Posted by Billy NY on October 27, 2018 at 10:13:38 from (74.70.73.136):
In Reply to: Ford SOS posted by Jim Buford on October 27, 2018 at 09:23:05:
The story behind these was that Ford released them a tad bit too early, but once all the issues were resolved, it was a very good power shift transmission. I had a '64 4000 S-O-S for many years, that was reliable and operated very nicely. To a new user, they can be a little jerky, and there's more to that, but the one I had was pretty good all the way around, it had a gear for everything you needed to do.
The reputation they had followed them well after the transmission was proven, so you'll still hear to run away from them as fast as you can. Parts are out there, but with some repairs on these you may have to get creative or search awhile. They don't typically command as much money as a 4 speed or 5 speed, and if non running, scrap price applies. If the seller tuned it up and you can run it, this is well worth doing to evaluate it's condition. Odds are if the transmission operates correctly, it may be in decent shape, but there are things to know about these in regards to diagnosing problems, service/adjustments and repairs. If you are up for the challenge, one of these in field ready condition can make a nice general purpose/utility tractor. Independent PTO is a nice feature on these and it likely has power steering too.
You definitely want to run this tractor through all the gears (10 forward, 2 reverse and 9th, 10th are road speed gears)once it's warmed up and at operating temperature, note any gears that do not operate correctly or at all. These are not for a novice to work on, you must have the correct manual and 2 things to remember, don't ever take the transmission top cover off without following instruction from the manual and do NOT ever put the wrong fluid in this transmission. You want the modern equivalent of the specified fluid, CNH has it and there are as-equals that will be ok to use.
We are very fortunate to have some people on this site (ford forum) that can advise on these, the mechanics we had in our ford tractor dealership shop were trained and experienced in these, I remember them well, seeing them work on these, but all are long gone now, taking that knowledge with them.
My memory has faded on these, been a long time since I had the above mentioned tractor and or worked on one, so I refrain from commenting about the technical details of same but sure would have one again for a few reasons.
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