1969 Ford 3000 hesitates and jumps

dvallen357

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I've had my 1969 Ford 3000 for 2 years and never had a problem until this year, while mowing my pasture and going uphill, the tractor hesitates and won't go forward until I disengage the PTO. Also, some smoke was coming out near the PTO handle. Any ideas what's going on?
 
still have the fuel pump inline.. or is id bypassed.

what carb? oe holley or a replacement zenith. Have you dinked with the float?

smoke coming out of 'where' near the pto handle????
 
Looks like original carb, haven't touch carb since I bought it. Tractor has a little over 700 hours. Smoke coming out where PTO handle comes out of chassis
 
Look for a short in the wiring underneath the hood (near the PTO handle?).

Be careful. It could be a ticking time bomb ready to catch fire if you have an intermittent short involving high capacity conductor(s).

Does the tractor have the proper battery in place and is it properly secured?

Post 64 thousand series tractors are notorious for electrical fires due to improper batteries and/or improper battery mounting.

Work on it outside and away from buildings until you find the problem.

Dean
 
(quoted from post at 14:34:10 05/17/16) Look for a short in the wiring underneath the hood (near the PTO handle?).

Be careful. It could be a ticking time bomb ready to catch fire if you have an intermittent short involving high capacity conductor(s).

Does the tractor have the proper battery in place and is it properly secured?

Post 64 thousand series tractors are notorious for electrical fires due to improper batteries and/or improper battery mounting.

Work on it outside and away from buildings until you find the problem.

Dean
ill do, Thanks
 
(quoted from post at 14:34:10 05/17/16) Look for a short in the wiring underneath the hood (near the PTO handle?).

Be careful. It could be a ticking time bomb ready to catch fire if you have an intermittent short involving high capacity conductor(s).

Does the tractor have the proper battery in place and is it properly secured?

Post 64 thousand series tractors are notorious for electrical fires due to improper batteries and/or improper battery mounting.

Work on it outside and away from buildings until you find the problem.

Dean

Unless it's got a Select-O-Speed transmission, the PTO handle should be on the left side of the rear end center housing, nowhere near the wiring under the hood.

Does it have a vertical or horizontal exhaust?
 
Sean in PA I tried quoting you but apparently the site will not let me. I agree with you since I have 72 ford 2000.
 
I guess we need more information on exactly what transmission and PTO setup it has, plus what kind of smoke it is. If it is an S-O-S it could be the fluid is low and/or overheating, which could be causing the power delivery problems as well as "smoke" coming out of the PTO handle area.
 


if sos, could it be steam being boiled off???? Due to moisture acumulation?

again, if sos, def check fluid level and if fluid is discolored, would be in for a change. Would bring up to correct level!!!!
 
(quoted from post at 19:31:49 05/17/16)
(quoted from post at 14:34:10 05/17/16) Look for a short in the wiring underneath the hood (near the PTO handle?).

Be careful. It could be a ticking time bomb ready to catch fire if you have an intermittent short involving high capacity conductor(s).

Does the tractor have the proper battery in place and is it properly secured?

Post 64 thousand series tractors are notorious for electrical fires due to improper batteries and/or improper battery mounting.

Work on it outside and away from buildings until you find the problem.

Dean

Unless it's got a Select-O-Speed transmission, the PTO handle should be on the left side of the rear end center housing, nowhere near the wiring under the hood.

Does it have a vertical or horizontal exhaust?
t is a Select O Speed and exhaust is vertical
 
Fluid level check is a hole on the right side of the transmission case just in front of the seam between the transmission and rear end center housing, right by the brake pedals. It should have a square headed pipe plug in it. That is also the fill hole, so to fill it you will need a flexible funnel. Fill it through that hole until fluid just begins to drip out of the hole and then put the plug back in.

Some folks install a 90 degree elbow pipe fitting to make filling it easier, but that makes the level a little higher than it needs to be, but it doesn't seem to cause problems, at least none that I've heard of.
 
(quoted from post at 23:42:47 05/18/16) Fluid level check is a hole on the right side of the transmission case just in front of the seam between the transmission and rear end center housing, right by the brake pedals. It should have a square headed pipe plug in it. That is also the fill hole, so to fill it you will need a flexible funnel. Fill it through that hole until fluid just begins to drip out of the hole and then put the plug back in.

Some folks install a 90 degree elbow pipe fitting to make filling it easier, but that makes the level a little higher than it needs to be, but it doesn't seem to cause problems, at least none that I've heard of.
hanks again
 

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