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I forget the gentelmans name... but it is a pretty distinctive tractor so it is probably the one you saw on craigslist. :-) It does not start so moving it will be a winch operation. I was thinking that we might be able to move the loader if we took the bucket off first. but you are probably right, i...

Hello, I am considering purchasing a Major with a front end loader, a back hoe and a bad engine. According to the current owner the engine on the Major has a bad main bearing. I already have a 50's Major that I am working on rebuilding the engine. I would love to have a front end loader and an extra...

I know this has been a while, but... she runs! I got my injectors back from recon... ouch, that set me back, but all worth it, the system was bleed up to the pump, so I thought id put the injectors in and try and start her, after about three set of cranking for about 10seconds she purred into life,...

Thank you both for the feedback. I am learning a lot from you guys. I like that idea of running her for a while and seeing what happens. I had no clue that there was a vacuum governor. Right now she is just barely together enough to get running. I have taken the head off and put it back on a couple ...

OK, here is the score: Frozen engine for many years. I was able to get the engine to move then I took the head off and lightly honed the cylinders. I have never had the injector pump off and I was told that she ran (I know the injector pump hasn't been off since then.) Fresh belly full of Shell Rote...

accidental double post.

I was going to try to test run the injectors without the head mounted. I put a couple sticks between the head and the block so I could watch the injectors but that left a lot of bending of the injectors lines to get them to mate up. I didn't think it was worth it to bend the injectors lines all out ...

The current head gasket is an original (I believe) solid copper head gasket. When I have worked with solid copper gaskets in the past I have just annealed them and put them back on. I haven't annealed this gasket. My quandary is: do I buy a new head gasket? do I buy an upper end rebuild kit? Or do ...

Thank you for the info! My fuel pressure relief (thank you for the picture) does not have the dash cable on it. It will be nice to be able to shut her off if I ever get her running! Last night I pulled the head off again to check everything out. I had left the cylinders dry which wasn't good. They n...

Well I could get the crank shaft moving but I couldn't get the crank shaft to rotate a full 360 degrees without binding up really tight. So this morning I pulled the front shroud, radiator and head. There was just a bunch of petrified gunk in the cylinders. Hard deposits like calcified water deposit...

Well, its been a little while. My old Fordson hasn't moved a hair in about 3 years... life kind of got in the way. Last week I had a bit of a wild hair. After a couple hours studying the manual and how to pull the injectors without screwing them up I went out and dumped a gallon of Burn-O- de-seize ...

Hi, "Hey Adam... grab Buster and get over here!!!" Rotfl ... :D Hydraulics may a little bit slow for a catapult. Peter True, hydraulics would be way to slow... but if that was a pneumatic cylinder.... hmmm.....???? One of the things I really love about this board (other than being a Fordson owner m...

That is one sweet catapult!!!! Just remember to lean back in the seat when firing it so you don't end up with a face full of catapult arm! "Hey Adam... grab Buster and get over here!!!" http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/pp155/Majorman/Tractors/Australian%20Tractors%202012/043_zpscb357b0a.jpg

Thank you for the clarification!

Early Fordsons were positive earth -- therefore the cable/wire to the starter is from the battery negative post. You could, of course, convert to the modern negative earth system by reversing the battery wires and re-polarising the dynamo/generator. All that is needed to do this is to remove the ma...

Quick question about the battery cables... One cable goes to the starter solenoid the other goes to the engine block. I think I read somewhere on this forum that some of these tractors are positive ground??? That is a new one on me! Does the Positive or Negative terminal of the battery go to the sta...

I seem to have a bit of a problem. My daughter (In the pictures) seems to be dead set that the tractor should be painted Green and Yellow! She is a fan of Oregon Ducks (Team Colors) and our mower also happens to be painted Green and yellow. I am have a hard time explaining that this isn't that way i...

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Thank you guys for the encouragement! I got real lucky with this Fordson. It was a gift to my boss and he had no money into it, he just needed it gone. I don't really know anything about tractors but I am working on that and this website is helping a lot! I hope this isn't too many photos? https://l...

I will get some more photos posted this coming weekend.

henk wrote:Nice catch.
It's certainly a New Major Mark II diesel. You have wheel weights as well.

My daughter only weighs about 60lbs.

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I was under the impression that the engine is a 6 cylinder from the number of fuel injector lines from the fuel pump. My memory is foggy now and I question if there really were 6 fuel injection lines. Likewise I have convinced myself that it must have a 6 speed as you guys described. I hope to bring...

Thank you guys for all the feedback. I went over there last Saturday with the intention of bringing the tractor home. Uhaul was being an overly big pain in the rear and wouldn't rent me the trailer I reserved. Next weekend I will rent an equipment trailer from a real equipment dealer. I didn't study...