Hi all. I'm evaluating a '62 4010 diesel that I'm potentially thinking about buying. I test drove the tractor and gave it a pretty thorough once over yesterday and noted a few things that are concerning me a bit. Other than these, it seems like a very good tractor for a nice price. I wanted to get this group's opinion if these are deal breakers since I'm fairly mechanically inclined but I don't want to get into a tractor that I'm going to have to crack open the engine, or split the tractor for.
Everything with this tractor seems good except the following:
-One of the weep holes on the left side of the engine is leaking a small amount of fresh oil. When I noticed this, i wiped it off, and after about 10 minutes of idling and light driving around, there was a small film of oil coming out again. The engine oil level was good when I checked the level at the dipstick and the oil looked and smelled good. The exhaust didn't smoke excessively, and there was not much blow by at the breather tube.
-The hydraulic fluid level didn't even register on the stick when I checked it. The 3-point hitch, the hydraulic remote, and the steering worked fine.
-All gears worked fine, but it was tricky to get into 5th, 7th, and especially 8th gear. For 5th and 7th, I had to shift into the gear, into the corresponding reverse and back into the gear to get the transmission to find the gear. If I didn't, do this the tractor acted like it was in neutral when I let out the clutch (no grinding). For 8th, since there is no reverse in that quadrant, I had to pull the lever short of all the way back to catch the gear, otherwise it would act just like 5th and 7th.
-About half the time when letting out the clutch during my check of the gears, I would hear a fairly noticeable metallic bang or clunk at the very last moment when the clutch was fully engaged. The owner said this was the brakes releasing, but I don't think he is correct, because it does this after I coast to a stop and start up again without touching the brakes. The brakes are a bit grabby and noisy, but seen to work fine (I'm used to noisy brakes from my dad's 3020 that have chattered for 30+ years of hard work and never had a problem)
I plan to use this tractor sparingly for mowing, a small no-till drill, and general activities like raking hay, hauling silage, etc.
Thanks!
Everything with this tractor seems good except the following:
-One of the weep holes on the left side of the engine is leaking a small amount of fresh oil. When I noticed this, i wiped it off, and after about 10 minutes of idling and light driving around, there was a small film of oil coming out again. The engine oil level was good when I checked the level at the dipstick and the oil looked and smelled good. The exhaust didn't smoke excessively, and there was not much blow by at the breather tube.
-The hydraulic fluid level didn't even register on the stick when I checked it. The 3-point hitch, the hydraulic remote, and the steering worked fine.
-All gears worked fine, but it was tricky to get into 5th, 7th, and especially 8th gear. For 5th and 7th, I had to shift into the gear, into the corresponding reverse and back into the gear to get the transmission to find the gear. If I didn't, do this the tractor acted like it was in neutral when I let out the clutch (no grinding). For 8th, since there is no reverse in that quadrant, I had to pull the lever short of all the way back to catch the gear, otherwise it would act just like 5th and 7th.
-About half the time when letting out the clutch during my check of the gears, I would hear a fairly noticeable metallic bang or clunk at the very last moment when the clutch was fully engaged. The owner said this was the brakes releasing, but I don't think he is correct, because it does this after I coast to a stop and start up again without touching the brakes. The brakes are a bit grabby and noisy, but seen to work fine (I'm used to noisy brakes from my dad's 3020 that have chattered for 30+ years of hard work and never had a problem)
I plan to use this tractor sparingly for mowing, a small no-till drill, and general activities like raking hay, hauling silage, etc.
Thanks!