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wyoming Stretch · Apr 21, 2011

i am tryin to work on my old ford and need some help. the decals on the hood have been painted over but i can make out "871 select o speed". but it has a 5 speed manual trans. i think i found the serial number, there is a "860" stamped with "6478" below it with a diamond stamped on each side. so do i got a 860??? please help

2cylpartsinfo · Apr 21, 2011

The original selectospeeds had problems jumping from "park" into gear. At least a few people were ran over and some killed.
Ford recalled the selectospeed tractors and changed out the transmission to a manual one. I have read this information, somebody else closeer to the situation may be able to provide more detail.

Sorry, but I can't help you with the numbers.

Bill.

david from mo · Apr 21, 2011

???? Please give some sources for your story

60 acre hillside · Apr 21, 2011

Possible sheet metal replaced? Been painted twice?? You know how people tried to make a tractor look like something it was not. I tried to make my '55 850 look like a Powermaster. 850 860 the better tractor anyway.

DeltaRed · Apr 21, 2011

Maybe the SOS 'cratered' and it was replaced with the 5sp.Neighbor did this with a 901

Vito · Apr 21, 2011

I would check for casting dates on some other parts of the tractor.According to my book it is a 1954 by the serial number you listed.

Vito

wyoming Stretch · Apr 21, 2011

right now it is painted blue and white. hard to tell whats under that. is the 860 thats stamped by the S/N the model number?

wyoming Stretch · Apr 21, 2011

thanks!! i found "NDA4024B" in the Diff.

Brian Jasper co. Ia · Apr 21, 2011

Sure you're not thinking about Ford pickups in the 70's? The FMX trans did not have a spring loaded park pawl. They were prone to slipping into reverse, running or not.

wyoming Stretch · Apr 21, 2011

hoping to pin down the right model number so i can purchase the right manual. it has a altanator on it it. but i think someone added it. afterwords. i think i have some electrical problems, but would like to get the right manual before i start tearing it apart.

Fordfarmer · Apr 21, 2011

Ford DID recall the early SOS's, but rebuilt them - didn't replace them. Many have been swapped out to 4 or 5 speeds over the last 50 years, though. Couldbe a tranny swap, or a sheetmetal swap.

Fordfarmer · Apr 21, 2011

Should have said 'didn't replace them with manuals', as they WERE replaced (exchanged), with rebuilt SOS's.

Dean · Apr 22, 2011

Not true.

Dean

awhtx · Apr 22, 2011

If someone replaced the SOS from an 871 with a 5 speed from an 860 they probably used the rear axle from the 860 also. There are a lot of differences between the rear axles of an 871 and a 860 such as pinion gear splines and left brake pedal cross shaft location.

JDseller · Apr 22, 2011

I would bet that you tractor is just an 860 with the sheet metal from a 871 on it. You would be able to find more scraped Select a speeds than manual shifts.

Changing the transmissons is possible but it is not just the center section that needs changed. The pto systems are completely different.

Still most likely just a hood switched.

showcrop · Apr 22, 2011

I know a fellow who told me that he nearly got run over by his 6000 while he was unchaining it from the trailer and it was warming up. His first name is Jon, I'll remember his last name later. He lives in Hill NH.

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