New to me Ford 1210 - Issues/Advice

arto98607 · Jun 9, 2019

Wow, looks like you did one heck of a nice job in restoring it :thumbsup:

I have a set of new hood decals on hand but been postponing hood repainting because we are using the tractor...

I sure hope the bell-housing corrosion is not as bad as you think it is - usually cast iron does not corrode too bad, but with rodents inside (urine etc.?) you never know until opening it up.

Sooner you get it under control the better.

Asymair95 · Jun 9, 2019

My fear is the input shafts won’t come apart. When I took off the lower cover it looks like there are two splined shafts that travel through the area joined by a coupling. But, they’re awful corroded and I’m afraid fused at this point. As you know, parts are almost impossible to find at this point, except for salvage yards and such.

arto98607 · Jun 9, 2019

Asymair95 said:
My fear is the input shafts won’t come apart. When I took off the lower cover it looks like there are two splined shafts that travel through the area joined by a coupling. But, they’re awful corroded and I’m afraid fused at this point. As you know, parts are almost impossible to find at this point, except for salvage yards and such.

I did not have any problems getting 1310 parts the last time, but it's been awhile...
Your's looks like it may have a hydro transmission so it's quite different if that is the case. (Mine has a 12 forward, 4 reverse manual synchro)

Btown · Jun 10, 2019

Hysyde said:
I should note that while it still needs the glow plugs for a cold start, even on the warmest day, it never failed or hesitated to start all winter when parked in an unheated shed. Even at -25C.

I try to avoid relying on just glow plugs and use the block heater, but there were a few times I was short on time.

My Ford 1700 was the same way, always needed the glow plugs. My 1920 does not need them till about 30F.

arto98607 · Jun 10, 2019

Same with my 1310 during the last 23 years.

Glow plugs always required at least for the first start even on a warm day and had no trouble at all starting few years ago in the coldest weather (8F).

Yes, I know 8F is not cold, but that's the coldest we've had here!