Finishing Touches On A Fully Restored Ford 4000 || That's One Hell Of A Christmas Gift

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  • In this video we are working on my mates Ford 4000, this 4000 was fully restored in 2021 as handed back to his father on Christmas Day as a complete surprise!
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  • @thefunkyfarmer
    @thefunkyfarmer 10 месяцев назад +11

    Very nice. Harry will be very jealous when he sees this

  • @Revedupmedia
    @Revedupmedia 10 месяцев назад +10

    Ur the best Irish RUclipsr farmer me and my dad love watching ur vids. ❤

  • @radharcanna
    @radharcanna 10 месяцев назад +15

    What a beautifully-restored tractor. The Ford engines, like the Masseys, had a very distinctive purr. You could hear them coming before you saw them. A shame that Ford stopped making tractors.

  • @bobuncle8704
    @bobuncle8704 10 месяцев назад +24

    I’m a big Ford fan, and that’s a great restoration. Beautifully done.
    Adrian, your work is impeccable, as usual. 👍👍

  • @fordford9133
    @fordford9133 9 месяцев назад +4

    What lovely memories 🥲

  • @Helen-sound
    @Helen-sound 10 месяцев назад +14

    What a beautiful tractor . You can see why your friend Gerry asked you to do those jobs . Your attention to detail and also having fond memories of this tractor , he knew you would have put as much love into it as he has done .
    I hope you find your old tractor and I bet you Gerry will be right there offering to help do the restoration with you .

  • @claetuswoodroofe1854
    @claetuswoodroofe1854 10 месяцев назад +32

    I think it’s 1973 judging by the windscreen frame style but to look that good at 50 years old is impressive.

    • @huwrichards9016
      @huwrichards9016 10 месяцев назад +2

      Yes its a 1973 ish model. By 1975 the bottom of windscreen was straight.

  • @Gearoid35
    @Gearoid35 10 месяцев назад +5

    Great video Adrian I grew up with one my father bought one in 1979 a great little tractor, i think the last of them were made in early 1976 that's the year the 600 series were launched

  • @darylnottley8788
    @darylnottley8788 10 месяцев назад +2

    They changed the Ford's from 4000 to 4600 around about 1976. The same as the 7000 to the 7600 before they brought out the q cab.

  • @sheepschool365
    @sheepschool365 10 месяцев назад +5

    Great video Adrian, very tidy wiring work 👏
    Brings me back to my younger days when my late father had a Ford 4000 as the main farm tractor with the MF 135 as the back-up.

  • @davidanderson2145
    @davidanderson2145 10 месяцев назад +5

    Think the tractor is no later than 75 as of 76 they were a 4600 then 77 started the bubble Q cab. Also that model the rear lights had one side a side light other side was brake light. My dad drove the 4000 for 24 years. Lovely looking machine

  • @FlyingFergyMan
    @FlyingFergyMan 10 месяцев назад +4

    Regardless of the colour that’s a fantastic restoration and a real credit to your neighbours. Anyone would be proud of that even us reds men. Great job on the wiring.

  • @dieselbushcraft1299
    @dieselbushcraft1299 10 месяцев назад +3

    I do love the White and Blue colour scheme that Ford used, someone is exceptionally lucky getting to drive that around.

  • @pierceol966
    @pierceol966 10 месяцев назад +1

    That's some restoration,she looks as well now as she did when she came out of the factory,some job, nice bit of tidying up on the wiring there too Adrian,we had a mini Tornado today in Leitrin village blew the roof off a house and damaged a few more properties lucky no one was hurt

    • @IFarmWeFarm
      @IFarmWeFarm  10 месяцев назад +1

      Just seen it earlier on the news, unreal! Don’t think anyone was seriously injured thankfully but a lot of damage done

  • @GaryWM2
    @GaryWM2 Месяц назад

    Beautiful tractor! Those have always been my favorite. Wished they still made them like that.

  • @tristanmosedale7812
    @tristanmosedale7812 10 месяцев назад +1

    Blimey, that takes me back to my teen years, they've done a great job in the restoration, and Adrian just tidying up the wiring the way you have competes the project.

  • @user-pe4sx7ey3m
    @user-pe4sx7ey3m 10 месяцев назад

    First class job , the younger generation should stand back and look what good workman ship looks like 👍

  • @stevemurphy6599
    @stevemurphy6599 10 месяцев назад +4

    There's nothing more satisfying than helping a friend

  • @ToriOBrien-t5b
    @ToriOBrien-t5b 10 месяцев назад +2

    Its a joy to look at your work, neat and tidy and everything works as it should

  • @phillipmatthews148
    @phillipmatthews148 10 месяцев назад +2

    Crumbs Adrian good job you weren’t around over here in the UK when I was a farm machinery repair man, l wouldn’t have had any work! 😂Many thanks for a good video to watch and bring me back some memories 👍

  • @nataliegraham9552
    @nataliegraham9552 10 месяцев назад +4

    This was so much fun to watch! Love the background stories about this tractor and seeing you with a smile in the footage when you took it for a spin. It's a gorgeous restoration for what is now a tidy little baby tractor. 😊 Thanks Adrian!

  • @TheBritish_Canadian
    @TheBritish_Canadian 10 месяцев назад +2

    What a wonderful Restoration job on it that 4000 puts out a lovely sound, my father owns a ford 3600 lovely wee tractor used it a few times growing up, I'm a red man myself but got a small spot in my heart for these small fords

  • @willyfindlay4398
    @willyfindlay4398 10 месяцев назад

    The first job of mine at Darby Nursery Stock Ltd in Methwold Norfolk had a stack of these back in 1983 as well as Fordsons and Wee Kubotas.
    Great learning.
    Thanks for a cracking video Adrian. 😊😊😊😊😊

  • @johnwandersonagain
    @johnwandersonagain 10 месяцев назад +3

    Unreal Adrian, your attention to detail is unmatched as always.. super job

  • @chrisharris8727
    @chrisharris8727 10 месяцев назад +3

    What an Awesome little 4000 that anyone would be very proud to own and drive. Great job on sorting the electrics and tidying up the little bits and pieces to make this little diamond shine even brighter 😀😀

  • @ciaranmartinlennon3560
    @ciaranmartinlennon3560 2 месяца назад

    A credit to yous All..A lovely thing to do for the Boss Man.

  • @andrewjones-productions
    @andrewjones-productions 10 месяцев назад +5

    I learned to drive on a Ford 3000, which looked pretty much like this one. More poignantly, they sound more or less the same and what a sweet sound it is. I throughly enjoyed this. Thank you for sharing it with us Adrian.

  • @user-mjg1067
    @user-mjg1067 10 месяцев назад +1

    My Congratulations to the guy who restored most of the Ford, it looks stunning, and yerself Adrian good work as always.

  • @bencarter2334
    @bencarter2334 10 месяцев назад

    There certainly was plenty of 4000s around. Great tractors. I like the pictures of it in its work clothes. Fantastic job of doing it up. Must have arrived on some farm like that one day in the 70s.

  • @paulluke3283
    @paulluke3283 10 месяцев назад +5

    What a fantastic 4000 . We had on the farm I worked on, and after the dairy farm was sold , we brought it back to the arable farm and had a major clean-up. I'd often jump on it for small jobs before the modern tractors. Love it !! Great stuff, Adrian. Can I take the opportunity to wish you all and your subscribers a very merry Christmas 🎅 🎄 and Happy New year 🎉

  • @johnlong3214
    @johnlong3214 10 месяцев назад +5

    I had a 1972 one of these but mine had no glass at the back just a roll down piece of plastic and no indicators, thats what your hands were for. Great piece of kit it was, wish I had it now. Thank you for the memories, Merry Christmas. 🎄

  • @randybutler4772
    @randybutler4772 10 месяцев назад

    Very special bit of kit. Appears to be brand spanking new. What a nice restoration job. I’ll bet that was one happy dad on Christmas Day! Thank you for sharing.🚜

  • @oldschoolfarmer7610
    @oldschoolfarmer7610 10 месяцев назад +2

    A great restoration job there. The 4000 was my dad's tractor. We ha a 72 bought from Oakley's in Shrewsbury .I can't see one now without being reminded of him, either ferrying silage or haybobbing some hay.

  • @antmorgan5255
    @antmorgan5255 10 месяцев назад

    It's a pleasure to see you working on a ford tractor.

  • @PaddyGun
    @PaddyGun 10 месяцев назад +2

    Going through a similar restoration myself with a Massey 2135/135 industrial. All that’s left in the middle of the workshop now is back axle, and chassie up to bell housing. Hopefully engine in sorted in machine shop soon and I’ll get it back to reassemble over holidays and then when the weather warms up sandblasting and painting will start

  • @iansmith7369
    @iansmith7369 28 дней назад

    A great video to watch, a lovely story well told 👍

  • @stubarry3206
    @stubarry3206 10 месяцев назад +1

    Great little ford, carted many a load of silage with one of them ,with a 3ton single axle blue West trailer behind 👍👍

  • @mikeman584
    @mikeman584 10 месяцев назад

    Wow Adrian big thanks for that, it brought back a load of memories as a young teenage schoolboy in the early 70s working on a 350 acre mixed arable farm in North Yorkshire. The 4000 was main tractor accompanied by a Fordson Dexta and I believe two Fordson majors. The Ford was in my eyes a big tractor then and used to do the ploughing 3 furrow fixed plough, Howard rotovator, baling ( we didn't have any silage back then). Harvesting etc. Hard work but good times.

  • @seamuspower5900
    @seamuspower5900 10 месяцев назад +1

    Holy Moses your attention to detail and knowledge is unmatched great video as always 👌

  • @oisinkierancoyle5518
    @oisinkierancoyle5518 10 месяцев назад +1

    It would be great and fantastic for you to get your grey Ferguson vintage tractor fully working again Adrian.

  • @oconnellsfarm811
    @oconnellsfarm811 10 месяцев назад +3

    Lovely tractor my cousin still feeding 200 cattle with 5000 he bought 2 year old we all love driving it .your man did great job on 4000

  • @andoidv8945
    @andoidv8945 10 месяцев назад +4

    Wow! One of my favourite episodes yet. You are a wonderful man 🙂

  • @seamuscusack7937
    @seamuscusack7937 10 месяцев назад

    Brilliant video Adrian a joy to look at your work neat and tidy used to draw in silage with a ford 4000 years ago brought back memories great tractor

  • @fraserkerr4817
    @fraserkerr4817 10 месяцев назад

    That's some difference to what the tractor used to look like, brilliant plus you are right about the headlight Adrian definitely go for the normal light instead of led

  • @stallpatrickhesternorway4206
    @stallpatrickhesternorway4206 10 месяцев назад

    Good man Adrian. I have a 4000 also in need of wiring improvements. There are no videos of any use on RUclips so I would really appreciate some finer details when you get opportunity to wire the digger. Keep up the good work 😊

  • @darylnottley8788
    @darylnottley8788 10 месяцев назад

    What a great video and some hard graft has gone into this great tractor. I miss being on the farm with Gramp as he'd had one from 1970 and the next one was a 1973 one the later one had the fibre glass panel behind the seating area to sit on.👍

  • @johnlewins4523
    @johnlewins4523 10 месяцев назад

    Great video on the Ford tractor…77. Such a great year..( I was born) still a 135 man myself … like ya sel.. I wish I had my grandfather.. that I learned to drive in…

  • @JB-xo4uc
    @JB-xo4uc 9 месяцев назад

    Wow! What a lovely restoration on the 4000. ...you’re very good at the electrics, no wonder he wanted you to do those jobs👌... looking forward to more vids’ of the Massey Digger... have a lovely Christmas 🎄 with your family...

  • @TOPtee34
    @TOPtee34 10 месяцев назад

    Thoroughly enjoyed watching this just as much as you enjoyed working on and driving it also lovely little story .

  • @markgilmour1169
    @markgilmour1169 8 месяцев назад

    Great to see old machines like that looking great and back on the road.

  • @sandymcghee3328
    @sandymcghee3328 10 месяцев назад +1

    Very nice video Adrian the Ford tractor is looking great 👍👍👍

  • @michaelcreedon1994
    @michaelcreedon1994 10 месяцев назад +1

    Great job on that tractor,wiring is second to none.I have a 7000 with lollipop lights all original she has never had indicators on rear lenses,I’m afraid you removed the correct ones and replaced them with wrong ones.🫣all said I would love to have your talent for wiring

  • @richardconnor349
    @richardconnor349 10 месяцев назад +2

    Absolutely class the job that was done on it Creaid to the man that done the work and Creaid to the man that put the money into it . And a class job tidying up the wiring. Work like this has to be appreciated

  • @StephenQuinn-j2s
    @StephenQuinn-j2s 10 месяцев назад +2

    Great video Adrain, I learned to drive in my fathers 4000 all them years ago. Brought back great memories 👍👍

  • @seanfinn2004
    @seanfinn2004 10 месяцев назад +1

    Well done to all concerned. Fantastic job all round. Credit to " Johnny sparks " at the end. 😅😅

  • @HorseMalone
    @HorseMalone 10 месяцев назад +2

    The old vaseline for the battery terminals...
    Deffo right choice for headlamps.
    Sure she's a grand little yoke.

  • @donaldnera2919
    @donaldnera2919 3 месяца назад

    Wow I love it nice restoration 100 % job well done

  • @glencarter4697
    @glencarter4697 10 месяцев назад +1

    Very moving clip Adrian, it's not only awesome to rebuild classics but to support family and friends that must have moved your m8 father to tear. We use to have a Ford 4000 on our farm. 1981. Merry Christmas all

  • @chrisjackson4457
    @chrisjackson4457 10 месяцев назад

    That’s an absolute beauty I used to drive these and was a Ford tractor mechanic later on always loved fords

  • @theeleo
    @theeleo 10 месяцев назад

    The 565 and a 135 hope u get them .....great video again

  • @dronedairys7461
    @dronedairys7461 10 месяцев назад

    A lovely lovely little tractor Adrian. I wouldn’t be the worlds biggest Ford fan but I always had admiration for the 4000. Top class work might I add on the wiring. Well done. It must be McGinn that done the work I presume

  • @loughman2629
    @loughman2629 10 месяцев назад +1

    Love the Evenflow sticker on the back, Adrian... Those crazy lads would love this little beauty, as would Declan in France😂

  • @adrian_dickinson
    @adrian_dickinson 10 месяцев назад

    I used to drive a 4000 when a lad, good little tractor side windows a pain for rattling, bad at starting due to no heater plug. I think they where a optional extra, short of weight on backend when pulling. I;e a land roller. That's a nice one there with the full enclosed back end, just needs rev counter fixing. Great repair & upgrade, Adrian

  • @130VT
    @130VT 10 месяцев назад

    Good man Adrian, your attention to detail is second to none , very neat workmanship , Gerry will be very happy with a job well done 👍

  • @grahamdobson7428
    @grahamdobson7428 7 месяцев назад

    Lovely job and a fantastic looking 4600..I drive one for a long time.

  • @mitchberryman7690
    @mitchberryman7690 10 месяцев назад

    I think it’s so awesome to see some blue paint over there

  • @bernardobrien2196
    @bernardobrien2196 10 месяцев назад

    Thats some makeover they were some tractor the boys who cut our silage in the 90s had one of them pushing up brought me back with the purr off it

  • @50AcresFarm
    @50AcresFarm 10 месяцев назад +1

    Tractor look amazing. I learnt to drive in a Ford 4000. Many happy memories.

  • @gerrymulligan2602
    @gerrymulligan2602 10 месяцев назад

    Always said it end up fixing up.all neighbour's tractors ford fast.on road lovely looking tractor right man on job

  • @dekdek551
    @dekdek551 10 месяцев назад

    What a fabulous surprise for his dad!

  • @ilovetractors40
    @ilovetractors40 10 месяцев назад

    That is a gorgeous 😍 tractor and I hope we get to see your old tractor.

  • @robdixon945
    @robdixon945 10 месяцев назад

    Great show Adrian, thanks for sharing 🍻🇦🇺

  • @smalldairyfarmer
    @smalldairyfarmer 10 месяцев назад

    Great video that's a great thing your friend did getting the ford restored ❤ that just gives me a good idea for some daay

  • @patriciamccormack7626Teashee
    @patriciamccormack7626Teashee 10 месяцев назад +1

    Brilliant video Adrian 👍🏆♥️ The before and after shots 👍 A Ford Daysy "days it works and, days it doesn't" but thanks to you Mr Fix it, and your skills and knowledge it'll be your mates pride and joy again 👍🏆❤ I'm with Sinead and the bubble wrap, "pop"😂

  • @belfastbornstephen
    @belfastbornstephen 10 месяцев назад +2

    Grand job there Adrian, cracking wee machine and what a lovely gift.👏

  • @elirenigar9357
    @elirenigar9357 6 месяцев назад

    Those are absolutely phenomenal tractors.

  • @jimpolk
    @jimpolk 10 месяцев назад

    Lovely build Adrian! That's a great looking 4000!

  • @mr51277
    @mr51277 10 месяцев назад

    Class restoration on a lovely little ford

  • @jenesisjones6706
    @jenesisjones6706 10 месяцев назад

    Agreed with the LED lights...originals are the best.

  • @robertd-dh8qm
    @robertd-dh8qm 10 месяцев назад +1

    What a clever man you are. Love that little ford tractor 👍

  • @Freddy_8398
    @Freddy_8398 10 месяцев назад

    I think the 135s are lovely, our neighbour has one that he restored himself and the 7 pin plug is a deadly handy yoke to have

  • @kevingovier5090
    @kevingovier5090 10 месяцев назад +4

    Great video Adrian 👍 nice to see Hudson out ( loyal boy ! ) you’re a man of many talents, you could do tractor wiring as a side line ! Anyway stay safe 🍻

  • @robertrenwick9436
    @robertrenwick9436 10 месяцев назад

    Adrian, Excellent finishing touches to a well restored gem. Another great video. 👍

  • @banjoboy8802
    @banjoboy8802 10 месяцев назад +2

    Hi Adrian a wee tech tip for you. Hot water and a good squirt of Fairy Liquid will help dissolve those green crystals. A paint brush will speed the process. When done smear grease on the terminals to prevent oxidization and prevent further corrosion. You probably know this already but check electrolyte level make sure it covering the top of the plates. Check the condition of the electrolyte with a hydrometer it may not be as efficient as it should be, may need to replace the acid and have the battery flushed out.

  • @dc9691
    @dc9691 10 месяцев назад

    A little beaut of a tractor, she's a sweet little yoke. Ur handy at the oul wiring Adrian.

  • @evanwalsh121
    @evanwalsh121 10 месяцев назад +2

    What was once a tractor fit for a scraper is now back too it's glory 😮.. my god it's immaculate.. great work lads and you too Adrian.. yoir work is second to none.. merry Christmas to you and your family

  • @ianhaggart1438
    @ianhaggart1438 10 месяцев назад

    I see lots of respect in this vid... 👏..A fergie man driving a ford with a grin on his face shows that... 😊.. Nice gesture. They did a power of work... i think if I was going to throw some paint at my 135 I'll be adding hessian sacks for period correct draft excluding 😮😄.. Great work as always sir. .. stay safe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @jasminesmith7669
    @jasminesmith7669 10 месяцев назад

    Fantastic tractor brings back memorys when i was youger an lernt to drive a tractor great to see it
    Looking like new

  • @davidrichardson7656
    @davidrichardson7656 10 месяцев назад

    I must admit I’m not a ford fan but that little tractor does look great ,it’s a credit to your friends hard work he’s put in to it . Nice job on the wiring Adrian 👍

  • @gregphillips24
    @gregphillips24 10 месяцев назад +1

    That was a lovely Job on that little tractor.Good job you done as well on the electrics,Adrian.

  • @Jeff-bg7pt
    @Jeff-bg7pt 10 месяцев назад

    I'm glad you had some sunshine

  • @oliverkennedy1217
    @oliverkennedy1217 10 месяцев назад

    Absolutely brilliant. Lovely tractor.

  • @rogerquenault7207
    @rogerquenault7207 10 месяцев назад +1

    You are a very handy man to know and obviously a very good friend. Lovely tractors the early fords I spent many a happy hour in a 8210 that has to be one of the best sounding tractors very made. i found the 4 cylinder fords very noisy.

  • @finbarreburn5112
    @finbarreburn5112 10 месяцев назад

    This little baby was known to frequent the ballrooms of Rockcorry,Ballybay and Castleblaney.
    'Night-timer Lover' 😍

  • @rosesmall820
    @rosesmall820 10 месяцев назад

    Wow, what a transformation

  • @krisshutler
    @krisshutler 10 месяцев назад

    Great video Adrian. What a beautiful tractor she is

  • @ronanlucid9588
    @ronanlucid9588 10 месяцев назад

    A peach...First proper driving I did was on a 4000 just like it ...held her own with much bigger tractors ....I am massey man and would love to see the 565....they were a little gem

  • @macs164
    @macs164 10 месяцев назад

    Hard to bate working inside when the rain is batting of the roof. Great video

  • @bluethru808
    @bluethru808 10 месяцев назад

    Really enjoyed this, thanks for showing us 👍 lovely story behind it too. Good luck with the 565

  • @douglasmorton6121
    @douglasmorton6121 10 месяцев назад

    Nice tractor! Nice work done!!! Stay Safe!!!