Dug this out of the back of the tractor shed yesterday

[78 Chevyrado]

No it's not another chevy, but a ford.  but it's not a bad ford, it a tractor.  to be exact is a 1958 ford 801 powermaster diesel.   It hasn't run in about 8 years.  I'm gonna see if I can get it runnin and if so I'll use it around the property.  We have a 2000 new holland tn55  but this old one is too cool.  Grandad bought it used around 1960 and used it until around 2000-2001.  40 years of use ain't bad at all.   Just thought some of you tractoring guys might wanna see this.

This is it after a good powerwashing.

[ccz145a]

love it! crank that sucker up!

[zieg85]

Looks very close to my dad's, soon to be mine, 1953 NAA Jubilee

[Captkaos]

Very nice, it will probably crank right up...

[choptop]

I just sold my 53 Jubilee, but have a 47 8n that had an engine fire, that I hope to restore some day. I just need a hood and one rear fender. It is amazing how many parts are still available for these tractors.

[zieg85]

I just sold my 53 Jubilee, but have a 47 8n that had an engine fire, that I hope to restore some day. I just need a hood and one rear fender. It is amazing how many parts are still available for these tractors.

Yes, The front end pivot bushing went on mine which whittled the solid shaft between the crank and front pump.  I thought I would actually have to get the stuff made but no, everything was in stock at the local Ford tractor dealer.

[Lt.Del]

My dad has a '56 Ford tractor (gas) that we cleared out land with growing up---all 7 acres and tree stumps too!  That puppy was tough.  I fell off of those rear wheel fenders so many times as a kid, probably did brain damage I hit the ground so many times---at least that's the excuse I use now.
He still has it, but, hasn't run in a few years now...took the generator off and put a GM alternator on it, and that's about all themods he did over the years.

[78 Chevyrado]

I got the hood off and drained the tank and took off everything fuel related except the injector pump for cleaning.  It's not too bad just a lot of water in it.  It turns over good and the electrical is mostly good, except a few small wires.  I'm gonna go to the pic and pull and get a gm alternator so I can ditch the regulator and just generally upgrade it, it's a diesel so it's already 12 volts.  The radiator is shot bad though, he didn't have the front end (grille and hood) bolted down in the front so it beat the crap out of the core, guess I'll get it re-cored.  I got the valves adjusted and there's not much buildup at all (I was surprised).  The tranny is real good jsut the engine is worn and the hydraulics are about shot.  If I can get it running decent maybe I'll fix the hydraulics too, we'll see.  Right now its just a tinkering project so I can ride around on it but you know it'll probably turn inti a big job, oh well.  At least the tanks clean, I hate cleaning nasty tanks out.  The thing it needs the most is a steering wheel, the old plastic grip on it has half cracked and broken off and is sharp as heck.  When I get it running that will be the first thing I buy for it.

If it should turn into a big project, I do know what to do with it.  I want to get some turf tires on the back and a nice belly mower for it and make a nice sized lawn mower out of it since I don't need to use implements behind it since we have another tractor for that.

Here's the pics

[78 Chevyrado]

It's grown to a project now....   It won't start, because of the injector pump, so that's off getting redone.  Then about $350 in other parts to get it back fully operational again.  I decided to clean it up and since the grease it what's keeping it from rusting more, it's paint time.  It'll be a nice rattlecan paint job, if such a thing exists...lol  If all goes well I'd like to put a woods bellymower under it and mow grass with it.  either way I just wanna drive it around.  I played on it all the time when I was small but never got to drive it, so maybe now I'll be able to.  I'm not painting it the proper colors, I'm just painting it bright-red and bright-white, but I will keep to the OE paint scheme, more or less.

A before fender

After Fender

Grille shell and lower dash

nose piece

[80stepsideguy]

Looks great, now i see a full blown restoration on it...

thanks
pat

[choptop]

I love Tractor Supply company
 Steering wheel for splined shaft
http://www.tractorsupply.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay_10551_10001_33753_-1______?rFlag=true&cFlag=1
keyed shaft
http://www.tractorsupply.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay_10551_10001_33752_-1______?rFlag=true&cFlag=1

[exilous]

Ya those old ford tractors are very interchangeable...i know multiple models from I believe the early 40s up to the mid to late 60s use a lot of the same parts. We have had a handful of those tractors pass through our farm up here and they are great and very powerful...we never had a diesel one though. Good luck with it. Have fun they are great tractors.

[oldwhity]

Cool project! I always wanted a larger tractor like that or a Cub. I've only had garden tractors like Wheelhorses and Case. It'll look awesome when it's done factory colors or not.

[The dream]

very cool
 

[78 Chevyrado]

I found out today it's actually an 841 model and not an 801.  Still basically the same thing as an 801 though.  I brushed off more around where the serial number is and found 841-D  for 841 diesel.  Also when sanding the old powermaster decals off the left hood side, I found another decal under the 801 powermaster decal that was on it. 


Here's a pic for you guys.  You can barely see the 841 under the "WERM" in powermaster.  It says 841.  Cool stuff, This is fun