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    Interesting things you have, or had in the past on your place

    Dont know if this counts but for a few minuets one winter my grandfather landed a Boeing CH-47 chinook in field behind our barn :) funny thing was no one was home but our neighbors.
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    1959 871 transmission pressure test and band adjustment

    Pomester thank you! truly. That's great never seen a orchard mower befor, real neat looking! I am fixing a 7 foot finish mower for it at the moment old king cutter that was ford emblemed and painted red and white styling on it. Dont know if they made them for Ford or some one just painted it...
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    1959 871 transmission pressure test and band adjustment

    Hi KC sorry for the slow reply. I made that gasket by hand. Was about two hours to make it. If I was to make one again. I would put the SOS control valve body on my computer copy machine/scanner. A normal copy machine is a 1to1 copy ratio. Then use double sided tape to hole punch and use nail...
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    1959 871 transmission pressure test and band adjustment

    Hello everyone, happy to report that the tractor is back up and running as I think it should in all gears. Cleaned the inside of the transmission as best I could with a shop vac, diesel, and borescope. Cleaned 90+% of it. Some spots I just could not get. New filter: I added a transmission magnet...
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    Shop lighting

    Is the location you are talking about part of a business? My friends shop small shop 40 x50. Our local power company came by and had lighting sale/ promotion going on. they sold new high bay selectable100-120w-150w round wet location lights and outer man door building lights. For only one...
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    1959 871 transmission pressure test and band adjustment

    Got some time today to clean and inspect the valve body. happy to report that it cleaned up nice. I did not see anything bad looking in it. ordering gasket material and filter. On hold till then. Valves feel great now with clean holes and some fresh oil. thank you all again Doug
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    1959 871 transmission pressure test and band adjustment

    Got some time in between prying on the control valve to clean the sump area. My plan at the moment after going through the control valve. I going to flush out the trans as much as i can. going to borrow solvent wand from work this weekend and and just spray the insides out. Looks pretty clean...
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    1959 871 transmission pressure test and band adjustment

    I just got it off! :) Spent about one hour gently prying all the areas of the body that I though would not brake anything. The bolts that are removed in the photo are correct. You leave the two in to hold the valve body together. manual does not show to good. Going to take it to work with me...
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    1959 871 transmission pressure test and band adjustment

    Guys can you confirm that I removed the correct bolts to remove the control valve. I have removed my fair share of gasketed assembly's this one is on their! Calling uncle for now on removing that. attached photo. Thank you all again
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    1959 871 transmission pressure test and band adjustment

    thank you all for the info hopefully, i can get to it this weekend and get you a up date
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    1953 NAA

    seen this post hope it helps https://forums.yesterdaystractors.com/threads/naa-hydraulic-no-pressure.675107/
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    1959 871 transmission pressure test and band adjustment

    Hello. Thank you for the reply. Just got home and was testing the movement of the valves. Servo 2 and servo 3 (two left-side valves) are hard to move and don't return back to their home position, like the clutch valves and servo 1 valve do in the control valve. Thank you! Truly believe that is...
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    1959 871 transmission pressure test and band adjustment

    Hello. i own 1959 871-D I have just adjusted my bands and also done a pressure test on all 3 servos. I own the older 801 service manual. followed instructions from the 801 service manual. The internet has the Ford 2000/4000 shop manual. In the 2000/4000 shop manual, they show a chart with the...
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