[AT] 1841 Ford tractor with backhoe

[Lew Best]

Hey Chuck (or anyone else that may know some answers)

Have run into some "other projects" so this backhoe has been on the back
burner.  Hoping to get it to do "something" this weekend tho; need to
get it outa the shop (or at least moved to another area in the shop).
Got a pump; in the finishing stages of welding up brackets so hopefully
by tomorrow I can pressurize the steering system.

The cables on that steering seem ok; but don't move the lever on the
cylinder enough to make it work it seems.  There appears to be a clutch
(or maybe it's a sheared key or something?) in the steering box.  As
soon as the cables meet with much resistance the steering wheel turns
but nothing else (I'm sure the shaft is turning since the nut that holds
the steering wheel to the shaft turns with the wheel).  Do you feel a
resistance when your steering wheel reaches its R/L extremes?  The Ford
tractor dealer printed me out the parts sheet on the whole steering
system but there's no "exploded view" of the steering gear box as no
parts are available.  Don't think there's anything wrong with the
cables; both push & pull to an extent; just something slipping (but no
chattering sound like a stripped cable pulley which must have some ribs
on it to make the cable push & pull.

Thanks!  

Lew
 
-----Original Message-----
From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Chuck
Saunders
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 1:53 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] 1841 Ford tractor with backhoe

That I don't know offhand

On 9/25/07, Lew Best <bee_keeper at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> Thanks Chuck
>
> There appear to be a number of these pumps that look similar on EBay;
> lotsa different brackets tho.  Are the brackets on the pumps
> interchangeable?
>
> Lew
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Chuck
> Saunders
> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 12:51 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] 1841 Ford tractor with backhoe
>
> Lew,
> I have one of these tractors so if you have any more questions, I can
> probably help.
> Chuck Saunders
> Kansas City MO
>
> On 9/25/07, Lew Best <bee_keeper at earthlink.net> wrote:
> >
> > BIG help!!!!!!!!!!!  Now I know where it mounts & what it looks
like!
> > :)  :)
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Lew
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Here is a link to a picture. It may help.
> >
> >
> >
>
http://www.tractorshed.com/cgi-bin/gallery/photo_pic.cgi?pic=http;//www.
> >
>
tractorshed.com/gallery/tphotos/a38063.jpg&firstrec=1&lastrec=15&Paramet
> > er=1841%20ford&mode=All&what=tphotos
> >
> > Lew Best <bee_keeper at earthlink.net> wrote:
> >   Hey guys
> >
> > An old 1841 with backhoe followed me home; was told that when it was
> > parked bout 10-15 years ago that the steering didn't work. The cable
> > system that controls it seems ok; no idea bout the rest of it as the
> > steering pump is gone. Someone on another forum or yahoo group
(don't
> > recall where; my search for info has been ongoing for months while I
> > waited to get it home) that an old Ford automotive pump would fit
but
> no
> > year models, etc. Anyone have any info? Maybe a pump you'd sell? I'm
> > not even sure where it mounts (right or left side; brackets that
might
> > be for a pump on both sides).
> >
> > Any help appreciated!
> >
> > Lew Best near Waco, TX
>
>
 

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