Best tractor of the 80's

[Cab-over Pete]

@Cab-over Pete do you know anything about this? wrong colour for you i know but maybe in your area

No, sorry, can't say I've ever seen that before.

 

[mb86]

i wonder where they ended up dropping this, it probably weighs as much as the 9n does!!!

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I bet it sorted the rabbit compaction wherever it was.

 

[essexpete]

looks wise, they got it about right with the 40 and TM series fords, JD 6000/6010s, MF 6200s , Case MX etc

everything since has just looked horrible with added on lights and bulgous bonnets to hide the ever increasing crap festooned under the engine bay

Might have something to do with the eyes getting older!

 

[John 1594]

Might have something to do with the eyes getting older!

maybe, but back then a tractor looked like a tractor and not like something a 5 year old had drawn on a bit of scrap paper when they was bored

 

[mb86]

You are right there john, and they all look the same, give me an 80's tractor over a new one any day.

 

[two-cylinder]

Eighties tractors were good honest workhorses.
Everything you needed and nothing you don't.

 

[John 1594]

Also add the fact with the interchangeability of Ford components is quite handy, in far flung places around the world like in WA, NT, any of the Pacific Islands and out the back of no where in NZ thats a great advantage, with David Browns thats something you can't do, and if you did need parts ex UK you had a six week wait for parts back in the 70's and 80's, if you were lucky.....

good job you could interchange ford parts easily with how often they needed a new engine block

 

[Drillman]

good job you could interchange ford parts easily with how often they needed a new engine block

That's a daft statement. We have owned numerous Fords over the years and have never changed an engine block. We had a 7610 for 17 years, it left 4 years ago with 13,000 hours on its original block.

 

[smcapstick]

Our 5610 did 17,000 hours. No problems there, either.

 

[John 1594]

That's a daft statement. We have owned numerous Fords over the years and have never changed an engine block. We had a 7610 for 17 years, it left 4 years ago with 13,000 hours on its original block.

yours must have been special then, there not many 70s or 80s fords that havent had the original smooth block T6 engine binned in exchange for the later X pattern block

everyone knows ford engines of that era were about the worst thing around

 

[Drillman]

yours must have been special then, there not many 70s or 80s fords that havent had the original smooth block T6 engine binned in exchange for the later X pattern block

everyone knows ford engines of that era were about the worst thing around

Mine had the ribbed block from day 1. A previous Ford 6600 did over 8k hours without been touched as well. Although I do know of people who changed engines because of porous problems. Personally I don't know of anyone who changed a 6 pot block though.

 

[Henarar]

We have a 5000 that still has its original engine

 

[Roy Stokes]

I think good quality coolant changed regularly and mixed to the correct strength helped a lot to combat porous block problems, the coolant stopped the damage causing air bubbles forming against the side of the block, Ford were not the only ones to have trouble with water in the oil, but on other tractors affected you could change the liners whereas with the Ford most had a new block

 

[John 1594]

The "official" explanation as to why the blocks went porous was "due to the excessive vibration of the block during the 4cyl combustion cycle causing minute air pockets to form in the coolant"

hence why 4 pots were more commonly affected than either 3 or 6s

the 6s had their own issues, 7810s can blow the oil filter clean off the side of the engine if they are allowed to rev too much on initial cold start up

 

[Hooby Farmer]

6610 here X block porous 3000hrs went pourous this year again 7000hrs. Spent fortune get it 'done up'. Bought another engine last week because it was still buggered.

 

[Drillman]

The "official" explanation as to why the blocks went porous was "due to the excessive vibration of the block during the 4cyl combustion cycle causing minute air pockets to form in the coolant"

hence why 4 pots were more commonly affected than either 3 or 6s

the 6s had their own issues, 7810s can blow the oil filter clean off the side of the engine if they are allowed to rev too much on initial cold start up

As a former long term 7810 owner that's new to me.
Why is that a 7810 trait? It's got the same block as everything else from the Ford 7910 to the 8830.

I can only assume you have never owned a Ford such as the 7810 and therefore cannot appreciate how good a well maintained one can be!

 

[7610 super q]

7810 blowing it's oil filter off? We are entering uncharted waters now

 

[multi power]

6610 here X block porous 3000hrs went pourous this year again 7000hrs. Spent fortune get it 'done up'. Bought another engine last week because it was still buggered.

i spent 500quid getting liners fitted, problem solved

 

[Hooby Farmer]

Yeah mine was bored and lined

 

[multi power]

7810 blowing it's oil filter off? We are entering uncharted waters now

first i have heard of that happening, cabs rusting yes, thirsty yes but pretty bombproof too