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Hi bought an old major last year she smoked like a train as soon as you revved it up hitched a large muck spreader to it and did a days spreading started off using high first with the revs fairly high so she was working hard with a cloud of black smoke pouring out and some soot and hot oil.... but a...

Try taking the pipe off and fitting an airline to blow through the pipe mine had some gunge in and this cleared it nicely
regards
oli

My theory was a flaw in the casting as the steel in the crack under close inspection appears black :( I only noticed it due it catching the diff/not meshing with the diff properly and that was when I was pushing it by hand in the workshop so no idea how long it has been running with the split in it ...

|was pushing the major forward in the workshop the other day just after finishing the full engine rebuild and felt a tight spot when it was in neutral so decided to investigate and this is what I found..... http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb349/hobo2045/Photo0392-1.jpg http://i1201.photobucket.c...

I had a look today and found the problem :) the locking tab holding the retaining nut on the belt pulley drive cog came off and the nut undone and the gear slid forward off the splines on the shaft stopping the high range gear sliding far enough to let the low range engage :( managed to fix it witho...

Thanks Brian that does sound like a good plan will have a look tomorrow drained the oil out today :) the guy who had the tractor before me had never used the low range all it had done was pull a little trailer around so it being seized would make perfect sense also I have had the selector lever off ...

The gearbox oil is all where it is meant to be just checked that I changed the gearbox oil and in the old oil there was no bits of metal bearings teeth etc just want to check low range is lever pushed up? correct?
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The winch only requires 30 ltrs a minute to power it I thought a major could do this no problem? as I have seen majors with winches and other hydraulic implements on before

Its an early E1A with no live drive transmission brake or pulley I have taken the plate off by the clutch pedal and had a look at the shaft travels fine appears to travel fine up to the point where you try to get it into low it just becomes stiff I cant see any reason for this :s thanks for the help...

Cheers Henk I Checked the lever it was loose so tightened it up but it still doesn't help it come out of high range fine but goes solid when you try to get into low range no gear crunch or noise at all so im assuming it is something internal which will need looked at? possibly not sure never looked ...

Hi pulled the old major out today and drove round the yard then tried to put her in low range to bring her into the workshop but wouldn't go into low range at all the lever moves fine comes out of high range fine but the low doesn't seem to engage at all you can lift the clutch and nothing happens :...

Hi everyone after some advice again please :) I have a Mk1 E1A which I want to run a hydraulic 3 point link winch off at the moment I have a return pipe running into the filler bung and the flow running off the trailer tipping pipe and the hydraulics only work with the lift arms lifted right up is t...

it would pay to change the oil to a monograde oil it sounds like as oil warms up it is thinning and the pressure is dropping I thought my major had oil pressure problems until I put the correct oil in now holds a steady 35 psi all day

oli

I have the same seat on my mk2 e1a if you undo the small clip the seat effectively pushes back meaning when you are getting on or off their is more room and it avoids getting mud on your seat

Hello if you still want them I have mud guards in reasonable condition with the cut outs for the drums will send you some pictures if you want.

many thanks
oli

ok thanks its an E1A with the glass bowl
thanks
oliver

Hello just wanting to ask what is involved with rebuilding the lift pump as it is leaking from between the two halves
thanks
oliver

That's what I was thinking I have a friend who is bringing an oil preussure gauge which can be screwed into the side of the block I want to check its not the gauge on the tractor itself before taking the sump off again such fun

thanks again
oli

I have a pair of original fordson major E1A rear wings for sale some slight rust damage on them in to good a condition to scrap
thanks
Oli

i use an old beet chopper with the flat belt pulley through the winter far easier than attaching the handle

Ive had the tractor out doing some muck spreading all morning held 45psi perfectly i then stopped for lunch started off again and about half an hour later the pressure dropped down to 35psi now doesn't go above that at all any ideas?

Thanks ive discovered the problem my major didn't have a seal in .... that's why the oil was low when i bought it got a seal ordered on its way

thanks for the help

oli

its leaking between the pully and the housing which bolts to the side of the gearbox

I just replaced the oil in the gearbox lovely new oil which GB oils made up specially and it started running out of the underside of the belt pulley on the side I have drained the oil back out of the gearbox and now i am needing some information on how to fix this leak I assume its just a seal gone?...

Fianally had a chance to get the sump off again found the spring on the pressure relief valve had slipped past the split pin so i have put a shim in and replaced the split pin runs at about 45psi now very happy thanks for the suggestions