ford tractor

local man has a deisel 851 ford tractor,58 model he thinks,with a bad engine,He bought a used gas engine,which is also bad .He is tired of working on it, and is ready to sell it.Has good tires on front, back tires will last a while.I am trying to help him sell it.What would it be worth,and is anyone interested? It is located in Matador YX

that should be Matador Texas

Ken

I can't tell you what one is worth but Vernon Sell in Amarillo may be able to help you out. He repairs Fords and others. I was in his shop last Saturday and he had at least five of them setting there he was working on. His business is:

Sell Farm Equipment
9620 SE 3rd Ave
Amarillo, TX 79118
Bus Ph. 806-335-2251
1-800-400-6369
Home Ph. 806-374-7737

Hope this will help.

Gary

It would depend on condition of the rest of the tractor, and what comes with it. For a beat up, worn out tractor with no options other than PTO and 3 Point, maybe as little as $300 for what he has. For an overall fairly nice tractor with just a worn engine, maybe $1000 to $1500. Options like loaders, remote valves, weights, or power steering add to the value. The tractor would be worth a lot more if it was running, even if it was running poorly. Then it would be possible to see if the 3 point works and how well the rest of the tractor operates.

A diesel engine can end up costing a lot to rebuild, especially if the injection pump needs to be worked over. A gas engine is less expensive to rebuild, but since the tractor is set up to be a diesel, converting to the gas engine might cause the need to find a bunch of parts to make it work right.

If the tractor is taken apart very much, that really lowers the value, since most people want to take things apart themselves, probably mostly to see just how they fit together. I have gotten a couple of "basket case" cars that were all over the former owner's garages. Since I paid almost nothing for what was there, I made out OK on them. But it would have been a whole lot easier if I had been able to do the disassembly rather than putting loose parts in multiple cardboard boxes from piles here and there.

If it was close and cheap, I would be interested, maybe to part it out or fix it up. But Texas is just way too far away to consider it. Good luck!

I stumbled upon this forum a few days ago and need some help with two questions regarding a Ford 1500 tractor. Mine is not running - turns over, but no compression. A friend suggested that maybe buying a head kit would fix it without the expense of buying a new/used tractor. However, we can't seem to find one anywhere.

So the first question is - does anyone know who to contact to find out how to fix this problem, and who might have the parts and how expensive it would be?

Second, if we can't find the parts - what is the resale market for parts? This tractor has a new starter, new glow plugs and wire, new battery, new steering wheel, and tires. I read another set of forums at this site about someone selling just the back end of their Ford 1500 for $1000+.

I will appreciate all the sound advice anyone can offer. Thank you.