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I'm sure you will have hours of fun with your new Dexta. Mine is my "go to" tractor for road runs, its such a joy to drive.

You have had some great advice so far, and I'd definitely have a go at beating out the dents so as to use less fillers. When I first started I found I was hitting too hard, so small taps is the way to go. Thin layers of filler work best, and are easier to rub down. When it comes to spraying I use 5:...

30-60 seconds is not long for an engine to cool down if it has indeed stopped on overheating. Sounds more like a fuel issue as I had a similar event on my Dexta recently, it just died after having run fairly hard and restarted again fairly soon after. When I looked at the lift pump it was fairly bad...

Thanks PghBill, I'm overseas at the moment and will check that when I get back home.

I have recently had a transport box and fingerbar mower mounted on my Dexta. With the transport box in the fully raised position there is hydraulic 'pulsing' felt about every 5 seconds, dropping the box slightly stops this for a while before it starts again. With the fingerbar mower on, and the mowe...

I would shy away from welding anything onto it for now. If you still struggle to get it off with a square tool, you could try a stilton on it, but watch your knuckles and be careful not to shear it off, bahco also do a shifter with a serated jaw that are brilliant for this sort of job (Bahco 9071P B...

There is a clutch arrangement in the starter and this may have failed. I had a problem early this year where the starter would engage, but just spin without turning the flywheel - I got it refurbished and now all is good - maybe you have the same fault. The polarity doesn't really matter on these st...

I've now fitted an new unit and the old Dexta is running as sweet as ever -- happy days

I would imagine that modern crankshafts for low revving diesel engines would come balanced and there should be no need to add weights from your old crank. My question would be, how would you know where to add or remove weight to ensure it is balanced? Balancing machinery is not difficult if you have...

Thanks russelm, I think fitting a tap would be a good precaution. I'll fit one once I have the new unit fitted

I think I may have figured it out with a bit of overnight thinking. My feeling is that the pump that feeds the cold start might have failed and fuel is flowing from the tank through the pump into the air manifold and then into the cylinders. This is the only explanation I can come up with as to the ...

I have just finished rebuilding my Dexta after a paint job and when I came to turning it over it was hydraulicking. All cylinders had diesel in them and No3 was full to the brim. I took out all the injectors and left the fuel turned on - no fuel came out the injector pipes or spill lines. I checked ...

Thanks Brian, that is comforting news. I don't really want to start digging into the hydraulics unless I have to as I have too much other stuff to get on with. I'm sure we can all relate to that. The lever was in the forward position at the time. I guess I will wait until I get a chance to try it ou...

I recently fitted a finger bar mower (Ford Ransomes) onto my Dexta and all looked good until I noticed the linkage jerking upwards after a short while, this was regardless of the position of the height of the mower off the ground, or the position of the small lever on the RH side of the gearbox (sor...

Trying again to upload a photo Charlie.. Hope it works this time

I went to a local car boot sale and picked up a load of old A/F and Whitworth spanners (really cheaply) that I use to get at awkward bolts. I don't mind bending/grinding/shaping them to fit - better that than ruining my good sets.

Hi Charlie63 Here is a photo of my dexta, it will be getting a new lick of paint over the winter now that I finished all the mechanical work. This is my first attempt at posting a photo so I hope it works http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah82/wfweir/0d9f45e1-7dc5-42f2-8921-52d6bef6c4f9_zps4rbxc2v...

It is great to read the wealth of knowledge in this forum, and I've enjoyed reading these posts. My Dexta is stamped 957E186 on the gearbox which I believe is early 1958. Mine does have the tacho drive on the fuel pump though which doesn't help the original poster.

Hi Rick, yes, I'd rather have found what was wrong , but a win is a win. If nothing else I now know how to diagnose faults a lot better thanks to all you guys who posted on this thread, so a big thanks to you all. The wee Dexta is now all back together and running great - all it needs now is a bit o...

I took the dynamo back to the guy who reconditioned it and he tested it again, confirming that it was ok. I fitted it back and linked the two terminals and got 28volts this time! Now its all working fine. It wasn't away for more than a couple of minutes at the shop, so he did not have time to do any...

Thanks again for all the help. I'll try the bulb today, but i did read that is you only get between 2-4volts output there may be a problem with the field windings.

I tried what Rick said and it made no difference, so I flashed it and again it didn't seem to make much difference so I left the meter connected and saw the output slowly rise to about 6V then quickly dropped to about 4.2v and was pretty steady there. I have some info on how to adjust the control un...

Thanks Rick, I'll try that later today.

I have just fitted a new wiring loom, voltage regulator and had the dynamo overhauled on my Dexta. When I checked the output from the dynamo it's reading 1.34volts. I did not flash it once I had fitted it. Does it need flashing, or does the control unit need set up - I assumed it would be factory se...

Thanks Oehrick, I sent my magneto off and got a replacement unit. The tractor is now firing up no bother and seems to run a lot sweeter than before - getting a good spark probably helps.
I've got a manual already thanks. The guy I got it from gave me one, but its always handy to have it in pdf too.