New to me 67' ford 4000 questions

ovrszd · Oct 20, 2015

johnwllms309 said:
I agree a gauge would be better, but I am not sure there is a good place to install one I looked at it this weekend. Also I do a lot by feel sight, sound, smell, being new to tractors & it being about 6 years older than me with no history has me a bit nervous. So I am just taking it slow do the maintenance stuff first then start fixing then polishing/ painting it up. I should have changed the fluids & filters before anything else, so they are on order and maybe I'll have time to accomplish that & rewire everything this weekend if I don't have to work.

I bought it from a guys son-in law off of craigslist , has a new stinger pump for the loader, and either has a new clutch or PTO ( son-in law said clutch, father-in law said PTO, clutch works, PTO doesn't exactly go figure).

Also want to say thanks to everyone there is an absolute ton of information on this sight.

Thanks
John

I know how you feel. Last Fall I bought a Ford 3910. Didn't really notice the heat gauge much until the first time I had it on the Brushcutter this Summer. It wouldn't go in the red, but within a needle width. I worried about it for several hours, then relied on my senses and haven't paid much attention to it since.

Maybe the Ford guys can chime in on the PTO issue. My 3910 has independent PTO. So it's engaged/disengaged by a wet clutch in the rear housing. I can't see any way that putting a clutch in the tractor could affect the PTO.

But your 4000 might be old enough that it has a two stage clutch. Push the peddle to the floorboard to stop the tractor and the PTO. Push it halfway down to stop the tractor but allow the PTO to continue. If yours is like that, they could have put a clutch in it and not got it right so now the PTO doesn't work??

zombie · Oct 20, 2015

Mine is no beauty queen, plus the wife likes running it, so a bracket off the side will be fine on this one. I can tell her a temp to keep it under without worry. I'd like temp gauges on every gearbox as well and oil pressure gauge. But where do you draw the line?

johnwllms309 · Oct 23, 2015

I don't plan on parades, but some fresh paint eventually would be nice of course I am having a lot of fun without paint. Also apparently the wife likes watching me riding around the property on it that's a major plus

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Changed the blown out oil filter gasket & filter, changed engine oil, cleaned out the oil bath air filter plus new oil.

Had to replaced the battery, old one was leaking from damage due to formerly burnt wires. Since I don't currently have any implements I ran it in High, low, pushed over a sizable pile of wood debris checked the temps all over with a infrared thermometer. Factory gauge right on the red line when I took the readings so apparently the factory gauge is not accurate currently.
140-170ish oil pan
140-196 head block
340 ish exhaust right at center of exhaust manifold
on to other things when some money comes back around, lots o leaks

Didn't change hydraulics thanks to battery cost, but checked trans & differential. Differential is really foamy after just a few minutes moving to a flat spot to check is this normal?