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    Pulled an old Ford out of bushes and found out why it was there

    "There should be marks on the flywheel and in the injector pump that need to be in the right places. The manual will tell you about this" This is what the F0-43 IT Manual shows I did not check the return line from the injectors, will check that. Now after reading some, should the mist from...
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    Pulled an old Ford out of bushes and found out why it was there

    Alright, I appreciate the advice and ideas, so I drained the oil and took the pan off, but did not find any metal, not even a speck, so I opened up the old filter and no metal specks were found. So that's a good sign. So I put it back on and filled it with Rotella and a new filter. I had a...
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    Pulled an old Ford out of bushes and found out why it was there

    On a job and seen this Ford 2910 in the bushes and ended up trading some work for it. I've finally gotten around to working on it and after replacing 2 bent push rods, fuel pump and starter. I checked and found one injector not squirting, so took it out and got it working again so all 3 are...
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    Are these Injection Pumps close enough to use ?

    I pulled a Ford 2910 out of the weeds last year after trading for it. It would turn over fine but no fire. So after replacing 2 bent push rods and filling the gas and oil tank, the fuel pump only drips fuel after almost burning up the starter. So I opened up the pump and after checking with a...
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    Need some hay, preferably near Mid-Tenn

    Not much rain here either, haven't mowed in a couple weeks now. I'm wondering if someone here knows where to find horse hay (orchard mix) near this area? Really would like to have 50-100 round bales by winter if possible, thought I'd better start gathering now. I can come and pick it up if it's...
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    Replacing FEL hydraulic fluid/filter on 3500

    I've owned this 3500 for about 9 months, and I'm sure the previous owner did some of the maintenance, but he didn't use it that much, and I haven't either, bushhogged 10 acres of flat land and moved dirt and hay bales for a couple days, it's mainly sit in the barn all winter. In another forum...
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    Need info on my Ford 3400 project

    Ok, been lurking around since my last post on my tractor aqusition<sp>. Since it's cooled off some here, I've had more time to go through the beast. After repairing one leak in the power steering cylinder, seems I've got another one, on the control valve end, man, seals for these cylinders at...
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    Help id this tractor please?

    Hello, I just bought this from a neighbor that moved to the city. He'd owned it abut 10 years, and only used the bush hog and rake for manure spreading, now I have it and have learned a lot through this forum, especially all the neat things I can do now and all the neat things I'd like to have...
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