1975 Ford 5000 Oil Filter

[Nord]

Hi all,

I just bought a Ford 5000 (1975) and would like to do an oil change on it, and want to make sure I have the right filter in mind.

Is the Motorcraft FL-1A the right filter?

Is there anything else I should be checking while I do this? Common issues?

I am slowly going to work my way through and do all the maintenance I can. Check all fluids and change if they look like they need it, clean oil filter, check fuel filter, grease, etc etc. I'll be using it for snow around my place this winter.

 

[Dopp Creek]

If I remember right the NAPA 1452 and 1714 (two different capacities) are the two I have used.

 

[Destroked 450]

FL1A crosses at NAPA 1515 and is a filter commonly used on Ford tractors
NAPA 1452 is same size and filtration but has a thicker shell to resist impact damage
Both are 1 qrt filters
1714 is a 2 qrt filter commonly used on the 7000 model, good filter but sticks out 1 1/2” farther
I use the 1601 filter which is same length was 1452 but larger diameter like the 1714

75 model 5000 will have the CAV rotary pump and the better band brake pto system
CAV pump is low maintenance and much cheaper to repair
When using the pto always idle the engine down before turning the pto off, turning it off at speed will wear out the brake lining and could break the band
When greasing the tractor look under the right side of the front axle bolster, there’s a grease fitting hidden up in the cavity, the fitting is to grease the cross arm bushings and pin, it doesn’t take much wear on the pin and bushings to create a good bit of free play in the steering wheel

 

[Sean in PA]

75 model 5000 will have the CAV rotary pump and the better band brake pto system
CAV pump is low maintenance and much cheaper to repair

I don't see where he mentioned that it is a diesel, but good information if it is.

 

[Nord]

Thanks @Dopp Creek. Closer inspection of the filter shows it is a 1452, was just very hard to read.

@Destroked 450 awesome information thank you. This tractor has a LOT of play in the steering so maybe previous owners did not know about this. It is something I want to fix as driving it down the road is pretty sketchy as is. It has almost a 1/2 turn of freeplay in it right now.

@Sean in PA my bad, it is a diesel.

 

[Destroked 450]

I recently purchased a 6600 that had over half turn of play, outer tie rods were loose but didn’t help remove much free play
So off came the nose cone and radiator to access the cross arm pin and bushings, once the pin was removed it didn’t look like they had been greased since new, everything was rusted and grease fitting was plugged
It’s a bit of work removing the bushings and honing the new to fit the pin but the tractor now steers like new
I need to do the same job to the 5600, it was only a few years ago old when my father in law purchased it but I doubt he knew that grease fitting was there, free play is close to half turn and you look like a drunk driver going down the road
One thing I did to help reduce arm fatigue was remove the original steering wheels and replace them with the smaller 13” wheels used on the later 10/30 series tractors