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i'd do it if i were you as its so easy to do it now rather than put your dexta back together then regret not doing it

if you do it get a plug for a 4 cylinder 35 or fergie 20 diesel, 3 cyl 35 threads are different to dexta.

i think it could be the one? its had a few additions over the years from the picture i've seen when it was new i'll have too try and get another look.

i am trying to get permission off the owner to post some pics it may take a while though. fingers crossed

Yesterday i was lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time!!! :D was talking to a friend of mine and he's been lent a folder full of photo's that were taken by a member of the fordson demo team, alot of them were taken abroad and where on test is a dexta fitted with a 4d, it is a proper...

Pascal wrote:
Quite some Leylands...at 3:00 it even looks like a Leyland County

thats a leyland bray, theres one parked next to my dextas in the shed but its not mine

not heard of that, i know few chaps in belper i'll ask them

i think only the early dextas had them gear knobs, i've never seen an original or repro one they must be like hens teeth

i do some work for a contractor, one of his customers uses a leyland silage carting and he puts his tipping pipe on to the hydraulic brake system, it pulls him up!! bit dodgy following him till he gets the feel for it though

link to thread with pic
http://www.fordsontractorpages.nl/phpbb ... highlight=

i once had a problem with one of my dextas that wouldn't rev above 1800 , i found out that the pre cleaner was to blame i opened up the fins with a screw driver a little and it now revs at 2250

Dexta4 Sorry, that sounded a bit short and it was not meant to be :D We have been going over the same points here, me and the old Wrights men, trying to get a date because the pictures did not seem to be correct. All the people in the pictures apart from the lady, have passed on and we have been ta...

i was meaning i'd done the learning !

Brian wrote:Live clutch on Dexta tractors was available from Novenber 1957, from the introduction of the tractor.

well as they say you learn somthing everyday! i've read it somewhere it was an option from 1960!!

wasn't sure when it appeared on the majors but the dexta was later?

great pictures just noticed the major and dexta with no lights have what looks a live drive badge on the grill which doesn't ad up if it was 1958? unless its a dealer name badge or somthing else ??

i got one earlier this year from my local newholland dealer was in a genuine parts bag and was cheaper than anywhere else

your bonnet top and front should be level my front and bonnet are originals

dont get one from agriline i could have made a better one myself than the one that turned up it wasn't how it was pictured and to top it off it leaked and wont stop leaking i'll have to do what i should have done in the first place and make one

your serial number, reg number and who brought it new should all be logged it may be a good idea to contact the libary first to make sure they're there as a friend of mine asked to see them once and they'd been lent to a local news paper or something like that

i think that photo was taken at staffordshire county show in uttoxeter about 1956! tom fryer gave my uncle the original copy of this picture and a few more. this dealer was 4 miles down the road from me and fryers are family friends, they stopped selling tractors and moved to selling cars and have n...

it looks like a dexta one to me as it has 4 holes for the wheel weight, i think 19 inch fergie wheels have 3 weight holes.

Brian wrote:The over run clutch is really important Mike or you could be inyo fencing next.

There is nothing worse than putting your foot on the clutch and still going forward.

i wonder if thats why some gear sticks are bent

all the ones i've taken off have had bits of rubber like the rubbers the rad mounts on..

thinking about it the one i had had an extra hole gas torched in it so it fit. all the others i've got are staight i think the bent ones are for the 000 series?