Fordson Tractor

[ferrari99]

I am looking at a Fordson power major tractor, well actually there is two both not currently running. One is good except for the injector pump and the other one has a crook crankshaft and is in pieces. How easy is it to replace the injector pump? Are they a good tractor? What would be a decent price to pay for them?

 

[MitchellB]

Fuel Injection pump might be the easiest and cheapest of the two to fix, but whenever buying something that does not run, you often are at the mercy of the honesty of the seller as to what else is wrong, sometimes even when it is running. Injection pump rebuild around here for my '58 Ford 861D I'm told can run about $5-700. I'm not real familiar with the Fordsons though or your local pricing. About $2k is the most I'd want to pay for one that (claims it only needs a fuel injector pump) does not run and gamble another $1k to get it working. Unless you could get it for little over scrape metal price, you may end up paying less in the long run for a tractor that is already running and being used that does not need any (unknown) repairs. good luck.

 

[ESBkevin]

One has to ask oneself why the current owner hasn't attempted the swap/repair themselves. Often these jobs are only suitable for a qualified mechanic with spare time for a project, the fact that you need to ask would suggest to me this is not a project for you (or me). That said many of these venerable of Fordsons work on today and this may be capable of that, it's just an unknown.

 

[ferrari99]

He claims the one that needs an injector pump was running 6 months ago. And he said it was overfueling and then starving so that's why he went after the injector pump. I guess it is kind of hard because if it is only the injector pump and i can swap it then it could be a bargain ($1800 neg), but it could be a can of worms. I am happy for it to be a project as long as it's not going to be a money pit.

 

[MitchellB]

He claims the one that needs an injector pump was running 6 months ago. And he said it was overfueling and then starving so that's why he went after the injector pump. I guess it is kind of hard because if it is only the injector pump and i can swap it then it could be a bargain ($1800 neg), but it could be a can of worms. I am happy for it to be a project as long as it's not going to be a money pit.

Often, if you can do the work yourself you can come out smelling like a rose, but if you have to pay for someone else's labor, repairs can get pricey then. I have heard that injector pump rebuilds are complicated and not the sort of thing most mechanics want to tackle for the first time without experienced advice. Good luck and let us know what you decide.

 

[Opti-Mist]

True on pump rebuilding especially if it an in-line pump such as Simms as they have more parts than you can shake a stick at.

 

[ferrari99]

After thinking about it a bit more I am kind of steering away from it, because as some have you have already said it may be cheaper to buy a running tractor and because these are not running and I don't have another tractor or anything to unload them it may not be such a good idea. Thanks for your input.