[Ford-ferguson] Ford 910 Gasser

Richard Strobel Richard_Strobel7 at msn.com
Tue Nov 8 07:13:26 PST 2005


What were you wrong about the fenders, Mike?

I believe the front is crowded up with the power steering pump..will have to 
check to make sure.  I somewhat remember asking him that question.

Ok..thanks Mike
Rick


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Sloane" <mikesloane at verizon.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 7:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Ford-ferguson] Ford 910 Gasser


> OK, I was wrong about the fenders. So I will try again...
>
> My only thought is that the mower's PTO shaft would have to be
> compressed back about 8" or so, which would change the geometry somewhat
> and put the U joint at a greater angle during operation. You would have
> to do some measuring. An alternative would be eliminating the PTO pump
> and mounting a pump on the engine crankshaft, which is much a more
> common approach. That would give the loader full time hydraulics and
> free up the PTO for the mower (and the mower would act as a counter
> balance to the weight of the loader). Finding a good used front pump,
> shaft, and mounting plate would probably not be all that difficult -
> they were very common on Fords of that era. The usual problem with those
> pumps is worn out splines on the drive shaft, but replacement shafts are
> available. They bolt up to the front pulley and run through the hole in
> the grille for the starter crank, which nobody uses anymore, so there is
> little lost. Just make sure that you put a brand new fan belt on, as
> changing the belt after the pump is mounted is a very big pain in the 
> butt.
>
> Mike
>
> Richard Strobel wrote:
> > Thanks much guys!!!  This guy is wondering if I can mount his mower and
> > still keep the loader on.  I didn't think so due to the pto pump, but 
> > after
> > looking at the pto hyd. pump it looks like possibly a splined shaft 
> > could be
> > installed in the rear of the pump to drive the mower.
> >
> >   Any thot's?  The loader would be a bugger to dismount.  The pump could 
> > be
> > removed and hung with a wire or something but I don't like that fer some
> > reason.
> >
> > Regards
> > RickinMt.
> >
> .
>
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