Hi, a newbie here.
I just bought a fixer-upper Ford 750 TLB, and had a few questions.
It's a 197? turbocharged 4 cylinder diesel. I read somewhere here that it probably has a a 256 CID, but I can't for the life of me figure out what the spec's are on both the engine and the machine. The engine is painted blue underneath, so it probably was already replaced from another Ford ag tractor.
Questions:
1) Where can I find a service and operator manual for the 750 tlb? Searching the web, all that seems to come up is the 750 backhoe attachment, at least from the looks of the drawing on the covers of the reprints out there. One site suggested it's the same as the 6500 tlb.
2) Where's the SN or VIN on these things? The engine has some sort of SN on the right side bottom, but as I said, it's probably not the original.
3) What engine do these things have? What's the designation?
4) If anyone wants to venture a guess on what happened to it... The guy I bought it from took deliver and had it running for an hour. Apparently, rather suddenly it started belching white smoke and then oil squirted out of the turbo. The turbo is zorched (the impeller rattles around in it). The engine appears to be somewhat frozen, meaning it won't crank over but the flywheel twitches. That's a little odd to me if one or more pistons are frozen, unless the bearings are fried too (enough so the crankshaft can wiggle). It's been sitting for 2-3 yeas after that incident. I'm trying to piece together a scenario that makes sense. The turbo I can deal with, but I'm hoping I don't need to do a complete engine rebuild or replacement. Certainly white smoke could indicate antifreeze in the exhaust, so the head gasket might have blown and hence water in the cylinders for some time might be the cause of the freeze. But why would the turbo have gone out too? Unless water also got in the oil and ultimately into the turbo's bearings or such while it was running...
Thanks!
I just bought a fixer-upper Ford 750 TLB, and had a few questions.
It's a 197? turbocharged 4 cylinder diesel. I read somewhere here that it probably has a a 256 CID, but I can't for the life of me figure out what the spec's are on both the engine and the machine. The engine is painted blue underneath, so it probably was already replaced from another Ford ag tractor.
Questions:
1) Where can I find a service and operator manual for the 750 tlb? Searching the web, all that seems to come up is the 750 backhoe attachment, at least from the looks of the drawing on the covers of the reprints out there. One site suggested it's the same as the 6500 tlb.
2) Where's the SN or VIN on these things? The engine has some sort of SN on the right side bottom, but as I said, it's probably not the original.
3) What engine do these things have? What's the designation?
4) If anyone wants to venture a guess on what happened to it... The guy I bought it from took deliver and had it running for an hour. Apparently, rather suddenly it started belching white smoke and then oil squirted out of the turbo. The turbo is zorched (the impeller rattles around in it). The engine appears to be somewhat frozen, meaning it won't crank over but the flywheel twitches. That's a little odd to me if one or more pistons are frozen, unless the bearings are fried too (enough so the crankshaft can wiggle). It's been sitting for 2-3 yeas after that incident. I'm trying to piece together a scenario that makes sense. The turbo I can deal with, but I'm hoping I don't need to do a complete engine rebuild or replacement. Certainly white smoke could indicate antifreeze in the exhaust, so the head gasket might have blown and hence water in the cylinders for some time might be the cause of the freeze. But why would the turbo have gone out too? Unless water also got in the oil and ultimately into the turbo's bearings or such while it was running...
Thanks!