I am new to this forum and pretty new to tractors so I just wanted to start with that
Recently I purchased a Ford 4000 SOS from my grandpa. The other day I was brush hogging and a hydrolic line ( located under the right side foot plate) came un-done. I noticed it fairly quickly and shut the tractor off right away, although a lot of fluid poured out.
After getting the line back in it's place and filling up the hydrolic fluids I was back to normal. About 30 minutes later I accidently buried the brush hog into the ground and the PTO quit working. Right now it will not engage at all. And (might be a separate issue) the 3 point hitch goes down fine but is jerky on the up motion.
My main concern is the PTO.
One thing I noticed was that when the tractor was off I could never turn the spline by hand, but now I can turn the spline by hand pretty easily.
The Ford dealership said they don't know what's wrong with it but it could cost $2700 and up, they wouldn't know until they dove in. I am on a budget however and cannot really afford an "open ended" estimate.
Any thoughts? Thanks in advance.
Recently I purchased a Ford 4000 SOS from my grandpa. The other day I was brush hogging and a hydrolic line ( located under the right side foot plate) came un-done. I noticed it fairly quickly and shut the tractor off right away, although a lot of fluid poured out.
After getting the line back in it's place and filling up the hydrolic fluids I was back to normal. About 30 minutes later I accidently buried the brush hog into the ground and the PTO quit working. Right now it will not engage at all. And (might be a separate issue) the 3 point hitch goes down fine but is jerky on the up motion.
My main concern is the PTO.
One thing I noticed was that when the tractor was off I could never turn the spline by hand, but now I can turn the spline by hand pretty easily.
The Ford dealership said they don't know what's wrong with it but it could cost $2700 and up, they wouldn't know until they dove in. I am on a budget however and cannot really afford an "open ended" estimate.
Any thoughts? Thanks in advance.