The Fordson Tractor Pages Forum

Lo and behold a tractor with a ploughing lamp fitted

I was searching through some more fordson literature i have and eventually found the ploughing lamp listed as an optional accessory in a small yellow salesman's facts booklet for the power major. No pictures in the book however but it is defiantly a proper fordson option but obviously a very rare op...

In all my years working with and observing other fordson majors at work and play i have never seen one ever fitted with a rear ploughing lamp yet in all the parts books i have it shows an illustrated list of parts for this option. However it does not show a mounting bracket and there is no mention o...

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The industrial 592E engine was rated to 57hp at 2250 rpm but was rated to nearer 70 hp for the truck. The 590E was rated to max 89hp at 2250 rpm while the turbocharged 590E had a max rating of 120hp at 2250rpm.

In 1990 we took delivery of the last 2726T engines we could get as dagenham stopped production of 2700 range diesels for trucks and industry. Over the years we had all different models all now only as diesels. 2701E ,2701C,2711E ,2712E ,2722 , 2706E all 4 cyl, 2703E,2703C,2704C, 2704E, 2704ET,2708E,...

I will need to try and edit it a bit as it was in the form of a table but when i posted it the borders didn`t cross over and the list is a wee bit jumbled. up .Have had this info for over 25 years as i used work for a local engineering company where we used loads of Ford engines from our local power...

The Fordson tractor engine was available as an industrial engine from the outset of tractor production ,however in 1957 with the introduction of the mk2 engine and also the introduction of the Thames Trader a new range of Industrial engines was introduced the 589E ,590E ,591E and 592E 4 and 6 cylind...

Hi Anybody know much about the ebro models as it would seem that the ebro name was used on a lot of tractors that are clearly built before the tooling was shipped to spain after the line at Dagenham was closed. Tractors that look to be from the 50`s and badged as ebro were these simply rebadged majo...

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Serial no S362707 is from Jan 1964
Jim

Hi The quality of some of the wiring looms is terrible, I have just wired up my power major and had the same trouble, i made my fordson negative earth as i have an electronic regulator fitted in the body of the original ,this boosts the output of the dynamo at slow speed and gives better charging. W...