Standard Issue 3600 3 Cyl. Diesel it appears to b

Serial No.'s (both are stamped on the right side, flat spot on trans. housing)

OC 28 B ( above )

* C647308 * ( below ) Anyone know the year ?

This one has power steering, reservior looks low on fluid, anyone know what is the correct fluid ?

Thanks Again !

Thanks again

The tractor was assembled on the 28th of March, 1980.
This sounds like a bad starter drive. It makes a lot of grinding and snapping noises? Starter motor turns over, whirrrr.... but the engine doesn't spin? Bad drive. You'll likely have to remove the fuel filters to get the starter off. A wobble extension helps immensley with the back bolt on the starter. Price out a drive for the starter, and price out a complete new starter. Depending on which drive was used, you may find the cost differential to be better on a new starter. Some of those drives are up near $100. Consider that tomorrow it may need a solenoid or brushes, + your time, and you quickly have the price of a new starter. That said, some drives are cheap, and the rest may work for a long time.....
On the flywheel; do you mean that the flywheel was installed 180 degrees from it's original location, or a new ring gear was installed backwards? If the flywheel was simply rotated 180 degrees from it's original location, it will make no difference to the starter. It will set the timing marks off, and it may not be good for the engine's balance if the flywheel was drilled for balancing purposes. Also, even if a ring gear was installed backwards, it will probably still work fairly well. I can't remember for sure if those rings were chamfered. I think the were, but it's not a whole lot. Best of luck.

Rod

Oh, and it certainly looks fun to remove, the starter is new on this one, I think last fall, so I thought just the drive might be defective, but certainly would replace the whole unit, there may be some warranty on it still, but they might have to bite the bullet on that. I have not run it much as the noise makes one believe that the ring gear is getting torn up !

I replaced just the drive on my 850 and have a starter rebuild kit on the shelf, but have not had to use it so far, but that is comparing apples to oranges, the starter on the 3600 is much bigger and different in appearance, and I should know more about these as we had a Ford Tractor dealership for many years prior to when this one was built.

I just replaced the starter on a 3000 diesel and the replacement for the original Lucas is a very nice looking Danish made unit. Cost $149 new. Old starter had burned up field coils and was not worth fixing. Shop had another Lucas like mine on the counter he had just put a solenoid on for $55.

Charles

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