Ford 755, 755A & 755B Tractor Loader Backhoe Service Manual
This service manual is the workshop repair reference for the Ford 755 integral tractor-loader-backhoe and its 755A and 755B successors, running roughly 476 pages of disassembly, assembly, inspection, adjustment, and troubleshooting procedures. It's a true service manual — component-level teardown and repair of the engine, transmission, axles, steering, and the complete loader-backhoe hydraulic system, not just operation — with dedicated troubleshooting, specifications, and special-tools chapters throughout. Originally published by Ford and delivered here as an instant PDF download you can read on any device or print for the bench.
Models covered: 755 · 755A · 755B (includes the Ford 755B production-changes supplement)
About the Ford 755
The Ford 755 was the heavy hitter of Ford's industrial tractor-loader-backhoe line — an integral TLB built around a purpose-designed frame rather than a converted farm tractor, powered by a four-cylinder turbocharged Ford diesel with a dynamic balancer and five-main-bearing crankshaft. Depending on production, machines carried either an AiResearch or a Schwitzer turbocharger, and this manual covers the overhaul of both.
The line evolved through the 755A into the 755B, and this manual follows it: the core volume covers the 755 family systems in depth, and the included 755B supplement documents the production changes specific to that model. Plenty of these machines are still digging on farms, job sites, and rural properties today — and factory service literature for them is getting genuinely hard to find. This PDF puts the complete workshop reference back in your hands.
What This Manual Covers
- Engines: Complete teardown and rebuild of the four-cylinder turbocharged diesel — cylinder head and valves, timing gears, oil pump, pistons and rods, balancer, main bearings, crankshaft, and camshaft — plus the lubrication and cooling systems.
- Turbochargers: Description, overhaul, and troubleshooting for both the AiResearch and Schwitzer units.
- Fuel system: The Ford 755 diesel fuel system — injection service, adjustment, and troubleshooting.
- Electrical system: Wiring, lights, and instruments, with system troubleshooting.
- Transmission: Servicing the transmission — disassembly, inspection, assembly, and adjustment.
- Rear axle & brakes: Rear axle and brake overhaul, adjustment, and specifications.
- Steering & front axle: Steering system and front axle service, including the steering motor and shimming procedures.
- Wheels & tires: Wheel service plus rear axle and center housing removal and installation.
- Component removal: How to split the machine — separating major assemblies for access and repair.
- Loader, backhoe & hydraulics: The full Part 9 — structural members and frame, loader lift arms, backhoe boom and stabilizers, every cylinder, plus the reservoir, filter, oil cooler, pump, valves, and hoses.
- Ford 755B supplement: Production changes and model-specific information for the 755B tractor-loader-backhoe.
- Reference chapters throughout: Trouble shooting, specifications, and special tools for each system.
Why This Manual Matters
- Component-level repair, not just operation. This is the workshop book — it walks through tearing down and rebuilding the engine, transmission, axles, and hydraulics, which is what you need when a repair goes past routine maintenance.
- The reference data the job depends on. Specifications, troubleshooting charts, and special-tool callouts are included chapter by chapter, so you can diagnose systematically and reassemble to spec rather than guess.
- Turbo-diesel specifics. Full overhaul procedures for both turbocharger brands fitted to these engines — details that generic guides don't carry.
- The loader and backhoe are covered, not just the tractor. Cylinders, pump, valves, reservoir, frame, and structural members get their own dedicated part — the half of a TLB that farm-tractor manuals skip.
- Three models, one book. The 755, 755A, and 755B are covered together, including the factory 755B production-changes supplement.
- Long service life, scarce documentation. These Ford TLBs are still working machines, but factory service literature is increasingly hard to come by — this searchable, restored PDF puts the complete manual back in your hands.
Manual Code: 40075510