85burbanator
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Picked up a 69 ford 3400 3 cyl. Gas w/
loader and rake for $1800 last weekend. Far
from perfect but further from scrap. It has
the 6x4 trans
Previous owner (s) jambed a pipe into the
manifold and welded a muffler on,
effectively pinching the pipe shut and
cracking the manifold. Got it all swapped
out thanks to the folks at steiner tractor
parts in Lennon,mi. Fired it up and it was
spitting flames (whitish orange with blue
tips on the big ones if I remember right).
Charged the battery (bad genny or regulator,
another day) and fiddled with it today, the
choke cable was replace with wire and wasn't
fully releasing the choke properly.
Ran alittle better once I figured that out
but need a cable obviously. Ran it down the
drive and the power felt better with the
open exhaust since I have to get a different
muffler. Tried the loader and the engine
just bogs down and doesn't recover unless I
push in the clutch or remove the load from
the loader. I can scrape lightly going
forward and get some material in the bucket
but can't fill it. There is a governer on
these that helps that, correct?
Checked the plugs and the wires are bad,
plugs are champion rn4c and were carboned up
heavily. Also, the new blue manifold is now
white on the tube coming from the number 1
cylinder port to the number 2 where the
vertical part is. I have a huge manual but
it's for the farm version (2000,3000,4000
and 5000 models)
loader and rake for $1800 last weekend. Far
from perfect but further from scrap. It has
the 6x4 trans
Previous owner (s) jambed a pipe into the
manifold and welded a muffler on,
effectively pinching the pipe shut and
cracking the manifold. Got it all swapped
out thanks to the folks at steiner tractor
parts in Lennon,mi. Fired it up and it was
spitting flames (whitish orange with blue
tips on the big ones if I remember right).
Charged the battery (bad genny or regulator,
another day) and fiddled with it today, the
choke cable was replace with wire and wasn't
fully releasing the choke properly.
Ran alittle better once I figured that out
but need a cable obviously. Ran it down the
drive and the power felt better with the
open exhaust since I have to get a different
muffler. Tried the loader and the engine
just bogs down and doesn't recover unless I
push in the clutch or remove the load from
the loader. I can scrape lightly going
forward and get some material in the bucket
but can't fill it. There is a governer on
these that helps that, correct?
Checked the plugs and the wires are bad,
plugs are champion rn4c and were carboned up
heavily. Also, the new blue manifold is now
white on the tube coming from the number 1
cylinder port to the number 2 where the
vertical part is. I have a huge manual but
it's for the farm version (2000,3000,4000
and 5000 models)