Ford 8100 4x4 Good tin work and good engine.

[Nearly]

The story so far......

And today more details

A few jobs and a few issues but I'd rather swap and engine than rebuild a cab.
here goes nothing

 

[Mursal]

Looks tidy ................

 

[spanners]

Is it left hand drive? http://www.ets-moreau.fr/PBCPPlayer.asp?ID=655810

 

[mb86]

That looks tidy. You have done well to find one with a cab that clean. Is the engine knackered? Make sure you keep us up to date with your progress. I would love a 2WD one. Although not as much as I'd like a q cab TW-15 There is a rough 81 in a hedge next to where we get our straw but he won't sell me it. I can see it being left there till it is past being fixable!

 

[7610 super q]

Errrrrrr...... It's a Frenchy....... Was expecting to see a Greens Ag sticker on the side of it

Joking aside, keep us posted with more pics.

 

[Nearly]

The engine is a 2703E when it should really be a 2712E, so about fifteen ponies down on original but I just need to twist the arm of the local scrappy as he has a 2712E awaiting a project.
Finding one with a turbo may be difficult. 160 HP from one of those, which I don't really need.

The top gear must have been blanked off from new as 8th doesn't appear on the sticker. Someone over the last 30 years has modified it back to full UK spec speed. Didn't test drive it as only one brake working.
She's going to be fast I think.

 

[Mursal]

Could you not just hit the engine plate with a flat punch, to make the 03E look like a 12E? Or did you ever consider recreational block punching? Think there is even 0 to 9 number punches on E-Bay, apparently ................

 

[Nearly]

Could you not just hit the engine plate with a flat punch, to make the 03E look like a 12E? Or did you ever consider recreational block punching? Think there is even 0 to 9 number punches on E-Bay, apparently ................

I know what you're saying but if I've to split it for a clutch swap I might be tempted to swap a 50 year old smoky engine for one a little younger.

 

[tomlad]

didn't know there was a 4x4 8100


a mate has a 2 wheeler one , only one I've ever seen.
his cabs going rotten tho. gonna cost him some to sort.
ure back end looks different from my memory , don't think his has assistors ?

his has a pick up hitch

 

[multi power]

nice to see it staying in the country n going to a good home

 

[Nearly]

didn't know there was a 4x4 8100


a mate has a 2 wheeler one , only one I've ever seen.
his cabs going rotten tho. gonna cost him some to sort.
ure back end looks different from my memory , don't think his has assistors ?

his has a pick up hitch

Cabs are a nightmare in these older tractors. There's more 8100's around than you'd think, a lot were converted to 4wd with Schindler axles. Even after I've finished this one it should be cheaper than a 7810.
Fresh pickup hitch off a 10 series and it should be a usable machine, even if only 30k-ish

 

[multi power]

theres no reason you couldnt fit a hitch i assume ?

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

Is this one the missus knows about

 

[multi power]

i need to type faster, a 40series hitch would be good, not correct for age of course

 

[multi power]

Is this one the missus knows about

ssssshhhhhh

 

[Nearly]

Is this one the missus knows about

one of them

 

[Nearly]

i need to type faster, a 40series hitch would be good, not correct for age of course

As long as the drawbar goes up and down it's good. I'll cope with the 10 series hitch. I know a man at Gisburn.
40 series swing back hitches are often worn.

 

[multi power]

As long as the drawbar goes up and down it's good. I'll cope with the 10 series hitch. I know a man at Gisburn.
40 series swing back hitches are often worn.

yes i know they wear n not everybody likes them but i think 40series was the best hitch i ever used, push out hithes leave far too much chances for trailers to come off

 

[RimmerF140]

Am I right in thinking that those were made by county? Nice tractors anyway, could you be meaning 2715e engine? Never heard of a 2712, think dad has a manual for them somewhere so ill have to dig that out

 

[Nearly]

Am I right in thinking that those were made by county? Nice tractors anyway, could you be meaning 2715e engine? Never heard of a 2712, think dad has a manual for them somewhere so ill have to dig that out

My mistake, plate says 2714E, probably industrial engine as out of Hymac digger I'm told, different sump.

Converted from 7700 back ends with a 6 cyl unstressed engine and a belly plate by County.

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