Tom in TN
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- Location
- Southern Middle Tennessee
I bought an old-style, 4 cylinder, Ford 4000 diesel tractor. Somewhere around a 1963 model. The serial number is obliterated from battery acid dripping onto the block where the serial number is embossed.
The hydraulics work fine - both a one arm front end loader and the three point lift arms. However, the three point arms go down to within about an inch of the ground and come up to about 25 inches from the ground. The range of motion is okay, but the height of the lift is not high enough to accommodate my Ford 501 sickle bar mower, and there is no good reason for the arms to go down so low.
The lift arm shaft that the lift arms mount on is splined. Can I remove the lift arms, turn them a bit, and put them back onto the shaft so that they are higher than they currently are?
Anyone ever tried that?
Thanks,
Tom in TN
The hydraulics work fine - both a one arm front end loader and the three point lift arms. However, the three point arms go down to within about an inch of the ground and come up to about 25 inches from the ground. The range of motion is okay, but the height of the lift is not high enough to accommodate my Ford 501 sickle bar mower, and there is no good reason for the arms to go down so low.
The lift arm shaft that the lift arms mount on is splined. Can I remove the lift arms, turn them a bit, and put them back onto the shaft so that they are higher than they currently are?
Anyone ever tried that?
Thanks,
Tom in TN