Bern
Well-known Member
- Location
- Mount Vernon, WA
Last week I was looking at some Ford lit published in 1965 that focused primarily on the new 2-5000 series tractors. One page showed a pic of
the instrument cluster, noting that it had a fuel gauge, temp gauge, and oil pressure and generator warning lights. I noticed however that
the RH side of the gauge was blacked out where the temp gauge should be. I shrugged it off and chalked it up as a printing error.
Yesterday I picked up a 4000, built between 1965 and 1968 (can't make out the date code, but it had the louvered hood, etc.). To my surprise,
the temp gauge was blacked out, just like the lit I looked at last week. Was a temp gauge really an option back then? This tractor was a B
serial number English build by the way.
the instrument cluster, noting that it had a fuel gauge, temp gauge, and oil pressure and generator warning lights. I noticed however that
the RH side of the gauge was blacked out where the temp gauge should be. I shrugged it off and chalked it up as a printing error.
Yesterday I picked up a 4000, built between 1965 and 1968 (can't make out the date code, but it had the louvered hood, etc.). To my surprise,
the temp gauge was blacked out, just like the lit I looked at last week. Was a temp gauge really an option back then? This tractor was a B
serial number English build by the way.