The Fordson Tractor Pages Forum

thanks very much for the info, much appreciated

Hi, looking for a bit of help if possible gents, would anyone have any information on who would have converted the below tractor which I bought from Germany this week, apparently it was used on an open coal field out there http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy309/doug266/image_zps0d6ccc2d.jpg http:/...

Thanks for the replies guys, the tractor is a new performance model with the older high speed version, would the industrial have a higher road speed than this

cheers and happy new year to you all

Keith

Hi, just a quick question, does anyone know if the gearbox and crown and bevel and back end from an industrial major would fit a super major Are the gear ratios the same on the industrial or are they different from the super majors Reason i ask is that if possible i may consider swapping the crownwh...

JC, thanks a million for posting that, was really helpful

I owe you a beer

best wishes

Keith

Hi, thanks for the replies guys, JC if you could copy a couple of the pages from the manual with the details that would be really helpful

best wishes

Keith

Hi, looking for some help, the power steering has stopped working on my County Super 4

Would it be the pump or the ram

Would anyone know where I could get a hold of a workshop manual for the ram

Any help appreciated

Cheers

Keith

Hi

an update for all

we have now fitted the new shells and it seems to have done the trick, oil pressure when hot on tickover is now sitting at 34psi

thanks for all your help guys, much appreciated

cheers

Keith

Hi Pat, David Falconer doesn't have an email address unfortunately but if you need the sheels then by all means give him a call, he will be happy to help

Hi, we managed to get a set of bearings although you can only get them for the 6 cylinder so have to buy them in set of 6 rather than 4, they are the 015 oversized on the housing, you can also get them undersized on the shaft The address details and telephone no that we got them from is below David ...

Think we may have found the problem, it looks like it's the shells. The new shells that we installed were standard but we have now noticed that the old ones that came out were 0.015 oversized on the housing Have ordered new shells so will report back once they are installed thanks for all your help ...

Thanks for the replies so far guys, checked the crankshaft and the measurements of the crankshaft are spot on we had 2 different gaskets sent to us for between the engine mounting plate and the engine and we think we may have put the wrong one on although not sure if it would make a difference the o...

Hi, thanks for the reply I have tried a couple of oil pumps, the original and then the new one so think the oil pump is probably ok We are going to have the crank measured in the next couple of days and see if that reveals anything The engine is a fairly low hour engine so hoping the camshaft bearin...

Hi, looking for some assistance with the above if anyone can help. Tractor is a 1964 Super Major We have rebuilt the engine using new shells and gaskets and a new oil pump. When engine is started from cold at about half revs oil pressure reads 25psi When the engine gets hots and is ticking over at i...