Pricing a 1968 Ford 5000 with loader

[bnew17]

Heres the situation on this tractor im looking at.

An older man, in his early 80's has a Ford 5000 with a front end loader on it. The tractor has 2100 hours on it. 8 Speed diesel with power steer. Ind PTO. The tractor has been parked and out of use for almost 2 years now. One day the man used the tractor , parked it,,,and 2 weeks later went out to use it and couldnt get it to crank. He Said some of the "fluids" were leaking and mixing together. The tractor will need to be worked on to get running again as it does not crank now but owner says the hydraulics work great, everything works great except what he mentioned about the leaking and the tractor not cranking. The tractors tranny was replaced 6 months before this. Also the back tires are Brand new and he has included a heavy framed disc harrow as a nice gesture with the purchase of the tractor. Not sure on the size of the harrow but there are 10 disc on the back and 8 on the front. Harrow has some surface rust that would need to be taken off and some of the disc would most likely need to be replaced. From reading this what would be a good price for this tractor and harrow combo!

 

[sweettractors]

Buying a dead tractor with oil in the water or water in the oil is risky. Shoot him a little above salvage value. $2500 3000 maybe for everything and hope it is a blowed head gasket and not a cracked block? Ken Sweet

 

[Soundguy]

I agree.. which fluids were leaking.. makes a big difference? if oil in water or water in oil.. might be an expensive lump of cast iron to deal with.

trans, hyds and diffy intermixing?

soundguy

 

[bnew17]

The man selling the tractor is very old and kinda forgetful but he said he's pretty sure it was hydraulic fluid in the oil.

Keep in mind with quotes to factor in the 8ft heavy duty disc harrow

 

[Soundguy]

hmm.. hyd fluid in the crankcase oil on a 5000... what kind ( if any? ) power steering setup does it have?

soundguy

 

[bnew17]

I know for sure it has power steer

 

[whodat526]

could just be the front seal in the power steering pump which is very common and would need to be fixed before using the tractor i would say its worth atleast 5000 which is about 1500 over salvage

 

[Soundguy]

could just be the front seal in the power steering pump which is very common and would need to be fixed before using the tractor i would say its worth atleast 5000 which is about 1500 over salvage

that pump might have to be replaced if the housing is cut.

soundguy

 

[doall]

I think you can find a pretty good running 5000 for $5000.

 

[Soundguy]

ditto that. working 5000 for 5g's is about right. bout' what I paid for mine.. twas ugly.. but started and ran ok and everything worked...

soundguy

 

[bnew17]

i got this 5000 with a loader and a 8ft heavy duty harrow for $1400.

 

[bnew17]

alrights guys, Update on the tractor. Was going to see what yal thought. My tractor guy started looking at the tractor the other day. Put some fresh oil in there and hooked up a new battery and bam, fired right up. He noticed there was lots of leaks in the fuel line , and he only ran the tractor for a few seconds. So at this point we were feeling really good :thumbsup: I then heard from him the next day and he said he looked at it again, and noticed a big problem. The engine block is cracked and what the old man told me was hydraulic fluid mixing with the oil is actually water I know i can get what i paid for out of the tractor if i sell it, with the harrow included. I just dont think i want to invest the money to repair this problem. What do yal think? Its got a new tranny, loader works fine, New tires on the back. So far the 1400 i paid for it is all the money i have invested in this piece.

 

[sweettractors]

alrights guys, Update on the tractor. Was going to see what yal thought. My tractor guy started looking at the tractor the other day. Put some fresh oil in there and hooked up a new battery and bam, fired right up. He noticed there was lots of leaks in the fuel line , and he only ran the tractor for a few seconds. So at this point we were feeling really good :thumbsup: I then heard from him the next day and he said he looked at it again, and noticed a big problem. The engine block is cracked and what the old man told me was hydraulic fluid mixing with the oil is actually water I know i can get what i paid for out of the tractor if i sell it, with the harrow included. I just dont think i want to invest the money to repair this problem. What do yal think? Its got a new tranny, loader works fine, New tires on the back. So far the 1400 i paid for it is all the money i have invested in this piece.

In our state, it is against the law to sell a tractor with a cracked block. Ken SWeet

 

[Soundguy]

for the lil you have in it.. you could drop in a 233 or 256.. or a similar engine from a 5600 etc. or get a new block..e tc..


soundguy