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• Posted in thread: 960 Carburetor adjustment woes on 04/23/2012 at 7:22AM
  Thanks, I'll give that a try. I'll have to drag the loader out of the way for the pull-start, but I think
  I can do that.

• Posted in thread: 960 Carburetor adjustment woes on 04/21/2012 at 9:57AM
  Last fall my engine sucked in the throttle plate, lodging it in the #4 intake valve. Trying to get it
  back under control, I cranked on the fuel mix screws -- of course that didn't help.I have since re...

• Posted in thread: Roll Call: Ford owners! on 01/16/2012 at 10:34AM
  wow, that 600 is a beauty!

• Posted in thread: Loader on 01/16/2012 at 10:30AM
  If you get a loader that was designed for that era of tractor, it should be fine. I'm running a Freeman
  trip-lever loader on my 1955 960 with no trouble.

• Posted in thread: Why is my new head gasket messed up? on 01/16/2012 at 8:38AM
  sounds cool ... what kind of glue would glue to glass? superglue?thanks!

• Posted in thread: ford 3000 restoration info on 01/14/2012 at 7:37PM
  Yeah, my factory shop manual has been extremely helpful. The other thing to get for the diagrams is the
  parts manual. The part numbers sometimes don't match anything currently available (for my 1955 a...

• Posted in thread: Why is my new head gasket messed up? on 01/14/2012 at 7:32PM
  Thanks for the ideas.The measurement I get really depends on where I place the straight edge. On one
  diagonal, I get a measurement of .006. Most ways I place it, I get much less, down to no gap at all...

• Posted in thread: Why is my new head gasket messed up? on 01/14/2012 at 1:24PM
  Thanks. You,re right. The block is low at that point.If I take the block to be resurfaced, do I have
  tostrip it down? Remove water pump, distributor, crankshaft, pistons ... everything?Is there a hill...

• Posted in thread: 1956 Ford 900 Loss of hydraulics on 01/14/2012 at 12:11AM
  My 1955 960 has nearly the identical problem. Did you figure yours out?

• Posted in thread: Why is my new head gasket messed up? on 01/13/2012 at 7:32PM
  I put a new head gasket on my Ford 960 ... then due to another mishap, had to pull the head to extract
  debris from intake valve #4.And I find the head gasket damaged between cylinders 2 & 3.Hoping you...