Please forgive my wall of text and I appreciate any help on any of my issues. I severely need some diagnosing assistance.
Picked up a 1966 135 diesel on Saturday. Looked it over pretty good the last couple days.
I will be at a computer tomorrow where I can post pictures and details of my purchase. In the meantime I would like to ask some questions.
First, I did buy a shop manual but am still having issues diagnosing some things. I am feeling very overwhelmed right now and think I made a bad purchase. This tractor appears to need a lot.
1. With both 3 pt levers all the way back, the 3 pt does not stay up when turned off even without a load. The draft lever feels like it has very little friction/resistance. Is that normal? Can the draft lever get out of place or malfunction? The position lever when all the way back can be pulled out a bit past a "notch" and pulled back further but I thought for some reason that is a no-no??? Any ideas on where I go from here? You may want to read #3 below before answering.
2. There is a very small bolt/screw in the right side of the engine block with nothing attached to it. It seems to be seeping coolant. ???
3. There seems to be 2 seep holes underneath. One at the rear main seal that has a cotter pin and one under the transmission that does not have a cotter pin. They both appear to be seeping hydraulic fluid. I assume I have a leak somewhere and this may be related to my question #1 above? How do I get a cotter pin back in the hole under the transmission?
4. Power steering pump is empty and I believe it has engine oil leaking from it. Is this possible? I still have yet to get some fluid and put in it.
5. Sometimes the tractor will jump when I put it in gear. The clutch seems to be strong though. I am hoping this is just a pedal adjustment.
Following are things I will be doing. I don't really have any questions but if something doesn't sound right let me know.
Brakes aren't working well. The guy I bought it off of said he made the screw adjustments on drums and that didn't help. I will take the drum off and see what it looks like in there. Maybe fluid on the pads.
The injector leak off pipe has drops of fuel coming off it. I will replace it and hopefully that fixes it. I will be draining all fuel at the same time because the fuel is almost milky and looks old.
Engine smokes a bit so I am assuming an overhaul at some point but that's not a priority right now.
If you even read this far you can see why I am overwhelmed.
Picked up a 1966 135 diesel on Saturday. Looked it over pretty good the last couple days.
I will be at a computer tomorrow where I can post pictures and details of my purchase. In the meantime I would like to ask some questions.
First, I did buy a shop manual but am still having issues diagnosing some things. I am feeling very overwhelmed right now and think I made a bad purchase. This tractor appears to need a lot.
1. With both 3 pt levers all the way back, the 3 pt does not stay up when turned off even without a load. The draft lever feels like it has very little friction/resistance. Is that normal? Can the draft lever get out of place or malfunction? The position lever when all the way back can be pulled out a bit past a "notch" and pulled back further but I thought for some reason that is a no-no??? Any ideas on where I go from here? You may want to read #3 below before answering.
2. There is a very small bolt/screw in the right side of the engine block with nothing attached to it. It seems to be seeping coolant. ???
3. There seems to be 2 seep holes underneath. One at the rear main seal that has a cotter pin and one under the transmission that does not have a cotter pin. They both appear to be seeping hydraulic fluid. I assume I have a leak somewhere and this may be related to my question #1 above? How do I get a cotter pin back in the hole under the transmission?
4. Power steering pump is empty and I believe it has engine oil leaking from it. Is this possible? I still have yet to get some fluid and put in it.
5. Sometimes the tractor will jump when I put it in gear. The clutch seems to be strong though. I am hoping this is just a pedal adjustment.
Following are things I will be doing. I don't really have any questions but if something doesn't sound right let me know.
Brakes aren't working well. The guy I bought it off of said he made the screw adjustments on drums and that didn't help. I will take the drum off and see what it looks like in there. Maybe fluid on the pads.
The injector leak off pipe has drops of fuel coming off it. I will replace it and hopefully that fixes it. I will be draining all fuel at the same time because the fuel is almost milky and looks old.
Engine smokes a bit so I am assuming an overhaul at some point but that's not a priority right now.
If you even read this far you can see why I am overwhelmed.