Hi all.
I bought an industrial loader/backhoe from a local meat packer last week that was advertised and sold as a 1980s Ford 755 for $4500. It didn't take me long to figure out with a 3 cylinder diesel it's not a 755. It took me days to understand where people were saying the ID numbers are, but I found them yesterday, and I'm attaching a photo. Having a hard time deciphering just what the numbers mean. If it's a 4500, what year was it made? The model number seems to indicate it's a gas model, though it has the diesel engine in it.
The tractor ran pretty good when I tested it in their field, although it backfired constantly when opened up, there's hardly a neutral position on the power reverse shifter, so hard to get in and out of neutral and shift gears, and there's some leakage in a couple hydraulic cylinders. I drove it home about 14 miles, and right off the RPMs were going up and down quite a ways running about 2/3 throttle. The temperature was getting toward the top of the meter, around 200, so I shut it down a couple times to cool down, although I see now the temp meter shows 160 when it's cold, so a new meter is in order. I got about 3 miles from home and stopped for a minute, but when I restarted at idle throttle in gear to avoid gear grinding it wouldn't move. I observed liquid bubbling up from the boot of the shift lever. I had to leave it set til the next morning and it moved fine then. After getting it home and playing a little, it seems to be slipping terribly in reverse, can't get it to move at all in reverse without increasing RPMs significantly. I took off the trans fluid cap and the fluid is milky and was at the bottom of the gear. I put universal hyd/trans fluid in to cover the gear. I don't see a level window or dipstick. There's a lot of play in the forward/reverse lever, which I haven't looked at yet.
The hydraulic fluid in the front reservoir was low, too, and I brought it up to level. That seems to be clear, but the loader stutters from 2/3 up to the top. I'm changing oil and putting anti-stiction additive in to clean it out.
What do you think? It's obviously an older tractor than I thought I was buying. Should I go return it to them? Looking at available loaders and backhoes it seems I may not get a comparable running unit of any kind at this price. I don't need any more power than this will supply. It's actually above the range I was looking for.
I bought an industrial loader/backhoe from a local meat packer last week that was advertised and sold as a 1980s Ford 755 for $4500. It didn't take me long to figure out with a 3 cylinder diesel it's not a 755. It took me days to understand where people were saying the ID numbers are, but I found them yesterday, and I'm attaching a photo. Having a hard time deciphering just what the numbers mean. If it's a 4500, what year was it made? The model number seems to indicate it's a gas model, though it has the diesel engine in it.
The tractor ran pretty good when I tested it in their field, although it backfired constantly when opened up, there's hardly a neutral position on the power reverse shifter, so hard to get in and out of neutral and shift gears, and there's some leakage in a couple hydraulic cylinders. I drove it home about 14 miles, and right off the RPMs were going up and down quite a ways running about 2/3 throttle. The temperature was getting toward the top of the meter, around 200, so I shut it down a couple times to cool down, although I see now the temp meter shows 160 when it's cold, so a new meter is in order. I got about 3 miles from home and stopped for a minute, but when I restarted at idle throttle in gear to avoid gear grinding it wouldn't move. I observed liquid bubbling up from the boot of the shift lever. I had to leave it set til the next morning and it moved fine then. After getting it home and playing a little, it seems to be slipping terribly in reverse, can't get it to move at all in reverse without increasing RPMs significantly. I took off the trans fluid cap and the fluid is milky and was at the bottom of the gear. I put universal hyd/trans fluid in to cover the gear. I don't see a level window or dipstick. There's a lot of play in the forward/reverse lever, which I haven't looked at yet.
The hydraulic fluid in the front reservoir was low, too, and I brought it up to level. That seems to be clear, but the loader stutters from 2/3 up to the top. I'm changing oil and putting anti-stiction additive in to clean it out.
What do you think? It's obviously an older tractor than I thought I was buying. Should I go return it to them? Looking at available loaders and backhoes it seems I may not get a comparable running unit of any kind at this price. I don't need any more power than this will supply. It's actually above the range I was looking for.
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