Ford 2600 Trainer

[strum456]

Has anyone ever come across a rear axle / transmission / engine on a heavy stand with steel wheels possibly to be used to train technicians at a dealership?

 

[FOMOCO Farmer]

A 5000 showed up at a local auction yard years ago. My friend bought it. He had to find all the sheet metal, rims, and tires. I think he still has the tractor.

 

[Keith Williams]

Has anyone ever come across a rear axle / transmission / engine on a heavy stand with steel wheels possibly to be used to train technicians at a dealership?

Also used at schools that had ag or tractor mechanic classes. Jerry (Ultradog) has one. He has done a great job of making a useful machine of it.
Bern is not a fan (my evaluation), he warns that many inexperienced people messing with a complicated piece of equipment lead to things getting all screwed up (again my read of his past comments). I definitely see his point of view!
Both of them are GREAT contributors to this forum!
Did you find one?
Keith

 

[strum456]

Thanks for the replies. From what I can tell, it has not been wrenched on. It looks like it came right off the line and sat in storage for 47 years.

What I would like to do is preserve and document the existing piece, but complete it using a donor tractor. I'd blast and base / clear all of the added parts, making the transition of restored vs original very apparent. I am actually considering painting the replacement parts purple (my daughter always wanted a purple tractor). This way I could show it and tell the story while preserving the original.

Now, if someone is going to tell me that this is an exceptionally rare item worth tons of $$$, then maybe I would need to reconsider. It's only going to be original once...

 

[Bern]

Also used at schools that had ag or tractor mechanic classes. Jerry (Ultradog) has one. He has done a great job of making a useful machine of it.
Bern is not a fan (my evaluation), he warns that many inexperienced people messing with a complicated piece of equipment lead to things getting all screwed up (again my read of his past comments). I definitely see his point of view!
Both of them are GREAT contributors to this forum!
Did you find one?
Keith

You're right Keith, that was and still is my point of view with regards to student training aids. As a diesel mechanics instructor for over 25 years now, I've seen students that could break an anvil with a rubber hammer! You never know what you're going to get with regards to former training aids. If it sat in a corner and collected dust for decades, it might be just fine. If it has been disassembled and reassembled multiple times, there's no way I'd put oil in it and run it. At the very least it's going to be missing a few parts, like miscellaneous fasteners, snap rings, detent springs, etc.

 

[Bern]

Thanks for the replies. From what I can tell, it has not been wrenched on. It looks like it came right off the line and sat in storage for 47 years.

What I would like to do is preserve and document the existing piece, but complete it using a donor tractor. I'd blast and base / clear all of the added parts, making the transition of restored vs original very apparent. I am actually considering painting the replacement parts purple (my daughter always wanted a purple tractor). This way I could show it and tell the story while preserving the original.

Now, if someone is going to tell me that this is an exceptionally rare item worth tons of $$$, then maybe I would need to reconsider. It's only going to be original once...

Post some pics of this museum piece if you can.

 

[shaun wallace]

I have seen 2 of them, Vo Tech school had a 3000 diesel one , it got the fuel system worked over quite a bit. A school system had 4000 gas that set in corner of Ag shop, think I seen later in tractor salvage yard. This was in 71-73 era.

 

[Sean in PA]

Some of them were donated to schools that never worked on them at all. They just sat until they were auctioned off years later.Sounds like what the OP might have found.

 

[Destroked 450]

I’ve seen a few of the school chassis, my nephew has one. If the paint is scuffed on any of the bolts or it appears to have been repainted I’d disassemble it to check everything. Even if you have to replace all the gaskets/seals and any missing or damaged components there is still a lot of zero wear parts there to build from

 

[SkipperII]

Also used at schools that had ag or tractor mechanic classes. Jerry (Ultradog) has one. He has done a great job of making a useful machine of it.
Bern is not a fan (my evaluation), he warns that many inexperienced people messing with a complicated piece of equipment lead to things getting all screwed up (again my read of his past comments). I definitely see his point of view!
Both of them are GREAT contributors to this forum!
Did you find one?
Keith

I have to agree with Bern. I graduated from the program,((long befroe Bern) that Bern now instructs; Many of the training prop transmissions, were missing shims, needle bearings, etc. It did teach us to use our reference materials though. I got to graduate early, when the instructor challenged me to get a big old Budha diesel, that the Navy had donated, running. Took me about an hour to prime it, bleed it, and have it running. I needed to get to my job.

 

[Ultradog MN]

Has anyone ever come across a rear axle / transmission / engine on a heavy stand with steel wheels possibly to be used to train technicians at a dealership?

Do a search here for "school tractor"
There has been lots of posts - and arguments about them here. As suggested above, closely inspect the paint on all the bolts on main chassis - engine, transmission, rear end.
It was painted AFTER it was assembled. So you can not take anything apart without breaking the paint on the bolts.
THE PAINT DOES NOT LIE.
I have had at least a half a dozen of them 3000, 3600, 4000s.
You'll need a doner tractor to get all the front axle, steering, lift arms, sheet metal parts, wheels and tires, etc.
I am running one now a 1973 4000.
Have had more problems with this one than all the others combined - because of many students who took it apart. But I have it sorted out now and it is my primary work tractor.
It is a great machine!

 

[strum456]

It was a good thing that I pulled the head off. There was a little rust starting in #1.