FiddlinFarmer
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A couple weeks back, I was asking about re-attaching the PTO engage lever that had stopped working. I finally had a chance to work on it tonight. The sleeve that the lever-rod attaches to had just rotated down where the lever-rod no longer touched it. It was easy to rotate it back into place and re-tighten the screws that held it in place.
What I found when I got in there was that the fluid was a light brown color - kind of like well-creamed coffee. Sean_In_PA answered my question very well about what the fluid should be used there as he replied to me a couple weeks ago, though I have no idea what that kind of fluid should look like.
When I got the nearly 8 gallons drained, I took this picture to see if it would show you enough to tell if it looked off to you guys. A friend of mine suggested that it looked like water had gotten into it. In the photo, you can see that something is trying to separate out from the fluid.
After draining the fluid I also noticed that it appears that there is a small machined hole (maybe 1/4" diameter) between the back-end chamber and the transmission chamber. Is the fluid supposed to be shared, or is there something missing that would seal the two chambers off from eachother? By peeking into the fill hole for the transmission it did look like the same milky stuff, though it was hard to see very clearly past the mechanical parts.
Thank you,
FiddlinFarmer
What I found when I got in there was that the fluid was a light brown color - kind of like well-creamed coffee. Sean_In_PA answered my question very well about what the fluid should be used there as he replied to me a couple weeks ago, though I have no idea what that kind of fluid should look like.
Who knows what the previous owner had in there for fluid. The fluid in the rear axle sump is used for both the 3 point lift hydraulics and the lubrication for the differential and rear axle. The original Ford spec fluid for the rear axle/hydraulics, plus the manual transmissions was M2C53A. The Select-O-Speed and power steering was originally spec'd for Ford M2C41A fluid. Both of those fluid specs have been superseded by the Ford/New Holland M2C134D Universal Tractor Fluid (UTF). The New Holland brand fluid is pricey though, so most folks use a generic UTF from Tractor Supply or Walmart. Just make sure that it says on the label that it meets the Ford/New Holland M2C13D specification.
When I got the nearly 8 gallons drained, I took this picture to see if it would show you enough to tell if it looked off to you guys. A friend of mine suggested that it looked like water had gotten into it. In the photo, you can see that something is trying to separate out from the fluid.
After draining the fluid I also noticed that it appears that there is a small machined hole (maybe 1/4" diameter) between the back-end chamber and the transmission chamber. Is the fluid supposed to be shared, or is there something missing that would seal the two chambers off from eachother? By peeking into the fill hole for the transmission it did look like the same milky stuff, though it was hard to see very clearly past the mechanical parts.
Thank you,
FiddlinFarmer