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thanks for that broadspeed ,sorry i havent answered back sooner
i have a may 64 n/p standard dexta just wondered what the difference was.
many thanks

hello there Frothy water sounds pretty much like fenland beer, but have you had the thermostat out and tried working it without for a couple of days, it could be the problem, its worked for me before now, you can always boil it in a pan of water to see if it opens up ( but best wait while the missis...

Hello Hazzard i saw an E27N on something or other with a 5LW in & one with a 4LW as well it was just an idea i was toying with but have let the 6LXCT go its probably zooming round singapore harbour now in a junk, although the gardners i used to run in 8 leggers did'nt do much zooming

Hello people The nights are drawing in up in the hills so its time to ask daft questions. please can someone tell me what a dexta special is, i have looked in many books tried to find out on tinternet but have drawn a blank, :scratchhead:

Automatic horseradish sauce , bale rolling in suffolk , david browns on a fordson site i dont know what the worlds coming to. As for buzzards we have them up here big enough to take small children. Just returned from a week in bogside on bure in the caravan, made enquiries to the location of oehrick...

Hello There I recentiy saw a picture of an E 27n with a 5LW gardner shoehorned into it. I have an E27n with a high top gear & have access to a gardner 6LXCT engine from an ERF . I was wondering if anyone could give me some guidelines on how to pull this conversion off Thank you

Hello Billy
Bring it up to Derbyshire & we'll push it down a hill that'll start the b----r
I fear no major

Hello There
Still working on the transporter beam but it keeps putting the electrickery off in the house
but we could give it a try do you have a postcode for the dexta

Hello There I have a 1951 e27n with an aluminium steering wheel & a 1953 e1a major with the same But a friend has a 1947 e27n with the earlier model n steering wheel I think you probably just got what there was. P S been bitten by the vicar lately rick

In the words of an interesting gentleman who writes in my tractor magazine
(Don't get me started)

Well yes I am in exactly the same frame of mind, health & safety is a wonderful thing If it saves just one life or saves someone from getting hurt then it has done its job But mostly it is used as a weapon against us by company bully boys & ladder climbers as regards brexit none of the hogwash will ...

Insanity doesn't start & end with brexital bureaucracy
have spent 9 hours in a classroom today learning how to tip tarmac on customers sites,
something I have spent the last 35 years doing {as well as messing with tractors}

growing old is compulsory
growing up is optional
I find stupidity suits me

hello there
Yes that's the thingy that I had in mind. will have to go to Malvern & see if I can find one

hello there
I thought it a godless place up in the Derbyshire hills
but never heard of anyone being bit by the vicar

hello brian
finally got round to playing with the major . put NGK plugs in and run her with a bit of choke
and she runs like a fifty guinea watch
thanks for your help

hello there
my ten year old (fordson mad) son has been reprimanded in the school carol service
for singing " AWAY ON A MAJOR"

Did you put the colletts that hold the pressure pipe in position in the lower casting back properly before dropping the top back on
i t sounds silly but I did it and wondered why there was no pressure just a thought

Thanks brian
I saw one on a tractor that my mate made into a tractor puller,
but he sold the tractor before I could cadge it.
I guess we could make one if we had one to copy

hello there I have a 56 major with the depth control thingy that works from a cam fastened to the end of the lift arm cross shaft. I pulled it all to bits to free it off & paint it,then discovered I had lost the cam Does anyone please know of the wherabouts of a cam thank you

nope, still got the wife, still got a few tractors too mostly blue ones but theres a new bathroom looming
Better keep me head down or she'll make me sell summat else

I don't really think I should say this but I had a 460 nuff & it knocked the spots off my favourite super major for pto horsepower & drawbar power
my missis wanted some new windows,and it was my least favourite tractor so she had to go (we don't talk about it)

Hello brian Sorry to mislead you, I meant plug lead caps, they tell me distributor caps are a bit scarce, I run all my tvo tractors on 1/4 petrol 3/4 heating oil & a pint of engine oil. I haven't had time to play with tractors today but will tomorrow & will try your suggestion although she doesn't l...

hello there I recently acquired a fordson e1a dkn major from a friend. it is perfect in all ways but one after it has been running for a long time & switched to TVO it will start to misfire. it is up to working temperature all fuel lines are clear it has had new points/plugs/leads /caps/condenser. I...