Ford 5000 diesel tractor First start attempt in years, and getting it home!

Well I made my offer, and it was accepted. In this video I try and get it started in preparation for loading it onto the trailer to get it home. Sure was glad to have my sons Marc and Aidan available to help.

[@WalkingTall1]

Best KZbin video ever.

[@sarhael]

I love them old Ford's.

[@inthelandofmilkandhoney457]

Love these videos. It’s exciting picking up one of these old girls.

[@stevefarms7494]

I have the exact tractor that my dad had for years and one thing to remember is always keep track of the injector pump oil and never over fill it and never run it emty or low ..

[@olivierfulcrand6841]

FORD IS GOLD 💪👌❤️ SIMPLY THE BEST 💪👍

[@patriciareynolds2729]

ED here, memories, my dad & i wore out one of these in 80s & 90s. hay and cows, never made any money! it was way of life. seals in the lift failed and we traded. ran good till gone.

[@highoctane953]

I cultivated many acres of pickles and beans on one of these 5000s. I loved the flat deck and flat fenders to lean on. I bet that add on step below the fuel tank was a place to strap on a tool box.

[@johnstrange6799]

All things considered that wasn't too too bad. It could have gone way worse. Definitely a BIG team effort win. I bet you were exhausted and even sore.

[@TALHA0632]

Great video congratulations

[@TomBiggerstaff-gn1ws]

CONGRATULATIONS on the fined those 5200s are really good tractors people that have them wornt usual sell them there alot more tractor than a utility 5000 I had a 4200 years age the guy that's got it won't sell

[@stevewatr]

I'm still not convinced I should keep it. I won't know for sure until I try brush hogging with it. More repairs to do first. Stay tuned.

[@TomBiggerstaff-gn1ws]

@@stevewatr well Steve it's a farm tractor not a utility. Those are excellent for tillage but smaller farmers really like them to pull smaller round balers and smaller square balers there a little large to hall around for custom Bush hoging . Also thay have become collectable. Good luck with the repairs

[@brianclark2876]

Cool video ! Thanks ! My father owned a 4200 diesel Ford, for pulling!! Good tractor ! A electric winch could have been handy for your trailer! But you got it !!

[@larryanglea3458]

these are very good tractors, I had 2- 5000 and 1- 7000 easy to work on. good luck! from arkansas

[@ralphnorris-vk8ff]

Start it up to warm up the engine. Shut it off and put it in about 3rd gear and restart it. Give it a little throttle and push the clutch down and nail the brakes hard. It will eather brake the clutch loose or kill the engine.

[@ralphnorris-vk8ff]

The 12000 pound witch from harbor freight saves a lot of sweat!

[@gabesgarden57]

The farm I work at has a Ford 6600, tough tractor, you can work it all day every day and they just keep running. My boss overheated it once by accident and it didn't even fase the engine, the radiator was plugged full of wood chip dust. I power washed the radiator and now it runs really cool.

[@alfredoacosta8135]

Nice tractor & old man seems pretty cool but kids just stood there and watched him work. My dad would have been yelling at my ass if I was just standing around haha

[@Hutch_moto]

Quite a job , nice 12000 pound electric winch would been nice , your going to sore from that one ,lol Sweet tractor 👍🏻

[@stevewatr]

Electric winch would have been the bees knees. Other mistake I made was wasting all that time with those trashy come along's. They were scary, hard to crank, and both failed during use. Not catastrophic, as in cable snap, but cable slipping of drum, jamming release mechanism, and more. Once we switched to the come along and got a good system going to keep the chains from fouling, it was amazingly easy.

[@jamessmith7691]

Good find. I don't trust jump packs much but I always have booster cables. Having 1/4 5/16 random nut and bolts is handy too. There's a primer lever on the pump. Winner winner chicken dinner. Good video !

[@stevewatr]

Thanks. Here's the playlist on case you'd like to see more on this tractor. kzbin.info/aero/PLV1RW-p5Beolyq5hAKhnQFonO_7MmqcDc

[@lancehigdon8683]

Don't you just pull the tractor away from all them trees and you can get to it a lot better

[@stevewatr]

@@lancehigdon8683 you had to be there to appreciate the situation. There was only about 10 feet in front of the tractor before the road. The front of the building to the right was right up to the road and the road curved at that point. So we could not see traffic coming amd for a narrow back road it was very busy. Made for a dangerous situation.

[@stevenmchenry9276]

Beautiful

[@vernt4583]

I used to have these Ford and when the clutch stuck on them I would idle them down jump start them up with remote switch with it in lower gear and bump them into a tree and they would break loose Just have clutch pedal in and the cut off knob pull ready for killing it

[@jonathansparks3386]

And just like that l. She starts. ❤❤❤❤

[@ncut5547]

Watt u should do is put it in low low and turn the starter motor to load it and it mite just free the clutch up ...

[@stevewatr]

Thanks. I got it freed up after we got it home. There's a while playlist on this one.

[@douglasbrown8175]

Boy Steve I'm tired, and I wasn't even there.

[@rightwinggunslinger1]

Diamond in the rough. Its going to clean up great. Got a good feeling on this one. . maybe rude to the seller so dont feel obligated to answer, but you asked what we'd have offered, what did an unknown condition, sunken and buried rusty ford tractor cost?

[@scottjaecques7409]

Be sure and check the oil in your injection pump

[@stevewatr]

Done. I did it in another video

[@williammatzek4660]

All diesels must have a pressure by pass line away from the injection pump. The front axle on a tractor is the weakest place to pull a tractor. Hook to the frame or the front of the draw bar. Strongest place to pull on!!!!

[@johnmccarthy6288]

What are you saving them boys for you doing all the work gonna teach them alot 😝

[@otisbailey5455]

Hercules is good to have around.

[@christinamoneyhan5688]

You should always have a means of shutting off the air intake with something. If it starts and you can not get it throttled down you could have a run away engine and destroy itself. You wee lucky on this one.

[@stevewatr]

I understand what you mean but am wondering why the engineers at Ford never felt the need? My old backhoe had a trip lever that would allow a spring loaded door to snap shut on the intake. It was a 2 stroke detroit.

[@christinamoneyhan5688]

@@stevewatr yes Steve I am familiar with that Detroit.

[@buddybangs9445]

I think I would have checked the oil before starting it up?

[@howardporter2863]

Put power steering oil in it and drive it around with your foot on the clutch it will free up

[@therack3403]

Iam from Philippines, am enjoying watching to this clip i hope is back on the road soon the tractor, sir the two guys is that your son's?my father also mechanic since 1970'

[@dm004i]

Looks like a great find! I enjoyed the vid. To load it, did you consider starting it up in first gear and idling it up into the trailer? You’d need to have confidence in your fuel shutoff or ability to quickly pop it out of gear…

[@stevewatr]

I did consider that, however, the fuel shutoff cable was removed so shut down from the operator location was not possible. Also, this tilt trailer belongs to my neighbor and when driving a heavy load on, it tends to drop down quick causing the load to lurch forward. There is a dampening adjustment to help slow the tilt, but the trailers owner requested I not change the setting. He has it setup for his smaller john deere.

[@dfls5069]

How many years was this tractor sitting? Did it have dirty oil in the engine?

[@scottjaecques7409]

Start in gear drive it around in gear and ride brakes and get clutch hot

[@ScottHenion]

Hmm, looks like no 100-part video series on this one ;)

[@stevewatr]

I figured I'd try things a little different. You will still see multi part videos involving this tractor, but it will be mini series, for example, maybe a 2 or 3 part on rebuilding a component, etc.

[@joshonthetube]

"one disaster at a time" :)

[@markhinrichs2085]

Bar across battery, should be a healthy spark!. If it still cranks slow, stop cranking

[@markhinrichs2085]

Ing and feel for a hot spot. The energy has to go somewhere and it will be Hot there.. keep that in mind when slow crank cold.

[@stevewatr]

It cranks okay now, but i am still going to replace that bad cable. I think my perception that it was cranking slowly was partly due to comparing it to my cummins cranking speed. I have now watched otther 5000 s start and realize it really was not too bad. Hope you keep watching. Thanks.

[@terryhobdy5727]

Should have used a chain an pulled it out saved lots of work

[@stevewatr]

True, but what you cannot appreciate without being there is how dangerous the traffic was. It was a narrow, busy back road with a blind corner right where we were working. Tractor was only about a truck length off the roads edge. Thanks for watching.

[@medwaybob]

I don't want to be picky but there's a huge FART at around 37.54. Had to view 3 times to be sure. Nice tractor though.

[@stevewatr]

Lol! It was the cheap tripod creaking when he tried moving the camera......then again, why should you believe me! 😆

[@scottjaecques7409]

Power steering resivoir is dry

[@raywhite1442]

You missed the loppers and got pruners

[@RogerKastel]

Check the ground.

[@stevewatr]

Why? did I drop something? 😂

[@denniscarte6564]

Does this tractor have dual power?

[@stevewatr]

Do you mean remote hydraulics or hi lol range on the transmission?

[@denniscarte6564]

@@stevewatr it probably doesn't, because you can't pull it to start , and would have 16 forward speed if it did . I think load monitor on the draft controls emblem that was my conflict. I have a 7600 just about like your 5000

[@stevewatr]

@@denniscarte6564 it has a hi lo range but not a on the fly range control like a toque amplifier. It can be towed to start.

[@denniscarte6564]

@@stevewatr the dual power is hydraulically controlled, splits the main gears. Can be shifted on the go . Really nice for baling hay.

[@Marionowy]

Did you know that the word "wątroba" means liver in Polish?

[@scottjaecques7409]

That's a Ford 5000 rowcrop