ford 4000 hydraulics

Mtractor · Aug 1, 2014

I am looking at a Ford 4000 3 cyl with loader that is run off the tractors hydraulics. When you run the loader up and down hydraulic oil comes out around both gear shifts. Did somebody just put way to much oil in it? Everything works that is the only issue I see

souNdguy · Aug 1, 2014

unless i'm mistaken on that model, hyds and rear are common, trans is seperate. i don't have a 4000, but do have a 3000 and 4600

milkdemcows · Aug 1, 2014

I have a '65 4000 - yes, those are separate oil housings, transmission in one, hydr/rear axle in another. The oil fill plug is located right next to the gear shift levers, and the fill plug is about halfway down the housing. So you can take the fill plug off and see if the oil is way up to begin with or if it looks about right.

Another possibility is that there's not too much oil there, but that water has leaked in around the shift levers and mixed with the oil and raised the level as well.

I don't know enough yet though to know why it's leaking only when using the loader...

Mtractor · Aug 1, 2014

The oil when it comes out is white so it has lots of water in it.

Sean in PA · Aug 2, 2014

Could be quite a leak between the rear end and transmission at the drive or PTO seals, or both, and both sumps are way overfull from water contamination. The shift cover is the lowest point where fluid could leak out of either, so when you operate the loader with watery fluid it foams and expands and the excess comes out at the shift cover because it's the lowest spot. It probably doesn't look too foamy where it's coming out though because the foaming and expanding is happening in the rear end and it's the non-foamy fluid in the trans that's being displaced.

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