i need a part, ford 501 mower

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ericlb

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• Dec 17, 2018

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recently i bought a ford 501 mower, specific model is 14- 92, im understanding there were different models of the 501, mine has a broken left side stabilizer arm, the one the rod attaches to, thats all thats keeping it from running, mower is free, cutters are nice ect, does anybody have a good used one? im finding this is a hard part to find, ive found a right, which i dont need mine is ok, mower is going to mount to a ford jubilee

 

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old

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Camdenton Missouri

• Dec 17, 2018

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I have parts and piece of either a 501 or 515 ford sickle bar mower laying around but with out seeing what you need it is hard to know if I have that part

 

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ericlb

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• Dec 17, 2018

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ok, old, ill go take a pic in a few minutes,

 

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Charles B Jackson

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• Dec 17, 2018

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I have a complete 501 in good condition for $200. Where are you located?

 

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ericlb

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• Dec 17, 2018

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old, here is the stabilizer, the part i have laying on top of the blue wire is supposed to be attached to the green rod below it, and it all clamps to the 3 point lower lift arm, i have that piece, but this looks like a cast part, im afraid if i tried to weld it it wouldnt hold

 

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ericlb

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• Dec 17, 2018

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Charles, im located in central nm, out in the middle of nowhere now, seems to be very few yt'ers out west here i think there's one 70 miles away in Roswell, but i haven't met him

 

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old

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Camdenton Missouri

• Dec 17, 2018

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I'll have to go out and look and see if I can find that part. Been a while since I looked at the mower parts I have

 

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ericlb

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• Dec 17, 2018

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ok old thanks , when you have time id appreciate it

 

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mptaszynski

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• Dec 17, 2018

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I live NW of you near Cortez CO. I could trace mine and send the tracing to you. I would think with some strap steel you could fabricate the missing part and weld/braze/bolt it on. If I remember, it is flat ( you're not missing much) and it clamps on to 3 pt arm.

 

Crazy Horse

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• Dec 17, 2018

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Eric ..... Roswell like Area 51 Roswell?

 

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Ron/PA

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• Dec 17, 2018

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(quoted from post at 13:01:22 12/17/18) I'll have to go out and look and see if I can find that part. Been a while since I looked at the mower parts I have

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Old, I thought your dialup was so slow you couldn't do pictures?

 

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old

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Camdenton Missouri

• Dec 17, 2018

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If it is a single picture I can view it but if there is 2 plus while I can view it, it takes to much time for me to wait for them

 

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IaGary

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• Dec 17, 2018

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Our 501 was bought new and never had that part and it works fine.

With that outside stabilizer bar ( red one in the picture) why is it needed.

 

sixbales

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• Dec 17, 2018

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Have a look at eBay item number: 232953727796

 

sixbales

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• Dec 17, 2018

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I agree with IaGary. If you have stabilizer bars (the red bar he refers to) on both sides, they provide lateral restraint.

 

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ericlb

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• Dec 17, 2018

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gary if i use the red sway bars, what does that green rod do? do i need to bolt it to the lift arm? that rod goes down and attaches to a belcrank which goes to the big spring which attaches via chain to the cutter bar, im not sure of its function

 

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ericlb

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• Dec 17, 2018

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yes exactly, and i can take it even farther, back in the 1970's i took a job on the old base which had been converted to a industrial area, i got hired at a hanger which repaired broken oilfield equipment to get money to go to trade school, i never gave it a thought back then, but always had a uneasy feeling in the hanger, i found out 20 years later that exact hanger was hanger 18! the exact place all that crash debris was taken to

 

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MF#1

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• Dec 17, 2018

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Area 51 is in Nevada. Roswell is the alien crash site. ;-)

 

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shaun wallace

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• Dec 17, 2018

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That part is needed to lift cutter bar. There is 2 styles early flat that is shown. Has clamp that goes on lift arm on tractor. Late has ball on end. They do not enterchange. That one has end broken off.