them a couple of weeks ago. It was dead in the water till I changed the hose. I couldn't even get it closer to the shop because where it broke was on a jog in the path and there were obstacles that I didn't want to hit with the loader bucket if I attempted to use the brakes to steer. I was thinking... "there ought to be a better way" and in my case I probably could have used one of my other tractors to walk it out of there, but alas I needed the exercise walking back and forth to get the tools I needed!
David from jax

 

[AntiqueIron]

Glad to hear that you got it done, at least well enough for you to operate it!
I have a couple of JD2555's and just blew a hose on one of them a couple of weeks ago. It was dead in the water till I changed the hose. I couldn't even get it closer to the shop because where it broke was on a jog in the path and there were obstacles that I didn't want to hit with the loader bucket if I attempted to use the brakes to steer. I was thinking... "there ought to be a better way" and in my case I probably could have used one of my other tractors to walk it out of there, but alas I needed the exercise walking back and forth to get the tools I needed!
David from jax

Hydraulic hoses are never a fun fix- they always pick the worst time to go, and they’re never cheap to replace.

Had a 2755 sitting outside the shop at my last job-scoop was an internal hydraulic line burst or wore through so the tractor ran and moved but had no hydraulics, PTO, or steering.

Always wanted to get it fixed- dunno whatever happened to it.


More I think about this old ford, the more tempted I am to make the final necessary adjustment to get the steering perfect. It’s more work, yes. But having it go from “acceptable for my purposes” to actually functioning properly would be nice.

Gotta replace the carburetor at some point (typical Holley problems… Zenith to the rescue!!) so maybe I’ll make a weekend of it.

I’ve gotten to where I can pull the tin and radiator, adjust the valve, and reassemble everything in about 5 hours. Good that I’m quick, but it’s frustrating the reason I’m so quick at it lol.

My truck needs the coolant flushed this weekend and a tire rotation, so maybe next weekend I’ll fix the steering back to perfect.