Looking for an older Ford Diesel Tractor

greggh · Apr 14, 2009

Soundguy said:
I personally would do the bearings if there is any play in them.. if no play.. just repack and reseal.

Pto seal is easy.

park tractor nose down, pull the 4 bolts holding the pto flange in.. pull the pto shaft and flange/bearing carrier. ( you will need the gasket between the flange and the center housing as well as the seal. ).

there will be snaprings on the backside.. pop them out and then tap the pto shaft down on a piece of wood laying on the ground.. the bearing carrier will drop off and then you can access the seal.. if the shaft is worn where the seal rides.. use a repair sleave.

an I&T FO-4 manual is greatly reccomended for these repairs.

Pics are kinda low res.. but i can tell it is a front mount unit, and likely has the old style steering box.

the old boxes have round sector covers.. you pull the bolts and rotate the covers around to try to tighten up sector backlash.. ( holes are eccentric with the bushings.. thus rotating the covers moves the sectors. ). If the steering shaft screws in or unscrews out of the column as you turn it, then the upper ( maybee lower too ) thrust bearing is gone and you need to pop the top.. The older boxes are not as easy to rebuild.. but can be done... again.. fo-4 manual gives step by step instructions for adjustment.. etc.

also.. make sure ther eis no play in other steering members.. like draglinks at the sector arms, tie rod ends, and spindle bushings.

also.. before tht beauty catches on fire and burns up.. how about getting that rubber fuel hose away from the manifold.. I've seen them burn....

that unit came with a metal line.. either replace correctly.. or route rubber AWAY from the hot manifold.

soundguy

Great advice.

Clelle · Apr 14, 2009

Thanks for the post Soundguy, and I will order that book this week most likely. Sorry about the low res pics they were taken from my phone. I will see if I can get my brothers camera to get some more detailed photos up.

Soundguy · Apr 14, 2009

No real problem with the pics.. i saw what i needed to determine type of teering box and location of dizzy.

soundguy

Clelle · Apr 15, 2009

Well per some advise from Soundguy on a diff post about 8N's I decided to take a look at the oil bath air filter. So i pop off the bottom and the oil is purple, so for some reason the guy who had it before was most likely using Royal Purple but I do not see why you would want to run a full synthetic in a filter like this that was never meant to see anything like that. So i disposed of that and put in straight 30w Valvoline. After that I looked up to see the condition of the mesh... needless to say it was an oily muddy mess. So I removed the unit from the tractor and took it apart. I have never seen so much MUD in my life. I am suprised this thing still ran, I kid you not I removed a good few pounds of mud out of this unit. I thought it would take a few minutes to clean but it took a good hour and a half plus a good amount of diesel. In the end I got it put back togather and on the tractor and it runs even better now. I just can't get over how dirty this unit was.....though I guess that means it was working