Posted by rockwind1 on December 02, 2021 at 13:05:09 from (68.96.114.59):
my 87 y/o dad just gave me his old ford tractor. it's a 555A backhoe as stated above. here is a short video of it https://youtu.be/Ool4AZl-sQ4
what is the main gear shift pattern? (the gear shifter coming out of the floor) it has the "shuttle shift" handle for forward and reverse on the column. i think it is an "H" pattern and the left top of the "H" is 4th, the right top of the "H" is 1rst, and the left bottom of the "H" is 2nd.
if the bottom left is 2nd, we recently had a problem with it popping out of gear, back into neutral after driving it for maybe 4-5 seconds. is this common or is it a somewhat easy fix? i was just going to put a bungee on it.
he was really grinding the hell out of the gears trying to put it into gear.
question, once in forward, can i shift from first, into second, into third, in 4th fluidly,, as in are there synchro's in there?
also, at about 13 seconds into the video, it shows some controls on the floor just below the seat, i think one is a differential lock but not sure on other.
also noticed the alternator shaking really badly while engine was running. normal? or not. here is video of it shaking https://youtu.be/dzATSRxwYVI
he is getting pretty bad with dimensia and doesn't remember a lot of things about. i have a couple of old manuals for it but strangely, they are not very helpful.
thanks for any help. i am bringing down to my place in chino valley, az to do some yard work
This post was edited by rockwind1 on 12/02/2021 at 04:59 pm.
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