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    Starting place

    The 'easy' answer to the cracked block is 'pinning' or 'bolting'. Basically drilling holes in either side of the block and using threaded rod run between the cylinders in the water jacket to hold things steady. There's several threads at this forum about it, use 'advanced search' and do some...
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    ford 2000 3cyl fuel starvation

    My experience is with 4000 series 3 cylinder gas engines, I think the 2000 system is basically the same tho. There's a screen in the fuel tank attached to the valve, there's a screen in the fuel pump which is located behind your generator which you'll want to pull to gain access (your tractor...
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    TO-30 and Ferguson wagon earning their keep...

    Asian pears are pretty straightforward, the biggest key is to get the crop load reduced to an appropriate level. They will happily set way too much fruit and produce huge numbers of tiny fruit.
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    TO-30 and Ferguson wagon earning their keep...

    Hands are broad enough, but fingers short. Gotta play drums rather than guitar.
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    TO-30 and Ferguson wagon earning their keep...

    I propagated the trees and planted this block of pears in 1991. 35 years old. A few trees missing or in decline, but most still pumping out spectacular fruit. The best horticulture for which I have been responsible. And the only good looking fruit crop on the farm this year. The weather has...
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    TO-30 and Ferguson wagon earning their keep...

    Asian pears - Korean Giant variety, AKA 'Olympic'. Most are picked into 10 bushel bins, but I needed a few for sales tomorrow and Saturday. A pleasant day today for fruit harvesting. It's been a rough season to this point.
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    860 Front Radius Rod Pins loose

    sounds like a great place for J-B Weld....
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    1963 4000 Select-O-Speed gasoline tractor won't move.

    The first thing to check is the traction coupler. It disengages the transmission from the rear end to allow for towing and service. It is operated by a lever on the hydraulic compartment side cover. Even if the lever has not been disturbed/operated it is possible for the coupler to become...
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    Jubilee factory installed live PTO works how?

    Is your Ferguson set-up hydraulic like this one (which until now I didn't know existed)? I think Howard or one of the other aftermarket suppliers offered a system that would halt the forward motion of the tractor and leave the PTO spin, but it was like a secondary clutch behind the transmission...
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    Help with early to35 replacing input shaft

    Do be careful with reassembly, the reason I have done this twice is the failure of one of the seals after the first attempt. Dunno - I thought I had done a careful job....
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    Help with early to35 replacing input shaft

    I have done this job twice. But not much memory of pulling the plate/bearing. Mainly the memory of what a PITA the retaining rings were to deal with. You have checked your serial number? Past a certain serial number the shaft has to be removed from the rear necessitating removing the...
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    Ford 3000 Diesel vs Gas

    Like I said, 'condition is everything...'
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    Ford 3000 Diesel vs Gas

    My experience gas vs diesel is that condition is everything in regards to diesel. If compression is good and the injection pump/injectors in good condition, then the engine starts and runs to great satisfaction. The 3000 is something on the order of 50 years old - how are things? When work is...
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    How do i cover this?

    The Sherman shifter enters the bellhousing/clutch housing and does not allow water entry to the transmission. Any moisture entering there should drain out the weep hole with the cotter pin at the bottom of the housing. There was originally a rubber grommet that pretty much seals the shifter to...
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    head light wire placement TO -30

    Here is the original technical drawing of the lighting system of the TO-30 - The stock system had the wire for the front lights run between the starter and the block where it entered a conduit (two pieces of conduit actually) that was run along the oil pan rail, exiting near the hinge of the...
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