Tractor Question

[perchking]

Ok 3 years ago I bought a (1964) ford 2000 Industrial tractor with a loader and all the implements for a food plot helper. Finally I just had my land logged and I am a few weeks away from working up the ground and getting everything ready to plant my 1st food plot. I have been running the tractor on and off over the past 3 years mainly just cleaning up around the camp and pushing some new trails. I check all of the fluids regularly and they seem ok, but over the past year I saw my engine oil was a bit low and pretty dirty. So I did a oil/filter change this weekend and for the life of me I cant find a spot to add the new oil. I know this sounds silly but I just cant find it, so now I am sitting with a tractor that is ready to work but I cant find out where to add the oil. If my father in law was still living he would tell my I need to brush up on my "farm sharpness" but unfortunately he is no longer with us. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

PK

[PierBridge]

There must be an engine breather cap or oil filler cap?

Is there tube sticking out of the engine near the oil filter?

[perchking]

Pier,

I am sure there is, I just cant find that darn thing. I know there is nothing by the filter its self, but with the loader frame it is tough to get a good look. I know there is something but I cant find it...

Thanks anyway

PK

[heat checker]

Most tractors you put the oil down the dipstick tube.

[perchking]

Heat Checker, I actually thought of that but I have no idea where you would find a funnel that small, the diameter of that hole is smaller than a pencil.

[perchking]

I found it online, just as I suspected it was behind the main frame of the loader.

Thanks,

PK

[hawkeye43]

The next time you may want to raise the loader up all the way so its not in the way. Use the safety catch on the loader to keep it up.

[perchking]

Good tip Ken, but I am not sure a 63 tractor has a safety catch. If so where is it?

[theoilman]

That old a tractor probably doesn't have a safety up-lock. Many of the newer ones have a collar type of rig that goes around one of the extended cylinders.

The easiest to use - a 4x4 post or pole positioned under the back edge of the bucket or a part of the linkage that it will keep from coming down. If you are by yourself, build a foot to make it stand up, put it in place and gently lower the weight of the bucket onto it.

Or if a fence post is tall enough, drive up to a fence, and sit the bucket weight on a post.

Anything to make sure it can't come down while you are under it or in the linkage.