[AT] 3600 and green shimstock
Dean Vinson
dean at vinsonfarm.net
Thu Sep 7 10:32:41 PDT 2023
This has been the year for expensive work on my Ford 3600. A fuel line
leak a few months ago had already resulted in a trip to the local CaseIH/New
Holland shop, and while it was there I had them replace the underslung
orchard exhaust with a conventional vertical muffler (orchard exhaust made
hay-ride type operations problematic, and seemed pointless given the
ROPS/canopy on the tractor). Barely a month after getting it back I was
mowing one day and noticed the tach cable had broken and the tach and hour
meter were no longer working, and then not long after that the PTO stage of
the two-stage clutch stopped working, couldn't engage the PTO without first
shutting off the engine.
So back it went to the farm service shop. Turned out the pressure plate
fingers were worn out so the fix was a new clutch, but while getting the
tractor apart and back together and testing it, they noticed leaks at the
fuel injectors and the hydraulic pump so I had them fix that stuff too.
Total bill this time came to $3511, on top of the $2650 from a few months
ago. Lot of money for a little old tractor, but it's handy as can be and
I'd hate to sell it and try my luck with some other old beast. Right
pretty little thing, too, especially all clean and fresh from the shop.
Here's a photo from today, as they were unchaining it prior to winching it
back down off the truck. (Yep, that front tire was low. I filled it back
up right after getting the tractor on the ground).
Dean Vinson
Saint Paris, Ohio
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