Shopping list/advice needed.

I just received the June 2000 FO4 manual. What a difference from the 1953 version I had been using.

I'm not sure what parts exactly to order and from what source.

I think I need:

8N Ford tractor hydraulic lift adjusting jig and manual for adjusting the lift.----- from Zane to adjust the rig when finished

5 gallons minus a quart of WalMart hydraulic fluid.

Safety relief valve - may as well as long as everything is apart

NAA clyinder (here I'm not sure- is it a kit, various parts... if so, what parts.

Is a gasket needed for hydraulic pump and top cover?

How expensive/difficult would it be to rebuild the hydraulic pump while it is out? Is it worth it?

What am I forgetting???

Thanks in advance for your help.

"Ford/New Holland recommends M2C-134D hydraulic oil. 60 years ago 90wt gear oil was recommended. You may use what ever you wish, I use M2C-134D.

Wal-Mart often times, has 5 gallon buckets on sale about $20."

I found it in 2 gallon containers at the local Wally.

They said that the pump is bulletproof and I could do more harm than good trying to work on it.

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it"!

Are you sure that you saw oil spurting from the front of the pump or was it coming from the front of the ram cylinder?????

There are gaskets where the ram cylinder bolts to the lift cover and they do rupture and blow out from time to time. Unless one of the pump chamber covers on the pump has come loose the pump usually does not spray oil from the front.

I saw a lot of splashing/flow from the upper left corner of the tranny housing/casting (look at it through the fill plug); not from the pump per se. The pump easily raises the lift with a bush hog on it and maintains position. Thus, the pump is working. It may well have been through the front of the cylinder.

This is not the same housing that the hydraulic pump is inside of. Most people remove the 6" round disc with the tranny dipstick and look inside for hydraulic oil squirts from the piston. Hope this clarifys things..... .Dell

Your post explains the splash I saw through the fill plug. However, I did notice a splashing toward the front left by the pump while looking through the right inspection cover. Could this be due to a leak in the cylinder? The leak in the back was an intermittant (although fairly constant) spurt. When the clutch is depressed, the lift falls immediately down.

I just may pull the right inspection plate off again and have another look just for the sake of learning....

Thank you for the reply. I believe that Zane's instructions/jig include a cam follower pin. Can you elaborate on exactly which parts I need to order or should I just give Don a call? Too often I find myself waiting for that one part I either forgot to order or never knew about....