The Fordson Tractor Pages Forum

Agriline at www.agrilineproducts.com, sell the right angled drive units for the tractor meters. Lok under the section headed Fordson Major.

Gerald

David, We live and learn. A full and proper tractor restoration requires you to spend more money than the tractor's eventual worth. As is illustrated on Stephan's web site featuring his refurbished Dexta. But surely you must find consolation in owning such a stunning tractor! Fortunately there are s...

I can confirm that a single 1mm hole is correct.

Gerald

From these threads it would appear that the true colour of the grilles cannot be established as even the official Ford publications show them in different colours. This must obviously cause a problem when performing a restoration. My own thoughts are whilst trying to maintain authenticity during res...

The sidelights are fixed with screws and not bolts. Please don't use gutter bolts they look dreadful on an old tractor and have spoilt many a restoration! Whilst the conduit and wires are missing, there are clips fitted on the rear edges of the mudguards on my old tractor suggesting that the conduit...

I have just checked my hitch and it is mounted in the same position and manner as shown in Mervyn's photo.

Gerald

Neil, I have just found a wiring diagram which clearly shows the rear lighting circuit being split by means of a bullet connector. With two black cables running left and right which in turn are split by means of bullet connectors to provide feeds to the number plate light and the trailer socket. You...

Neil,

I will also check this out for you in the morning!

Gerald

Neil,

I will check out my tractor in the morning and come back to you.

Gerald

There are separate wires running from the light switch either side to the right and left hand rear lights. If you look you will see that the footplate support brackets are joggled to accomodate the conduit, ie. the conduit is supported between the brackets and the foot plate. The cables then run up ...

Hi Frank,

I know that the advert claims that they are new bearings, however the photo suggests that there is white metal in the oil grooves and where the horns are washed away. One would therefore expect to find white metal on the bearing surfaces.

Quite a puzzle.

Gerald

Further to my previous post, the New Holland number for this filter (E-68-GF-9) is 81800792.

Gerald

Hi, Brian's article and photos covering the stripdown of Henrietta's engine prompt me to raise this query. Having stripped a couple of Dexta engines, I was surprised to find that the white metal lining on all the bearing surfaces had dissapeared, but was still evident in the oil grooves and that the...

In defence of the oil producers, you can't blame them for putting up the cost of crude oil, when for many years the Greedy British and European Goverments have been making more money per barrel of crude from taxes than the producers. The Abu Dhabi Oil Company I worked for in the nineteen nineties wa...

James, If you have a spare parts manual or refer to the one on Stephan's web site, Fig. 6 Steering gear item 14 "Shaft and main Nut assembly", this shows the main nut which screws onto the shaft and which in turn is splined to suit the steering wheel. So sadly the only way out of this problem is to ...

Hi James, I have encountered the same problem, where the steering wheel was welded on to the main nut as the splines were worn. As a consequence I had to grind the welds out in order to remove the wheel and to gain access to the steering column top cover. If you have a lot of play in the straight ah...

According to my notes the filter is a Purolator 178.

UnfortunatelyI no longer have access to a filter equivalents book, however you could ask at your local Factors if they can supply this filter or an equivalent!

Gerald

Well done Oscar, what a difference this new site has made. It is very similar now to the other forums that I visit and i'm sure that there are an awful lot of new features to discover!

Best regards.

Gerald.