Off color, Ford 8000s?
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Topic: Off color, Ford 8000s?
Posted By: jiminnd
Subject: Off color, Ford 8000s?
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2018 at 9:11am
Does anyone know if this series was known for weak pto clutches? I have looked at 3 that said the pto was weak, not sure what they meant?
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1945 C, 1949 WF and WD, 1981 185, 1982 8030, unknown D14(nonrunner)
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Posted By: DrAllis
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2018 at 9:22am
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Yup, and I think the tractor has to be split under the platform to repair it.
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Posted By: Jordan(OH)
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2018 at 2:44pm
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Put many thousand hours on ours blowing silage, running big manure spreader, cutting and baling hay with no clutch trouble. The brake can cause trouble if shut off at high speed.
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Posted By: HD6GTOM
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2018 at 5:52pm
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Do the brakes work? Its been 30+ years since I was around them. If memory is right--the wet brakes go out, everything in the tranny, rear end, hyd system is effected. Somebody correct me if this is not right.
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Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2018 at 7:01pm
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brakes? who needs brakes?
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Posted By: Jordan(OH)
Date Posted: 16 Apr 2018 at 2:25pm
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I'm referring to PTO brake.
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Posted By: HD6GTOM
Date Posted: 16 Apr 2018 at 9:32pm
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Jordan - yes I know and you are right about the PTO brake. I am communicating about the foot brakes. If I "remember" right they are built inside the rear end housing. When they go bad the worn linings take out everything inside the housing. The older I get, the worse the memory gets. I do know it happened to FIL's. Like I said-- if this is not right someone else please respond.
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Posted By: Jordan(OH)
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2018 at 4:45am
Show me a tractor with hydraulic brakes not inside the rear housing.
They require hydraulic brake OIL, if one uses regular brake fluid and it leaks in contaminating the system then yes, bad things happen.
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